News Letters
Mercy Trucks uses medical ministries as a tool to share the word of God in Central America,
by providing free Medical Care and Mercy Ministry!!
Mercy Trucks uses medical ministries as a tool to share the word of God in Central America, by providing free medical care in urban slums with no access to health care and rural areas without hospitals.
In Costa Rica, religious activities and group gatherings were banned during the pandemic season of the coronavirus, and the health department did not permit medical ministry, so medical ministry is not able to be performed at all.
Last year, 15 short-term medical teams were scheduled to visit Costa Rica, but all the schedules were canceled due to borders being blocked and departures prohibited by country.
Meanwhile, in the urban slums, where most of them make a living by housekeeping and manual labor, became increasingly destitute due to unemployment.
So, rural villages started to worry about their livelihood as the ! sales of products being blocked.
Costa Rica has more than 1 million illegal immigrants, and close to 300,000 indigenous Indians living segregated in the mountains.
As in other countries, the pandemic has been a difficult time threatening the lives of low-income families.
Therefore, we visit each home and distribute the Bible, prepared rice, soybean, bread, clothing, and other daily necessities that they most need during this period in which we are not able to do medical work. This, we are calling Mercy Ministry.
In Costa Rica, we delivered daily necessities to about 600 households, and in Guatemala we delivered supplies to about 1,200 families.
In June and July, floods and landslides caused by heavy rains were reported as overseas topics ! in European countries and China. Here in Costa Rica as well, a week of continuous heavy rain has caused a lot of damage, such as road burnout, mountain roads collapsing, and the entire village being flooded. Turrialba, an Indian village we often visit which is located deep in the mountains was very difficult to access because of its location in the mountains near the Panama border. To get there, we must get over several mountains, ride a canoe from the lake for over 30 minutes, and drive further in from the marina to reach the village. This Indian area was frequently reported in local news because of the harsh damage caused by the flood.
We heard the reports that these places were being damaged by flooding, so we prepared essential necessities and set out to do relief work. And finally, we were able to visit the village last week. This area does not have electricity, so it was also a place where we installed solar lamps for free in the village before. This Mercy Ministry was well-received, so we are planning to visit another Indian village in Talamanca next week, and this time we are preparing to deliver food and daily necessities to about 100 families.
There are many requests for help from churches in various regions, but it is difficult for our team to cover all the costs of this ministry. 8kg of rice, 3kg of beans, 2kg of flour, 1L of cooking oil, 1kg of sugar, bread, other canned foods, school supplies, children's sweets, old clothes, tracts, Bibles, etc. are being provided per household.
The pandemic is a difficult time for all of us, but please pray that we can overcome this difficulty wisely as we help each other. Also, please pray for the Medical and Mercy Ministry in Central America.