Through it they partner with mission boards all over the world and have worked in Guatemala, Nicaragua, Mexico, Haiti, Zambia, Canada, Australia, China, Poland and the United States. In February, Shelton and his team responded to the devastating aftermath of Hurricane Mitch. The hurricane had slammed Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador with some of the strongest winds ever to reach land in the Western Hemisphere. Mission Corps typically conducts medical and dental clinics, as well as provides construction crews for the building of churches, said Shelton. Because of our many contacts throughout Latin America, we were called to assist in emergency disaster relief efforts to Guatemala and Honduras.
Every mission is different because the needs of people are always different.
But this trip was especially difficult because our team of medical doctors and nurses were called to drop everything at once and go to a very confused part of the world. But assistance has been slow because the country s infrastructure was devastated completely. Many villages were accessible only by bridges and all of them were lost. Officials predict it will take up to five years of rebuilding to re-establish transportation access. The second phase of assistance will help families return to their home villages, and that s where Mission Corps and other groups can have the most impact.