Guyana Medical Mission
Guyana... July, 2008, lead by Gerry Lynn and Medical Director, Dr. Robert Mahaffey, a team of volunteers from Broken Arrow, Tulsa, Edmond, and Harding University traveled to Stewartville, Guyana. The 27 team members included 2 physicians, 1 optician, 4 nurses and medical assistants, 2 pharmacy workers, 9 teenagers and 9 Bible study and registration workers. The study team was assisted daily by Basil Seeram, the local minister and one of Stewartville’s regular members. Joining them for the week — after a 70-mile bicycle ride (including crossing a 20-mile-wide river) from the congregation where he preaches — was Brother Thompson.
During the week, about 660 people were treated by the medical team and close to 500 visited the optician to be fitted with glasses. Each adult who came for treatment was also given the opportunity for a Bible study. As a result of those studies, there were 5 baptisms and many prospects for follow-up studies. The South Carolina congregation that sponsors both Stewartville and Brother Thompson’s congregation, went to Guyana in August to help the brethren conduct some of the follow up.
In addition to the gospel meeting held nightly, our teenagers conducted VBS — organized 
and supervised by Colleen Detherage — each morning, afternoon and evening. The evening classes included a special class for teens taught by Jordan Binkley. VBS attendance averaged close to 100 each night.
Christianity, Hinduism, and Islam are the dominant religions in Guyana. The majority of the Indo-Guyanese are Hindus, although a substantial number are Muslims. Some Indo-Guyanese have converted to Christianity, but conversion is often for professional reasons. Some converts continue their Hindu or Muslim rituals in addition to participating in Christian services. 
Most Afro-Guyanese are Christians, although a few have converted to Hinduism or Islam. Guyana's other ethnic groups are largely Christian.
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