Saturday, June 22

 WOW!

What an experience each of us had today throughout our first day of clinic!

Our day started bright and early this morning at 7:00 a.m. with breakfast and coffee. Our breakfast consisted of eggs, tortillas, avocado, sausage, beans, cheese, and plantains.


After breakfast, we walked 0.8 miles to the church where we set up our clinic for the day. Each of us had a very important roll within the clinic throughout the day. Pat and Jen were primarily in charge of all pharmacy needs. Reagan, Becky, Deb, and Julia, helped out Dr. Kate, Dr. Patti, Dr. Alisa, and student Dr. Kyler with vital signs, weights, blood sugars, cleaning out ears, and more. Bethel was primarily in charge of entertaining the children with crafts and stories. Jaidyn educated each of the individuals about personal hygiene with her helpful assistant Granny Vanny (Bev). Last, but certainly not least, Cindy was the glue that held us all together and kept everything running as a smooth as possible. 

     


We ended our night with a lovely dinner made by our friendly hotel staff. We had cheeseburgers, fries, salad, and beans. After supper, we conversed about our day, Alisa gave a devotional on Rahab, and we sang a couple hymns to prepare for our performance tomorrow at church. After a long, but successful day, we are all off to bed early tonight!!



One successful story of the day included a little boy who came in with a high fever, sore throat, and troubles swallowing. Jaidyn initially saw the boy as he walked in looking very sick. She immediately got the attention of a healthcare professional (Deb) to get him to the correct help as fast as possible. Kate and Kyler investigated what the problem was and worked with pharmacy to get the appropriate medications. Later on, as we strolled home, our group came across the young boy with his grandma carrying tortillas back to their home. Kyler asked the young boy if he was feeling any better. With a huge smile on his face, the boy replied and said, “Mucho mejor” (much better).

As this post comes to an end for now, we ask you to pray for an 86-year-old man suffering from chronic pain and life hardships, and our little 9-year-old friend along with his family as he needs extra healing living with medical hardships. 







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