Thank you for making the Helping Hands Medical Missions during 2009-2010 the most successful in our 15 year history!

The eleventh mission of our 2009-10 program took place May 21-29th in Cotija, Michoacán, Mexico. The mission team included 45 people.  There were 42 surgeries performed in the newly air conditioned operating rooms of the Rafael Guzal Vencia Hospital. The surgeries included: general surgery, ophthalmology, ear, nose and throat among others. 

Medical clinics were held in the Cotija Altius Dispensario and in 3 outlying Indian villages. Over 720 patients were seen at the clinics. For the first time, Billings NFP (Natural Family Planning) method was taught at this mission site, using Spanish language videos, booklets and charts. Close to 20 women in the outlying villages were taught the method, as well as two couples from a parish in Cotija. 

We thank all the missionaries who sacrificed their time, talent and treasure, as well as the benefactors who helped make this mission possible! Our 2010-11 Mission Program begins next month in Brazil along the Amazon River…please pray for the missionaries so they can be led by the Holy Spirit.

Helping Hands Medical mission to Cotija, Mexico - July 2009