Wednesday

Today was a shorter drive, about an hour to the Casas Vieja Santa Cruz De Yojoa community. Many people were lined up again today waiting for us to arrive. A lot of the families were very large. One grandmother brought her 5 grandchildren because her daughter was in the hospital having her sixth baby. We saw a mother in her twenties with five children. When Carmen and Ruth were giving them deworming and vitamin pills Carmen asked if she wanted to take pills home for her husband. She said no because he was in the hospital with a broken leg from falling out of a tree. When the women had left the clinic Vivian, another volunteer, went after her and gave her a pair of shoes with a small amount of cash in them, the women cried and thanked her. We had nearly 300 people go through the medical clinic today with more than 50 seeing the doctor. The two concrete crews had a "world record" as they poured 10 house floors using 91 bags of concrete. Everything went so smoothly that they finished by 2:30 and waited patiently for the medical clinic to wrap up before heading back to the MAMA Mission House for another one of Isabella's delicious dinners. Thanks for your continued prayers for us and those we meet.

Eva Yoder for the Team.