So this January we had a Dental mission just down the road from where I live. We had been planning for this a few months back and getting excited not knowing what to expect. Something you may not know about the Philippines is that if you do not have money teeth aren't important. When I go to the slum areas I am not exaggerating when I say that you see Children with there baby teeth black and rotten to the root! The pain they must be in, I cant even imagine what they all go through in there mouth!
I was given the role as Dental Assistant! I was so excited to be up close and personal but it definitely wasn't a pretty job. I set up over 100 needles and helped her by passing her mouth tools as she needed them. There was no suction in the mouth so the amount of blood patients were spitting out was a little scary!
So we say over 75 patients in just under 5 hours! We pulled out over 100 teeth!
We would inject 10 people at a time and then go around pulling out all the teeth! God was so good! I have never seen anything go as amazingly as that day did.
Sometimes its good to do these practical things as well as sharing the gospel! My prayer is people really see the heart of us here at YWAM and how we want to serve our community.
(Ywam Naga and HoloHolo Ministies worked together for this Dental mission. We have many students from Hawaii come over to the Philippines for just over 2 months!)
I was given the role as Dental Assistant! I was so excited to be up close and personal but it definitely wasn't a pretty job. I set up over 100 needles and helped her by passing her mouth tools as she needed them. There was no suction in the mouth so the amount of blood patients were spitting out was a little scary!
So we say over 75 patients in just under 5 hours! We pulled out over 100 teeth!
We would inject 10 people at a time and then go around pulling out all the teeth! God was so good! I have never seen anything go as amazingly as that day did.
Sometimes its good to do these practical things as well as sharing the gospel! My prayer is people really see the heart of us here at YWAM and how we want to serve our community.
(Ywam Naga and HoloHolo Ministies worked together for this Dental mission. We have many students from Hawaii come over to the Philippines for just over 2 months!)