Surgery, Spanish majors, call to missions result from visits to Central American nation
The Nashville City Paper reported
here about Escarleth Betancourt-Gutierrez, a 15-year-old Honduran girl, and her spinal surgery in Nashville courtesy of support from Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital, Dr. James Netterville, Dr. Greg Mencio, and Harpeth Hills Church of Christ:
Netterville discovered Escarleth’s condition two years ago and pulled strings to bring her to Nashville. Dr. Greg Mencio performed the spinal surgery for free and Netterville’s congregation donated the $5,000 for materials needed to perform the procedure.
Young members of the Harpeth Hills congregation have been inspired by their trips to Honduras, according to
this report by proud grandfather Bailey McBride:
Savanna and her brother, Luke, have gone to Honduras since he was 16 and she was 13. They immediately made a connection with the children of Jovenes en Camino, an orphanage near Tegucigalpa. Through the years, they have strengthened their connections in Honduras. Both have studied Spanish in high school. Luke has recently returned from a Spanish immersion program in Costa Rica and will graduate from college with a Spanish major. Savanna will go to college this fall with five years of high school Spanish and plans to major in Spanish and prepare for a life of missions.
Photo: Escarleth Betancourt-Gutierrez and her mother (source: Vanderbilt Children's Hospital)
Muchas gracias por el apoyo a mi familia, que nuestro Dios les multiplica tan noble obra.
ReplyDeleteCarlos Betancourth