Central America

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With a strong focus in community health, Drs. Francisco and Reyna Moraga have empowered many communities around Jinotepe, Nicaragua. To begin the ministry, they sought out ten communities that had the greatest health needs and the most difficult living conditions due to poverty and injustice. "We work in Carazo, which is one of the poorest municipal districts in the country, in which over 80% of the rural population lives in extreme poverty with little access to basic services such as health, education, drinking water, latrines, suitable housing, and electricity," Dr.

The waiting room at El Buen Pastor Clinic is always full — literally from dawn to dusk. People come to El Buen Pastor because they know the quality of care will be higher than at the public hospitals. They know that they will be treated with respect and concern. "We enjoy our work because we believe that we are doing the will of God," Luke Society director, Dr. Nestor Salavarria says. "We give the glory to God in all that we do, and we give testimony of the love of Christ to each patient that we care for." 

Dr. Jose Israel Hernandez does not remember having a life-changing moment when God gave him the call to medical ministry. "The Lord was working in a transitional way," he says. "Even though I was working every day as a physician, it wasn’t enough."

When Dr. Silvia Martinez began her ministry in Los Angeles, Dominican Republic, she was young but felt strongly called to serve the poor. With the help of the Luke Society in 1992, Silvia founded Sociedad Lucas – The Christian Center for Integrated Health. The people in the community were not only glad to have a place to go for affordable medical and dental care, but also found that there was someone there who would listen to them and pray for them.