Eye Surgical Brigade 2018

This past week my father, Dr. Chris Wallyn,
was able to do 38 eye surgeries here in San Lucas
(32 cataract surgeries, 1 pterygium surgery & 5 eye lid surgeries)

with the help of his surgical tec & 2 nurses

(one Guatemalan and one my mother 😊)

Upon arriving, Dr. Wallyn had to have consults with 85 people
(all suffering from eye problems)
trying to solve their eye problems and schedule surgical candidates.

It is always a great blessing for me to serve the poor alongside my parents

...and that I have been able to do this with my father since 1993!

My mom was the OR nurse (picture below on the left)

My dad was able to make good use of the new microscope lens

which gives another person (or aspiring surgical student) 

the chance to observe the eye surgery (picture on the right)

A special THANK YOU to all those who did fundraising

through "Sewing for Sight" to help make this purchase...

your generosity will benefit so many people in the years to come!

The (smaller scale) cataract from one surgery (left)

I even got to "scrub in" and assist a surgery with my father on Friday!

Doing some post-op care (taking care of elevated pressure in the eye)...

such a gift to see how delicate and precious the gift of sight is.

And how incredible it is that God gives

doctors the knowledge and capacity to restore it!

Almost all the patients returning at the end of the week

for one last check up....

a special thank you to Dr. Tun and Pablo Nito

for all their help and generous service

to make this run smoothly!

Mission St. Luke & first level finished!

This past week, we had the wonderful group "Mission St. Luke"

from Texas and Oklahoma come and work for 4 days...

and in THREE of those days, 

we finished painting the entire first level

of the "annex" building in Casa Feliz!!!

The annex at the time of purchase in September 2017:

MANY thanks to Dan & Madi Moberg

for their hard work in prepping the building

with scraping off the old paint (with machetes)!

Finished!

Next 2 photos are again of the entry way at the time of purchase

and the incredible transformation in only 4 months!

We tried to make the best use of the space under the 2nd floor ramp

and installed a bathroom (there was none on the first level)

and then make a washing station with small storage

under the ramp: 

The kitchen and corridor to the dining room before: 

After!

Dining room walls before and after:

Other side of the dining room before and after:

"Many hands make light work!"

SO thankful for these ladies who made the hard work 

nothing but fun!

We had about 25 mile an hour winds

2 of the 3 days of painting....hence the windproof gear ;)

Thank you Mission St. Luke for such an incredible week....

not only in painting but also with dentistry and surgery.

It is such a gift when we come together and use our gifts

for the service of the Lord and His people.

And of course....

the FINAL reveal of the front gate!

Before:

After!

The gratitude continues to overflow in my heart....

and excitement as we draw nearer to opening "Casa Feliz"

for the elderly!