Bringing Hope at the Border
Our ministry began this Spring going down to our Southern Border with a scouting team to see how we, YWAMTYLER, can get involved with bringing some hope to the many people who live along the border; whether here in Texas or in Mexico. Since then we have organized a number of volunteers into teams of people from local churches, to bring the gospel of Jesus Christ in the most practical ways. Providing basic needs, from just a change of clothes to some food.
Around the end of June, Laurie and I joined a Medical outreach that consisted of Doctors, Nurses and a Dentist. Laurie brought her hair styling talent and I volunteered to assist the dentist, Dr. Nichols. He tried to have me extract a tooth of one patient we saw, which I passed onto the other assistant, Sandra, a YWAM staffer with YWAM South Texas. I enjoyed providing the sterilized dental tools, which Dr. Nichols needed for each new patient he saw. Sandra had the opportunity to learn how to clean teeth as well as assist in see