Kendall Optometry Ministry, Inc. (Helping you help them see) Click to see how the company has grown.->	(Click to enlarge)
Click to see a 2010 video of Concord Baptist doing a vision clinic in Mexico.
Click for latest company advertisement.--> Click here for Announcements. (Updated 12/26/2009)	(Click to enlarge)
“I can see a bee pass by,” said one delighted elderly gentleman. Learn about the Luke Commissions ministry in Swaziland, South Africa by clicking here. Their website is here. See their latest video here.
Christwalk Vision Ministry to Nicaragua. Christwalk Ministries led by Dr Jim Chamberlain took one of the Kendall Optometry Ministries kits to Nicaragua February 5-10, 2009. Click here to see their latest video.

With primary emphasis in underdeveloped countries, Kendall Optometry Ministry, Inc. was established in 2003 to spread the Word of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. This is accomplished by providing glasses to improve the vision of people living in many underdeveloped countries. These impoverished people can now see to read their Bible, and also improve their standard of living.

Kendall Optometry Ministry, Inc (KOM) is a 501-3c non-profit organization formed to provide optical equipment and training to Christian optical mission teams traveling all over the world. The equipment and training is provided at no cost and supplies are provided at a break even price. Teams are responsible for building their own eyeglasses inventory but much assistance (in the form of training and software) is provided by KOM to assist in the building of this inventory. KOM also has a limited supply of barcoded glasses (prescription in barcode) which can be used to quickly build an inventory.

Click below	Description of item.
Bring them to the Lord.	One page brochure showing the sequence of fitting glasses. Pictures are taken from all over the world.
Glasses and their Impact.	Multiple page presentation on the affect of glasses on people
Company Brochure.	4 page brochure summarizing what the company can do to help teams. Updated 11-20/2008
World Map	A map of the world showing where teams who use Kendall Optometry Ministry equipment travel. You can zoom into the map for further details. Note: This is a 12MB file updated November, 2009.
Church Presentation	A presentation give on 6/24/2007 to Parkland Baptist Church in Louisville, Ky about Kendall Optometry Ministry and trying to encourage more particpation in the eyeglasses measurement ministry.

I worked for 29 years for General Electric Appliances in Louisville, Ky. During the last 4 years I averaged several hundred thousand miles each year on international travel installing computer systems. All of this travel went flawlessly. God blessed me in everything that I did. It was something that I found to be obvious that God had a hand in my work.

In July, 1999 I decided I would take one mission trip to Honduras working through an organization called "Baptist Medical Dental Mission International" (BMDMI.ORG). My intent was to "pay back the Lord" with this one mission trip. When I arrived in the village, I asked the team leader what he wanted me to do. He said he had several boxes of used prescription glasses to hand out. These glasses were dirty, broken, and not measured. As you can see in Figure 1 to the left, we just set them out on a table and people came by and tried them on until something helped them. I immediately knew this was wrong but it was the best we could do then.

I came back from that trip with a God Given passion to do it better. Since 1999 I have gone to Honduras 18 times and Nicaragua twice. Each time something would be improved. The use of the autorefractor was introduced into Honduras in 2003 (see Figure 2) and another one into Nicaragua in 2004. A special series of computer programs were developed to manage and build the inventory. You can review these programs at http://eyeglasses-Inventory.com/. Since 2003 of the 51 BMDMI mission teams more than 90% of these teams use the equipment and software developed by Kendall Optometry Ministry, Inc.

In 2003 Kendall Optometry Ministry was incorporated as a 501-3c non-profit company. Using donations provided by several churches and individuals this company purchased a set of equipment which could be loaned out to Christian mission teams going all over the world. Later in 2005 a 2nd kit was purchased and in 2006 a 3rd and a 4th kit was purchased. In the beginning of 2007 a 5th kit was purchased. At the end of 2007 a 6th and 7th kit including a Retinomax 3 was purchased. By the end of 2009 the company owns 10 kits. See the growth of the company at this link. The teams would use this equipment to not only allow people to read their Bible but to also to help them improve their standard of living. You can read about some of these teams in the Teams Supported area of this web site.

ANNOUNCEMENT (Last updated: 12/26/2009)

Eyeglasses Inventory Program now supports the Topcon RK-3000 Autorefractor. The total list supported includes the Retinomax, Retinomax 2, Retinomax 3, Burton Velo 20/10, Canon RK-2, Topcon KR-3000, Welch Allyn Suresight, and Marco Nidek ARK 20/30. (8 different models) There is possible support for the Topcon RK-3500, and 7000 series by emulating older model.

Glasses Reader Program now supports this list of lensmeters: Reichert Lenschek & AL200, Humphrey LA340,350, 360, Topcon CL-100, Tomey TL-900 & 3000, Nikon NL-2, Shin Nippon SLM-5000, Nidek LM-1000, and Marco VL-3000. (12 different models). Other models of these vendors will likely work if setup to communicate in a compatible fashion.

New Windows Support: (12/26/2009)

Both programs now support Windows 2000, XP, VISTA-32, VISTA-64, Windows 7-32, and Windows 7-64. If you own a previous version of this program you are entitled for an update. Please send a message by clicking this link and request an update.