A Long Ride but a Great Day

We began our day early because of the long drive. While the drive was quite long, it was a beautiful one with mountains surrounding sugar cane and grass fields as well as small farms here and there. We arrived at Aldea Buenos Airea, Yoja around 9:00 and set up our clinic at the Mennonite Church there. Many families were already at the church waiting for us to arrive. A medical student intern joined our team today, working on the medical cards (thanks, Colleen, for the great card system) and taking blood pressures. Our nurses, Sharon and Connie along with interpretors Rolando and Brent found their day to be so much less stressful than Saturday's clinic because of the intern's help. Phyllis, Kathy, and Dinora, our pharmacists had a very busy day, but handled it very capably. Kali, Dinora's niece and I gave out the deworming pills. We saw over 200 children today as there is a school on the hill just above the church and all the children came to us. I will miss Kali very much when she goes back to school tomorrow. She has been such a blessing to me.

We had a very good clinic day, due to the pastor's good leadership. While he is very young pastor, he is clearly a man after God's heart and has a passion for both God and his community.

The construction team (Brandon and Bob) worked in Gracias a dios with help from pastor Juan Denacio, Rigoberto, we hauled fill from down the road into the house to level the floor then we hauled some sand up from the river. We enjoyed lunch and got the see the new property. then we had a lighter afternoon when we hauled a few more loads of sand and talked with some children. all in all a great day

Ruthie and Brandon signing off