by Shelley Botchek | Feb 12, 2026 | Others
There’s something sacred about the last day of clinic. Not frantic. Not chaotic. Just steady. Purposeful. A quiet rhythm of serving, listening, adjusting glasses, holding hands, and offering prayer. Today in La Ceibita, the pace wasn’t overwhelming—but it was...
by Shelley Botchek | Feb 11, 2026 | Others
Some days on mission feel long and exhausting. And some days feel full in the very best way. Today was one of those days. We gave out so many prescription glasses — pair after pair, face after face lighting up as blurry worlds became clear again. There is something so...
by Shelley Botchek | Feb 10, 2026 | Others
Today was a steady flow of people visiting the various clinics and being seen by docs and the vision clinic. We saw 47 people for prescription glasses today and at least 30 or so for just readers. The vision clinic has been running really smoothly thanks to the...
by Shelley Botchek | Feb 10, 2026 | Others
Writing this the day after as have not been feeling good and needed to go to bed early last night. So I’ll keep it short with a quick update. Clinic on Monday got off to a slower start with a few hiccups but once we got going, things ran relatively smoothly. It was a...
by Shelley Botchek | Feb 8, 2026 | Others
Today our very large team of around 40 people, including our translators, headed to La Ceibita to attend church. We were welcomed with a beautiful picture of smiling kiddos welcoming us home! It was so lovely to see! The church was full and that was also lovely to...
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