
English: 
THE LAST ERUPTION HAPPENED IN
1993.
>> FAMILIES IN A REMOTE TOWN
IN MEXICO ARE BENEFICIARIES A
GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS FROM SUGAR
LAND.
MEDICAL VOLUNTEERS ON A REAL
MISSION.
THE SOUTHERN MEXICO TOWN OF
TOMASOPO.
>> BETH IS 70 YEARS OLD AND
NEVER OWNED A PAIR OF GLASSES.
UNTIL THESE MISSIONARIES CAME
TO THE VILLAGE IN THE
MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN MEXICO.
>> I'M VERY POOR.
THEY'RE VERY EXPENSIVE.
>> THE MISSIONARIES OUT OF
SUGAR LAND TRAVELED TO THESE
AREAS ONCE A YEAR.
DOCTORS, NURSES AND SUPPORT
STAFF.
SOME HAD NEVER SEEN A DOCTOR
UNTIL THE MISSIONARIES CAME.

English: 
>> WITH THE MEDICATIONS WE
PROVIDE, FIRST, AND THE REFERS
WE PROVIDE, WE PROBABLY SAVE A
LARGE NUMBER OF LIVES.
>> THEY START COMING AS EARLY
AS 5:00 ACHL.
THE DOOR DOESN'T OPEN UNTIL
9:00 A.M.
AFTER THAT, THERE IS STILL
MORE WAITING.
>> THREE HOURS ON HORSE BACK
TOOK HE AND HIS WIFE, THEN A
TAXESY. WORD SPREAD LIKE
WILDFIRE THE MISSIONARIES HAD
COME.
THEY SAID GOD ANSWERED
PRAYERS.
>> LAST YEAR I WAS VERY ILL
WITH MY HAND, THANKS TO THOSE
WHO CAME, MY HAND HAD HEALED.
>> SHE HAD COME IN CONTACT
WITH A POISONOUS PLANT BUT ALL
IS WELL NOW.
THE CLINIC IS IN A SCHOOL GYM.
A DENTIST, PEDIATRICS AND
MORE.
THE DOCTOR WILL SEE 350
PATIENTS IN FIVE DAYS.
>> SAME ISSUES AND ILLNESSES
THAT WE SEE IN THE STATES.

English: 
THE ACCESS TO CARE SOMETIMES
IS NOT AS GOOD.
WE SEE LOTS OF RESPIRATORY
INFECTIONS, COUGH, COLD,
WHEEZING.
>> SHE HAD HEADACHES FOR 18
YEARS.
AND SHE ALSO HAS DIABETES.
>> THIS YEAR, THEY WILL SEE
1900 PATIENTS AND IF THE
PATIENTS CAN'T MAKE IT TO THE
CLINIC, THE CLINIC GOES TO
THEM.
AN HOUR UP THE MOUNTAIN IN A
VILLAGE, A DOCTOR ASK A NURSE
ARRIVED TO CHECK AND TREAT THE
CHILDREN.
HERE, THERE ARE NO SICK
CHILDREN.
WHAT KEEPS THEM HEALTHY?
>> LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF WALKING
GOES ON HERE.
UNLIKE IN AMERICA, WHERE WE
DRIVE EVERYWHERE.
>> AND NO FAST FOOD AND NO
SUGARY SODAS.
MISSIONARIES TRAVELED TO
ANOTHER AREA, MORE LONG HOURS
OF WORK.
WHY DO THEY DO IT?

