Mission of Sight was formed in September 2004 as a compassionate ministry with the mission to share the Gospel through the gift of sight. This came to be through the lifetime work of Dr. Paul Gamertsfelder, the father of Work and Witness in the Church of the Nazarene. Dr. Paul, a retired optometrist, for many years traveled to the Caribbean regions to conduct eye clinics. Using his resources and G
od’s strength, Dr. Paul distributed thousands of pairs of glasses over the years, and through the help of volunteer Eye Care teams, restored sight to countless individuals. Because of the great need for health care in the Caribbean, a vision was cast for a multipurpose health clinic that would provide medical treatment, education, and training and would meet the needs of the whole person, body, mind, soul, and spirit. In March 2008, ground was broken for the Gamertsfelder Mission Centre in Frome, Jamaica. The building was constructed over a period of two years with the help of many Work and Witness teams and contractors. The first eye exam was conducted in the new GMC in November 2009, and the actual ribbon-cutting ceremony for the primary care wing was held on May 1, 2011.
