Guatemala, 2014

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=110 BGCOLOR="#666699" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="13400840erlcjm.gif"> <div> <B>Kendall Vision Ministry, Inc  </B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B>     |     </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Kendall Vision Ministry, Inc "><U><B>home</B></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="id2.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Teams Supported"><U><B><---Return to main team page.        Created:  7-8-2014</B></U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=400 BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" TEXT="#080000" background="12e90c00egdysm.gif"> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="93c69760.jpg" border=0 width="361" height="374" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Lady with early cataracts.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="93a6c9c0.jpg" border=0 width="364" height="412" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Family getting eyecare for the first time ever.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="93e54870.jpg" border=0 width="340" height="391" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Child who needs glasses for school.</B></div> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=370 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> Guatemala, 2014</div> <div> Here is a testimony from Dr Brian Nichols, OD who was the optical team leader:</div> <div> =================================================</div> <div> From: BRIAN NICHOLS [mailto:xxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxxxx] </div> <div> Sent: Monday, July 07, 2014 6:34 PM</div> <div> To: Holland Kendall</div> <div> Subject: Testimony.</div> <bR> <div> Holland your ministry is an answer to prayer.  After my first trip to Guatemala, I knew </div> <div> that if I could just have access to a handheld autorefractor, I could serve more patients </div> <div> during our week long mission.  I investigated the cost to purchase a handheld </div> <div> autorefractor and the cost was prohibitive, simply because I would only use the instrument </div> <div> for 1 week out of the year, unless I get involved with additional missions in the future.  </div> <div> I had no need for the handheld device at my office because we use a table top version of </div> <div> an autorefractor; and, of course, this instrument is not portable and conducive to travel </div> <div> on a mission trip.  God led me to your ministry through contact with another optometrist </div> <div> that I did not even know at all.  For the last three years, I have used your autorefractor </div> <div> on my mission trip, which has made the process of seeing patients more efficient and </div> <div> easier, allowing me to serve more patients during our stay.  Once the prescription is </div> <div> refined through subjective refraction, we prescribe the lenses.   We are fortunate to have </div> <div> 2 lens edgers on site in our clinic, so we are able to make custom glasses for all of our </div> <div> patients that we examine from our own stock of frames and lenses that we ship down to </div> <div> Guatemala ahead of time.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> One patient in particular on our 2014 trip comes to mind.  She was in her 70s to 80s with </div> <div> developing cataracts.  She stated that all she wanted to do was to be able to read her </div> <div> Bible again, as she had been unable to do so in recent years.  Despite her cataracts, we </div> <div> were able to custom make her a pair of glasses strong enough to allow her to read her </div> <div> Bible.  She was very grateful and tearful and stated that "we had given her back her </div> <div> life." (Her picture was included in previous email.)</div> <bR> <div> Again, Holland, I am thankful for your ministry.  You have thought this process out </div> <div> thoroughly.  Even though we don't take advantage of your computerized inventory of Lions </div> <div> Club glasses, from what I have read, this system removes the stumbling block that many </div> <div> missions face when using Lions Club glasses.  Finding the correct set of glasses is much </div> <div> like finding a needle in a haystack in most circumstances.  However, Holland's system </div> <div> removes this obstacle and allows for lay people to go into underserved countries and give </div> <div> the gift of sight to those in need that would not otherwise have any hope.  Once they are </div> <div> able to see, then those that come to know Christ, or already know Him, may continue to </div> <div> develop their relationship with God through reading of the Word.  May God continue to </div> <div> bless your ministry!</div> <div>  </div> <div> Brian K. Nichols, O.D.</div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>