06/25/2026
Sabrina James with Health & Safety Ark arrived from Frankfort, Kentucky today to train first responders in AED use and CPR.
Providing AEDs and training first responders was never something we planned to do. But after losing Kelly, I began thinking about the many missionaries and families living in rural areas where help may be far away. I knew we needed to do something to get AEDs into the hands of missionaries and first responders.
As I started looking into it, I learned that some fire departments—including the one in my own town of Guaimaca—do not have an AED in their ambulances.
We are beginning this initiative by donating AEDs to the fire departments in Guaimaca, Talanga, and Campamento, along with providing the training needed so they are prepared to use them. We want to provide more AEDs in rural areas, but each one costs about $650. My hope is that, eventually, we can have these donated so even more communities can be equipped.
I couldn’t save Kelly, and I don’t want others to experience this kind of heartbreak. I am thankful that God can take something so painful and use it to help save lives.
I’ll be trained too. And I already know that doing CPR on a mannequin is going to be triggering. But it matters, and I want to be better prepared going forward.
