The Dimensions
of Happiness
L
ast winter, Rosty Caryk and his
MyDavey Bulletin shared an eye-
opening experience.
Caryk, senior ecologist/project manager
with Davey Resource Group, used to serve
as a medic in the U.S. Army. He's also had
his share of carpentry experience. Now,
Caryk wants to "give back to good causes."
For more than 15 years, Caryk has been
working with Brian Smith of the Cleveland
Clinic, performing environmental
permitting and consulting on delineations
in the Ohio cities of Avon and Twinsburg.
Approximately three years ago, Smith
approached Caryk about a very unique
opportunity: to support the Honduran
Children's Rescue Fund.
Having met previous volunteers and
program coordinators during a presentation,
Caryk felt optimistic about getting more
involved and was invited to actually
participate in a Medical Mission Brigade to
Honduras. And now, having traveled there
and back, there's no doubt Caryk and his
wife, Mary, are committed to returning to
the mission in the near future.
"We felt very respected—the people
were amazing," Caryk says. "They were so
nice; they laughed, I could tell they enjoy
life and appreciate what they have. That's
why we want to go back."
Designed to provide health care to rural
and mountain villages with no access to
regular health care, the mission focused
on primary care to evaluate patients and
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prescribe treatment; a dental clinic; and a
pharmacy to dispense medications for several
ailments, such as pain, colds and ear infections.
Caryk also helped rebuild and expand a
home in Nuevo Paraiso, the compound in
which the mission team stayed, which includes
a self-contained village that houses about 125
children, a school and caregivers. "Most of the
children were orphans or abandoned," Caryk
says, adding the mission team visited between
250 and 300 patients each at four villages.
"It was amazing to see the amount of good
the mission has accomplished," Caryk says.
The lasting impact of Caryk's experience?
"The people who visited our clinics value
what they have," he says. "They live with
energy and take joy where they can, even
though they know a potential for a better life
exists elsewhere."
