Dear Ministry partners and
volunteers,
Manos Con Alas Ministries (MCAM) had a rather active
year in Baja California serving in missions from one end of the Baja
Peninsula to the other. Early in the year we were approached by a ministry
that serves in missions worldwide in many countries. "His Healing Hands”
(HHH) wanted to partner with our group because of our deep connections in
northern Baja, and the dental and chiropractic services we have been
providing over the decades. HHH (Directed by Carl Dawson) is a medical
service group providing triage, blood pressure, diabetic screening, and
medication treatment & education, eyeglasses, and other medical
services. We joined our teams and offered together 4 different health
services.
We met with church leaders Pastor Jorge Moncada and
wife Nohemi and their board of First Church of the Nazarene in Maneadero
( Ensenada [MB1] ) [MB2] on January 18th, 2019 after
flying into Ensenada airport to plan a week long outreach that eventually
took place at two separate church locations about 10-15 miles apart. The
main church, and its sister southern more "church plant” in a much poorer
area. Planning resulted in hundreds being served at these two locations,
plus a day long outreach at the prison in Ensenada that following
July.
Between April 5th to April
13th Dr Budincich and wife Claudia flew in mission operated
aircraft to Cabo San Lucas airport to deliver eyeglasses, sunglasses, and
chiropractic portable tables for mission work there that week. We served
with other doctors of the Christian Chiropractic Association mission team
led by Dr Brad Zisch, and two other doctors Jacob Carraotta, and one other
DC. We performed treatment on April 7th, 9th,
10th, and the 11th t three different location
churches, two in very poor areas. Several hundred people were treated by
the three chiropractors there, and the wives assisted in dispensing
prescription eyewear and sunglasses to hundreds, partnering with Brian and
Jackie Ruple.
July 6th in the Ensenada prison was a
blessing to many prisoners, where 70 received chiropractic care in the
cell blocks by Dr Bud, and Dr BIll Weissman performed dentistry on at
least 13 prisoners with the equipment we purchased from Rotadent in
2018. The two dental operatories we purchased new were thanks to donors
among you who saw the vision to help those in need in Baja. July
8-12 were the joint clinics with HHH mentioned above. There were 5 full
days of dental care and eyeglasses, along with chiropractic from our MCAM
team, coupled with medical and prescription meds and reading lenses
provided by HHH. The evangelistic team of HHH led many to new hope in the
Lord.
On August 16-19 our mission aircraft and Dr Bud
joined the Mission Flight team at their clinic outreach in San Quintin
Baja to serve at two different sites. One permanent church site clinic in
San Quintin with Pastor Joel, and at a police station in Camalu (at the
invitation of the mayor of the town who also received
chiropractic).
In September on 9-19-19 to 9-22-19 our aircraft flew
eye doctors and clinical staff to serve with ministry partners "Colorado
Airlift Outreach” led by Rick Weaver of Montrose at the Hospital EL Buen
Pastor, landing on the Los Pinos airstrip. Los Pinos and its farm workers
grow and pick much of the labor intensive produce we consume here in
Southern California. The workers earn about $9-10/day or about 200
pesos. There were over 30 people on this combined eye surgical trip doing
31 eye surgeries.
Altogether five outreaches were offered
in 2019 with our volunteer doctors and your financial
support,
Thank you for helping us to serve so many with so
little funding. With a budget annually of about $10,000 in recent years,
it has been a challenge to pay for needed supplies, insurance, storage in
Baja for our permanent dental equipment and trucks that move our teams to
and from airports, motels, and clinics. Our aircraft are in need of
updated avionics to comply with FAA rules in 2020. Dental and eyeglasses
need to be purchased to give away. All of our services are at NO CHARGE
to those we serve.
Thank you and
may you be greatly blessed in 2020 as you give and serve
others.
Michael N
Budincich DC CEO Manos Con Alas Ministries
