Glenda Johnson, president of Medical Wings International and director Anne Ludec orchestrated the successful Brigida Medico Mission sponsored by American Airlines. In the three-day mission, MWI’s volunteers provided healthcare to more than eleven-hundred underprivileged people of rural Honduras.

Doctors of Dentistry, Pharmacists, Hygienists, Optometrists, a dozen medical volunteers in all, along with two-dozen enormous cases of medicines, supplies and equipment move as a caravan deep into Honduras.

MWI's volunteers setup clinics in a rustic school building which each medical specialty its own classroom. Day after day, throngs of women, men and children lined-up and patiently waited for treatment.

The volunteers examined a variety of patient’s illnesses and injuries, including the youngest patient, a 40-day-old infant in acute respiratory distress. With the coordinated efforts of Glenda Johnson, an ambulance was on standby to transport the infant to a medical hospital for admission. Without this swift assessment and ready transport, the infant would have died. Many times the patients would end the session with a smile and handshake while oftentimes having a parting statement of, “God Bless You.”

Everyone did their part to make this mission a success, interpreters, the Honduran Red Cross and a host of others. The town’s people clearly appreciated the assistance delivered; even the community members who did not have medical needs expressed their appreciation for the assistance to their community.

It is an honor, as a nurse to be one of the volunteers making a difference in the lives of so many impoverished people. To be in the company of caring, benevolent volunteers, giving of their time and knowledge, delivering healthcare to the global community is a privilege.