2nd clinic day

Today, 2 of our team members will update you...
Annette here in Guatemala! What a DAY!!! We traveled to our first Village to treat the people for many different illnesses and dental decay. The people here are beautiful! the smiles of the kids were amazing. Keith and Kurt played with the kids all day in the church while Calisse and I screened all the medical patients. We had a full pharmacy and dental clinic as well as a medical clinic set up in the Methodist church´s Sunday school class rooms and the kitchen. We saw about 100 patients total and we are ALL very tired. I have to tell you that the road was so bumpy on the way to the clinic church that we felt like we were on a very mogalie ski slope. We made it safely and all had fun. Last night we finally had beef instead of chicken for supper !!!! YAY! And we had PBJ sandwiches for lunch today - yum! At least it wasn´t chicken! The colors here are beautiful and the citizens wear all the colors - de colores!

Debbie Yarbrough here! I am so proud to be a part of this amazing team!!! They are teaching me so much about ministering to people!!! Sad to say, teeth are not very importante here!!!! We mostly pulled teeth. Massive amounts of decay. Could it have anything to do with the man that followed us around selling cotton candy to the kids?!!!! Thanks for all of your prayers. We are praying for all of you as well......

Mark here, before we sign off, there is one story I have to share with you...Dr. Larry Schaeffer came to us in the lab and told me about his patient. Tomas was around 16 years old and had been having seizures every day for the last 4 years and had never seen a doctor about it. Larry discovered that he had calluses on his knees and Larry asked him about them. Tomas told Larry that he had spent the last 4 years kneeling in the church that God would heal him. There had not been a dental or medical clinic in this village for at least two years. We figured that if we gave Tomas all the Kapra (sp??) we had that would keep his seizure free for the next four months and when we get back we will get more and send it back with Phil (our missionary here) when he comes for Missions Emphasis Week in November. Tomas touched all our hearts and will be one ¨story¨we won´t soon forget.
More on Thursday...