English: 
>> BECAUSE I LOVE THIS AND I'M
DOING JESUS' WORK.
>> WHAT DO THE PATIENTS SAY?
SHE SAYS THANK YOU VERY MUCH
AND MAY GOD BLESS YOU. IMMEDIAT.
>> IT IS ONE OF THE MOST
BEAUTIFUL PLACES IN SOUTHERN
MEXICO.
EMBEDDED DEEP WITHIN THE
MOUNTAINS, SOMETHING QUITE
UNDERSTANDING SLI HAPPENING
THERE.
WOMEN AND CHILDREN ARE BEING
ABUSED AND THE EXTENSIVE ABUSE
WAS DISCOVERED BY ACCIDENT.
NOW AN EXCLUSIVE REPORT.
>> IT IS A PLACE OF EXTREME
BEAUTY, WATER FALLS, MOUNTAIN,
NUACH AT IT'S A VERY BEST.
BUT HERE, A MOSTLY CATHOLIC
CONSERVATIVE IN MEXICO, A DARK

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SHADOW LOOMS.
THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE I SEE
ARE VICTIMS OF INCEST AND
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
>> IT WAS THREE YEARS AGO THAT A
GROUP OF MISSIONARIES,
COUNSELORS CAME HERE TO
VOLUNTEER.
IT WAS THEN THAT THEY MADE THE
STARTLING DISCOVERY.
>> FROM THE NUMBERS THAT I SEE
THAT COME TO ME FOR INDIVIDUAL
COUNSELING, IT'S EIGHT OUT OF
TEN.
>> IT IS A CHILLING STATIC.
OUT OF TEN DOMESTIC ABUSE CASES,
EIGHT INVOLVED INCEST.
SHE TOLD HER COUNSELOR SHE WAS
SEXUALLY PLESTD BY HER FATHER
FOR ONE YEAR AND BEGAN WHEN SHE
WAS FIVE.
>> HE WOULD GRAB ME AND TOUCH ME
A LOT.
HE WOULD TELL ME TO TAKE OFF MY
CLOTHES.
>> LATER HER FATHER GOT HER.
HE WOULD TELL ME TO TOUCH HIS
PRIVATE PARTS.
>> DID YOU TOUCH IT?
I DIDN'T WANT TO.

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English: 
HE SLAPPED MY HAND AND FORCED ME
TO TOUCH IT.
THE DEEPLY DISTURBING DETAILS
ARE TOO GRAPHIC.
>> VERY DISTURBING TO ME
OBVIOUSLY.
WE HAVE TO TO PRAY.
WE HAVE TO WORK FOR A BETTER
TOMORROW.
>> WHY SUCH SHOCKING NUMBERS?
THERE ARE MANY REASONS, ONE IS
EXTREME POVERTY.
THAT MEANS THERE ARE FEW
RESOURCES AND NO PLACE TO TURN.
>> BECAUSE OF THE SHAME THAT IS
CONNECTED TO INCEST AND DOMESTIC
ABUSE, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO SAY
ANYTHING.
>> A SECOND REASON.
NOBODY WANTS TO REPORT IT.
VICTIMS SUFFER IS SILENCE BUT
WHEN THE MISSIONARIES CAME, THEY
STARTED TALKING.
THEY HAD BEEN SEXUALLY ABUSED BY
THEIR BROTHER FOR SEVEN YEARS
BUT THEY DIDN'T WANT HIM PUT IN
JAIL.
STILL THEY CALLED AUTHORITIES.
>> HE WAS RUN OUT OF TOWN, SO TO
SPEAK.
HE WAS TOLD NEVER TO SHOW UP
BACK IN THIS COMMUNITY AGAIN OR

English: 
WOULD BE TAKEN TO JAIL AND THEN
TO PRISON.
>> FAMILIES, THE SMALLEST AND
MOST HELPLESS LIVE IN DESPAIR.
>> THEY REMAIN IN THIS STATE OF
HYSTERIA AND WITHOUT BEING ABLE
TO SCREAM.
>> BUT THEY BELIEVE THEY ARE
MAKING A DIFFERENCE, FIRST BY
EDUCATING PARENTS AND
ADMINISTRATORS ABOUT INCEST.
IT MUST BE REPORTED AND TELL
CHILDREN WHAT IS AND IS NOT
APPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR BY AN
ADULT.
THEY FORM A PARENT-TEACHER
COMMITTEE TO BRING MORE
AWARENESS TO THE COMMUNITY.
IT IS THE BEGINNING, THEY SAY IN
THE HOPE OF EXPOSING AND PERHAPS
ELIMINATING MEXICO'S LAST TABOO.

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