LATIN AMERICAN MISSIONS BOARD INC

DR. JANE WEAVER AND HER STAFF OF NINE AT THE CLINIC IN SAN LORENZO, PLAY AN IMPORTANT PART IN THIS UNDER PRIVILEGED COMMUNITY WHICH HAS LIMITED ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE. DR. WEAVER AND HER STAFF PROVIDE YEAR-ROUND MEDICAL, OCULAR AND SURGICAL CARE FOR APPROXIMATELY 320 PATIENTS PER MONTH. LAMB PROVIDES SUPPORT FOR MEDICAL/SURGICAL EQUIPMENT AND GENERAL OPERATION OF THE MEDICAL CLINIC IN SAN LORENZO. LAMB ALSO FUNDS A FULL-TIME MEDICAL MISSIONARY SERVING IN ECUADOR FOR HOUSING, LIVING EXPENSES AND SUPPLIES. IN ADDITION, THREE DIFFERENT ANESTHESIOLOGISTS ARE FUNDED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR FOR THE MONTHLY GENERAL SURGERY WEEKS. DR. JANE CONTINUES TO SERVE SAN LORENZO AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES DESPITE PERIODS OF CIVIL UNREST AND CONTINUED CONFLICT IN THE AREA. ECUADOR IS CURRENTLY IN THE MIDST OF THE WORST DROUGHT IN NEARLY 60 YEARS, CAUSING THE CLINIC TO USE 20+ GALLONS OF DIESEL PER DAY TO POWER THE GENERATOR AND KEEP THE CLINIC OPERATING. IT HAS ALSO MADE WATER A SCARCE RESOURCE, BUT THANKFULLY THE CLINIC'S CISTERN SYSTEM HAS HELPED TO LESSEN THE IMPACT. DESPITE THE CONCERNS IN THE REGION, THERE WERE SEVERAL TEAMS THAT MADE THE TRIP DOWN TO THE CLINIC TO PERFORM SURGERIES AND PROVIDE CARE TO THOSE IN NEED. A WORK TEAM MADE A TRIP DOWN IN NOVEMBER TO INSTALL THREE 2500-LITER WATER TANKS AND CONNECTED THEM TO THE CISTERN SYSTEM, ALLOWING WATER ACCESS ANYWHERE IN THE CLINIC. ADDITIONALLY, MEMBERS OF THE GROUP SPENT THE WEEK SEWING NEW OR GOWNS, HALF-SHEET DRAPES, SHEETS FOR THE PATIENTS, AND STUFFED ANIMALS FOR THE KIDS. AN EYE TEAM ALSO MADE THE TRIP DOWN EARLIER THIS YEAR, PERFORMING 94 SURGERIES - THE VAST MAJORITY OF WHICH WERE CATARACT SURGERIES. THE CLINIC HAS HAD SOME NOTABLE UPGRADES, AS IT NOW OPERATES SURROUNDED BY AN UPGRADED SECURITY WALL, HAS A BRAND-NEW OXYGEN SYSTEM FOR THE OR.