Home in Honduras: The Blumenscheins Pioneer in La Suiza"John Blumenschein, a successful gynecologist with his own clinic in Independence, Missouri, was a man with a dream that has had far-reaching effects. Selling his practice in 1957, he and his wife, Marian, and their five children left the States for Latin America. They didn't have a definite destination in mind, but they did know it would be somewhere that had no school, no medical facilities, and no church. They found it in a beautiful upland valley in central Honduras---the poorest of all Central American countries. What happened there is a story of trial and tragedy and triumph. Home in Honduras is just a segment of that story---the early days of adjusting to life in a primitive setting, of planting and building, of teaching and learning, of helping and being helped."--Dust jacket flap. |
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... Sunday with slow , measured steps beneath the weight of a huge stalk of green bananas . " That doctor saved my life , " he said . Every Sunday after that for many weeks he came with gifts - zapotes ( a fruit the size of avocados with ...
... Sunday with slow , measured steps beneath the weight of a huge stalk of green bananas . " That doctor saved my life , " he said . Every Sunday after that for many weeks he came with gifts - zapotes ( a fruit the size of avocados with ...
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... Sunday . José called , " Breakfast's ready . " " Oh , Joe , this is Sunday , " groaned John . " I know . Aren't we goin ' to church ? ” " That's right ... I almost forgot . C'mon everybody , time to get up . Not only was it a treat to ...
... Sunday . José called , " Breakfast's ready . " " Oh , Joe , this is Sunday , " groaned John . " I know . Aren't we goin ' to church ? ” " That's right ... I almost forgot . C'mon everybody , time to get up . Not only was it a treat to ...
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... Sunday , August 3 , John conducted church in Mogote for the last time . The following Sunday I returned to meet our friends and tell them there would be no more services . A large group had come all the way from Zacapa , the county seat ...
... Sunday , August 3 , John conducted church in Mogote for the last time . The following Sunday I returned to meet our friends and tell them there would be no more services . A large group had come all the way from Zacapa , the county seat ...
Contents
Foreword | 7 |
Here in This Old House | 11 |
A Ranch in La Suiza | 22 |
Copyright | |
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