Clinic in Panajxit

We had better luck this week in Panajxit than last time we were here. Two weeks ago when we arrived it was raining very hard. The patients had been waiting in the rain for someone to open the door of the community building. When the man arrived with the key, the key broke off inside of the door. Josefina and I walked over to a field of workers and asked if we could use the porch of another building. They were very kind and let us use it.

Yesterday, we had 18 patients and it was a good clinic. During break there were some children playing in a tree next to the community building. After we saw all of the patients, we walked down the road to a house for lunch. We enjoyed hot soup, warm pineapple drink and tamalitos. Unfortunately, there were no patients after lunch.

We did not have clinic on Friday. We spent the morning at Clinica Carris making plans for the rest of June and July. There are several groups that will be here and it takes a lot of planning and organizing to be sure we have the housing, equipment and transportation in place.

The highlight of the day was when we were ran off of the road by a tractor trailor. It is just one of those things.......I am thankful that we are ok and were able to drive the truck out of the ditch. All we have is a cracked tail light......Gracias a Dios.