Wednesday, September 3, 2008

How do you spell mudslide in Spanish??

Marcos, Aura and I headed for Chichi and as we passed through, we were motioned by many people to turn around that we would not be able to pass. As we got closer we realized there had been a mudslide........which is derrumbe in Spanish. It rained very hard all night and as the land becomes softer, I think we will see more of these in the area.

This photo is of the mudslide. As the people tried to pass, the would sink to their knees in the mud. The mud totally covered the width of the road and blocked all traffic.

This photo gives the view of where the slide started and as it went off the right side of the road.
Gaspar was trying to reach us from the other side......he is in the blue jacket with the yellow shirt. He is looking up at a road and trying to decide if he can climb to the road and cross over to us........which he did, without getting any mud on himself!
When we had everyone in the truck, we headed to Mactzul VI. We had a good clinic with 15 medical patients and 21 dental patients. These little boys wanted their photo taken.
This little boy is Hector and he became my shadow and helper. In the afternoon, he had a tooth pulled and had a small gauge placed in front. Gaspar forgot that he had some dental work done.....so when I would get Hector to smile a little, Gaspar thought he had a piece of gum in his mouth :) It was funny!
Tomorrow we head to Clinic Carris to follow-up with the patients from our pap clinic. Lisa has told me that results are good so we are very thankful.

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Hey Sheri, great pictures. I am so glad all is going well for you down there. I hope to see you in January...it will depend on what my boys are into then. In Him, Patricia Frawley

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