Monday, January 28, 2008

Weekend in Panajachel

On Saturday morning mom, dad and I picked up Gaspar and Juan in Chichi and and traveled to Chuchipaca for our clinic. We only had 13 patients but there was a big wedding going on and we were told this would cause our clinic to be smaller.

Even though it was a small clinic, I felt it was a good one. Gaspar had an opportunity to talk to a lady about baptism. She said that she would return to talk some more to us in a future clinic. We also saw a baby that was only 10 day old and had a severe skin infection. He was covered from head to toe with white pustules. I told the parents that they really needed to take the baby to the hospital. Gaspar also emphasied how important it was for the baby. We can only pray that the parents did this.

After clinic mom, dad and I headed to Panajachel. We spent two nights there and they really enjoyed it. We took a small boat over to Santiago and the photo below is taken from that shoreline.
We had dinner in the late evening on the lake. This photo was taken at sunset.
It was nice to relax for a couple of days but it is time to get back to clinics and work. Tomorrow we will have class in Lemoa and my parents will continue to paint.

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