Last clinic day

I know this post is late, but I wanted to let you know about our last clinic day. Again another God given opportunity to reach out to those who really needed our help. The people were amazing and the kids were fun to work with. One of the great treats we received was a frozen banana dipped in chocolate--they were awesome and most ate 2! At the end of the day we inventoried all the meds and supplies so that we can streamline for next year. It was a great exercise, because we noticed that we overbrought in some areas where we thought we would really need those meds, and we were also short in certain areas because we did not to expect to see so many patients with certain complaints; i.e. we saw alot with stomach issues vs. very little with infections. Our last day was loads of fun and we worked long hours. We didn't get back to the hotel until almost 7pm. We all were very, very tired. We had a great supper and then we packed up for an early 7am leave time for Antigua.

I can't speak for everyone, but I thought it was our best day--maybe because we had learned how to better do what we were doing. We laughed and cried and discussed our trip at our final devotion time. We shared what God had done, had shown and had called us each to do next.

Our thanks to all who sacrificed and gave so that we could be Jesus' hands and feet in Guatemala. We hope you are as blessed as we were! We can't wait until our next medical mission trip in 2009.

Guatemala patient count:

Total # of patients = 217 (medical)

Adults = 156

Children = 61

<5=27

5-18=34

Total # of patients = 178 (dental)

Total # of RX = 405 (medical)

Total # of RX = 84 (dental)

*Note: numbers are probably higher -- day 1's #'s are a rough estimate! But days 2-4 are close to being accurate!