James Moody Adams Clinic

UPDATE ON MARIO LARA

Many of you have asked about the status on our brother, Mario Lara.  Below is part of an email from Joe Widick, an elder at Maple Hill Church of Christ in Lebanon, Tennessee:

Mario's surgery is officially scheduled for July 9.  His sister Rubia developed an infection and the doctors wanted to make sure all was well.  It was originally scheduled for today.  We made a special plea at Maple Hill two Sundays ago and then took up the collection this past Sunday.  Money is still coming in but the initial contribution was $22, 883.44.  In all of Mario's emails he tells me God is good all the time.  That was our motto/theme and the people responded. 

Please continue to pray for Brother Mario and also for his sister, Rubia, that her health will continue to improve so that she can give her brother a kidney on July 9!

Remember, too, that you can donate to this cause by sending your checks marked for "Mario Lara" to:

Derek Cana was born June 3, 2008 to 2nd year Baxter students, Byron & Sandra Cana.  His big brother is Diego.  We are thankful that little Derek is here!

Barb Waldrop, wife of Keith Waldrop, from Austin, Texas, passed away on Tuesday, June 17, after a long battle with cancer.

Keith, a member at Westover Hills church of Christ in Austin, kept up with Baxter's and the Clinic's bookkeeping until his stroke last year.

Barb's funeral will be at 2 p.m. on Friday, June 20, at Westover Hills.

Our prayers go out to Keith and the rest of the family at this time.

Plane Crash in Tegucigalpa

On Friday, May 30, 2008, a TACA flight crashed by running off of the end of the runway at Toncontin airport in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.  Three on the plane were killed and a two university students on the ground was killed.  Over 60 people were injured.  This is the first crash at this airport in about 15 years.  This tragic event has shocked everyone and has closed the airport for the time being.

We need to be patient with this situation and we need to be careful about all of the rumors that are flying around about what will happen in the future.  I suspect that the airport will re-open in the near future, but I think there will be new rules related to landings.  American Airlines is working on the prospect of landing in Comayagua at a military airbase, which is about 1 ½ hours from Tegucigalpa.  Currently, flights are being rerouted to San Pedro Sula which is 4-5 hours away.

We are working with our groups to try to accommodate their needs.  We are able to send a bus from Tegucigalpa to meet groups at the airport.  The cost is about $800-900 extra depending on rental costs and the costs of fuel.  There are many variables, but we will do our best to help make this work.

Amber Foster is working with the groups to make any accommodations that we can.  Please contact her at amberinhonduras@yahoo.com or Steve White at stevewhite3@gmail.com for any questions that you may have.

Please pray for all involved in the crash and for the groups that have made plans for their trips over this summer.

Steve White

YOU CAN HELP OUR BROTHER, MARIO LARA!

For several months now, we have had a notice on the Prayer List here on the website about our brother, Mario Lara , who lives in El Salvador and is a Baxter graduate.  He is in renal failure and as the letter below tells, he only has 10% function of his kidneys.  We are hoping that Mario's sister will be able to donate a kidney. 

When you click on the "A Dollar for Mario" link below, you will find a letter (written originally in Spanish and translated by one of our teachers) from Las Damas de Baxter in Tegucigalpa, with the names of each member listed.  Our Brother Pacheco also signed this letter.  The original letter in Spanish went out to congregations all over Latin America.  It was important to get the word out to brothers and sisters here before sending a general request for money to the U.S.  Now it's time for ALL to help as our brother needs this transplant now.

(The transplant itself will cost $25,000 in El Salvador; however, Brother Lara will need to be on very expensive anti-rejection medications after the surgery and that was not included in the $25,000 figure.)

Maple Hill church of Christ in Lebanon, TN has an account set up to receive donations for Mario.  If you would like to contribute to this very worthy cause, please send your checks to Joe Widick, Associate Minister, at the following address:

Maple Hill church of Christ

ATTN:  Joe Widick, Elder

102 Maple Hill Rd.

Lebanon, TN  37087

Please read the following letter and then send your donation to the address above.

   A Dollar For Mario