Missionaries see face of God in visually impaired
Volunteers bring eyeglasses to Dominican residents
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Dr. Peter Emer, a member of St. Anne Parish, Pleasant Prairie and a Kenosha optometrist, examines the eyes of a man during his recent mission trip to the Dominican Republic. Emer and 15 volunteers from St. Anne and St. Mary Parish, Kenosha, spent a week addressing the Dominicans' vision needs.
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"In my profession, one of the most rewarding aspects, especially on such a mission trip, where donated prescription glasses are on site, is that we can put the glasses on a Dominican patient right away, and see immediate results," said Dr. Peter Emer.
Emer, a Kenosha optometrist and a member of St. Anne Parish, Pleasant Prairie, was one of 16 who recently traveled to Sabana Yegua, a small city in the Dominican Republic, to give the gift of sight to its impoverished residents.
The missionaries were able to help hundreds of people during their most recent trip. And, thanks to a donation from the Lions Club of Greater Kenosha, they had the proper prescriptions on hand to deliver glasses to 420 of the more than 500 people who lined up outside their clinic.
Read more in this week's Catholic Herald featured article.
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