Our plan for today was to see patients until one, and then shut down for a block party for the kids in the village. We were supposed to only take 30 patients, which were to be pre registered. Much to our surprise, upon arrival, we found that we already had 45 registered. We wound up seeing over 50 patients and as God always has a plan, we had rain in the afternoon which cancelled the block party and allowed time to see the additional patients.
Amy treated a five month old baby that had pneumonia, but was turned away at the national hospital for treatment. She was so sick, it just broke our heart.
Strike another one up for socialized medicine.
We did Bible School, music, and crafts. Each child made a picture frame with their picture in it.
It was a lot of fun watching the little girls in our group sing Spanish gospel songs and dance with the other children. The first one they did was Agnes Dei in espanol, which was beautiful. We did a skit on Jesus being a Fisher of Men, Luke 5, 1-11. I taught the lesson with the help of an interpreter and the kids portrayed Simon Peter, James, John , Jesus, and the fish. We had 16 children accept Jesus as their Lord and Saviour today. Amy's mother, Betty, got to present them with a new Bible. Laura and her sister Becky worked in the pharmacy today which is more hectic than the clinic.
We had a great meal tonight of chicken parmesan, but it was our night to wash dishes and clean the kitchen. The Union group washed dishes for an hour and a half, but it was actually fun because we cut up the whole time.
Tomorrow we are going to a new village called, if I am getting it right, Heurtotenegro where we are doing a medical clinic.
We hope to have time tomorrow to tour the coffee plantation in Antigua or hit the market for a couple hours. Tomorrow night is pizza for dinner so I know Jamie and Sarah are happy. God is good, and he has blessed us this week beyond belief, especially healthwise. We have all had our nicks and dings, and are about to the point of exhaustion, but remain ready for the next task at hand. Some of our mates at the Mission House have not been so lucky. It is hard to believe that tomorrow night, we will be packing for home. As we hoped to be a blessing to the children in Guatemala this week, the blessings were actually bestowed upon us. I have one funny story before I sign off. One of the little boys, Hector, loves to fist bump and yell "que pasa!" which means what's up. I taught him to say "que pasaaaaaaaaa!!" Like on the commercial, "whats upppppppp!" By the end of the day, all of the boys were doing it to each other.
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