We made the hour and a half trip up into the mountains to the Villa de San Antonio. Some of the interesting things along the way, a man cutting the grass with a 4 foot machete, and a "road block." It really was a road block with blocks in the road.
When we got to the village, one team started painting the new feeding center. The other set up the pharmacy and the medical center.
Amy Rosine was in charge of the clinic, and I worked in triage taking vitals and getting patient info. We saw a variety of patients from babies with suspected hepatitis to a 90 year old man with chest pains. Amy had to refer one patient to the national hospital as he thought he was having back spasms but actually had blood in his urine. We wound up seeing about 50 patients today.
The younger kids played with children and painted fingernails in the morning, and went to the park to do a Bible school in the afternoon. Laura taught today. She is becoming so proficient in Spanish that I think she will not need an interpreter tomorrow. :) The children acted out the Bible story. Jamie, 9 thought it was funny that Leah, 11, was her mother in the play. The kids got to pick and sample limes, oranges, and avocados. Some of our group bought a 60 cent 1 liter glass bottle Coke in the market tienda. Most of the little ones were conked out and slept all the way back to the house, but not my baby girl, who made a new friend, Julian, Mike Parker's son. He kept her and half the bus in stitches all the way.
Finally, just before dinner, we had an earthquake. It was a small one with no damage. "I felt the earth move under my feet."
My favorite part of the day was letting the tiny Guatamalan kids listen to their heartbeat with my stethoscope. The grins that followed were priceless. I got more hugs today from people I just met than I do in the U.S. in a year. Christ is definitely at work here and we have barely begun our week. Please continue to pray for us. Your prayers are needed and appreciated. Until tomorrow.....
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