Previous Missions

2003 Villa Esfuerzo, Dominican Republic

2003 Norogochi, Chihuahua, Mexico

2002 Independence & Big Falls, Belize

2001 Jamaica

This trip was led by Larry Morrison, O.D. with VOSH/SD post your stories and photos here.

2001 Alajuela & Santa Barbara Costa Rica

This trip was led by Jim Hess, O.D. & Bob Boeding Post your stories and images here.

2001 Ecuador

this trip was led by Steven Van Dyke, O.D. post your stories and pictures here.

2001 Medjugorje & Mostar, Bosnia Herzegovina

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2001 Parral, Mexico

2000 San Miguel, El Salvador

This trip was led by Jim Hess, O.D. Click to view a large image:

1999 Santa Barbara, Honduras

1999 Agra, India

This trip was led by Jim Hess, O.D. Click to view a larger image:

1999 Bluefields, Nicaragua

1998 Port au Prince, Haiti

1998 Santa Barbara, Honduras

1997 Managua, Nicaragua

1997 Camargo, Mexico

1997 Uganda

1996 Ukraine

This trip was led by Marshall Petersen, O.D. During September 1996, a VOSH team worked for nine days in Shchors, Ukraine. Travel time to this area from Minneapolis/St. Paul was 36 hours including 2½ hours spent in customs in Kiev. The town of 17,000 is situated approximately 150 miles northeast of Kiev, a five hour drive in a 1950 vintage bus. It is approximately 35 miles east of Chernobyl. The area is hard hit by depression and unemployment and is now in the process of reorganization after the 1991 break up … Read More

1996 Porto Viejo, Ecuador

1996 Cuba

March 15-24, 1996 The following are excerpts from several articles written about the memorable VOSH/Minnesota trip to Cuba, planned and conducted with Pastors for Peace. Kirk Thomas, mission leader, reports: Day 1: The next morning we left Cancun and flew to Jose Marti Int’l. Airport in Cuba. This was our first view of Cuba and I found the airport itself quite nice and clean. We were met by the Pastors for Peace bus, which took us to our host, the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Center, which is in … Read More