A Jungle Mission in Honduras 2010.
One of the things I enjoyed about the International Medical Seminar, held in Ciriboya, Honduras, we attended and help sponsor last year was the the jungle clinics after the seminar.
(Group picture of International Medical Seminar taken at the First Grifina Clinic in Ciriboya, Honduras.)
This is the first Garifina clinic in Honduras.
above are participants from: Honduras, Cuba, Alabama, and California
The seminar is not all work and no play. A big part of the mission is learning about the other cultures represented there. Below are Dr. Ben Coplan and Dr. Tom Camp taking a lesson from a local Honduran guitarist outside the front door of the community center.
After the seminar several of the mission team members proceeded to Palacio and stayed at the Cruzadas mission there.
Palacio is about 1 - 3 hours by pick-up truck along a beech, often with no road. It is very interesting way to travel.
The mixture of folks you get to meet on these trips is wonderful. Take a look at this canoe full.
Here is Mario, a pastor from la Ceiba, a midwife - midwives deliver approx. 80%
of all babies in Honduran, Bud from CHIMES, and a Honduran doc stationed in El Progresso- all headed up river for a 4 hour canoe ride to another village to spend the day holding clinic.
Dr. Tom Arnold applied for and got a job as boat man. To show off his new position, he immediately organized a team to head upriver to Limonaliasis. Limonaliasis is a small jungle village three hour boat ride away that doctors visit about every 6 - 12 months. 
How can you tell the Hondurans from the Americans?
The Americans all ware Baseball caps and the Hondurans are true cowboys.
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Have you ever wondered what a real jungle house looks like? Would you like to be able to tell your kids you have been places they will probably never see?
Below is a typical jungle home along the river to the villages we served in 2010
If this is the kind of thing you might like to put on your resumé, contact:
Jesus Cacho: from Project Chimes: jesus@projectchimes.org
Bud McKinney: form Project CHIMES; bud137@sbcglobal.net
Bruce McFadden: AHMEN: BCMCF@bham.rr.com
Dr. Tom Arnold: AHMEN: taspok@mindspring.com
Dr. Tom Camp:AHMEN:
written by Tom Camp
Feb. '11
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Dr. Tom Camp:AHMEN:
written by Tom Camp
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