Do You Want To Have An Eye
Program In Honduras In 2008
by
Hugh Guffy
It is a beautiful Saturday morning and I have a couple of things
on my heart that I want to share with you.
First, Mary and I spent
most of yesterday afternoon at the Southeastern Optometry Association
(SECO) meeting in Atlanta. Mary secured
commitments for donations of a second tabletop auto-refractor,
an electronic lens meter and a handheld ProView tonometer (to
complement our current “puff-air” tonometer). In
addition, Ray and Martha Crump are today going to SECO to pick
up several new visual acuity charts that are being donated by
one of the 200 vendors at the conference. We are humbled by the
generosity of people who are willing to help AHMEN’s eye-care
program and praise God for it. Second, we would like to remind you of two eye-care training
opportunities that are quickly coming upon us. One of these,
the AHMEN Eye-care Work shop at Birmingham Southern, has already
been announced and is posted on the message board under "Time
to sign up for Vision '08 Honduras" in the "Vision
Program" category of the message board (http://ybtgtxx.proboards54.com/index.cgi?board=vision&action=display&thread=1202952675).
The second training opportunity which is most important, is
the training offered by the Kendall Optometry Ministry, Inc.
in Louisville, Kentucky. As noted earlier we are going to begin
using, on a trial basis, KOM’s computer assisted approach
to matching eyeglass prescriptions with used eye glasses. We
currently have three teams involved with this trial and will
have at least two members from each of these teams taking training
in Louisville on April 12th. This training is so good that anyone
who is even remotely interested in mission eye-care should consider
taking it. Here is challenge for anyone interested.
First, go to the website for the Kendall Optometry Ministry,
Inc. (http://kendall-optometry-ministry.org/ ) and read Holland
Kendall’s testimonial about how and why he became involved
in this Ministry. Many of you will probably find considerable
similarities between Holland’s intentions/callings and
your own. Next, click on the link entitled "Company Brochure" and
read this four page brochure that summarizes what the KOM can
do to help Christian eye-care mission teams. This brief overview
is arguably the best integrated mission-eye-care-aid program
in the world. If any of this excites you, go to the training
page (http://kendall-optometry-ministry.org/id34.htm) and select
a training course that best suits your availability.
Amor en Cristo
Guf
contact: Mary and Hugh Guffey hjguffey@earthlink.ne
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