Returning to Xetzac

We were back in Xetzac today. It was one of those days where nothing REALLY BAD happened but little frustrations were in place throughout the day.

When I tried to leave my house today, someone had parked their car in front of the garage so I had to knock on doors and ask people about the car. I finally found the owner but was about 10 minutes late picking up Josefina. For those that know me, you know I hate being late.

We then got a call saying that an accident in the road had blocked the entrance to Santa Cruz from Chichi. Manuel and the others would need to take an alternative route and they would meet us in Xetzac. We found out 7 hours later that the road was still blocked so our friends again would have to take a longer way home.

Half way to the clinic we received another call from one of the Church members. He said that one of the political parties had visited Xetzac by helicopter during the weekend. They had conducted free clinics and and given free medicine to the people in that area. He felt we would not have any patients today because of this. He suggested that we might want to cancel our clinic so Josefina asked us our thoughts.

My thought was that we needed to continue with the clinic because we want to be in that community on a long-term basis. We are there to help the Church of Christ with their ministry. The clinic day and time had been announced on the radio so if we did not arrive, I felt we might lose our credibility. We only had 6 patients for the day but at least we understand why.

The first photo is of children who climbed on several planks of wood to peer inside the window where Josefina consults with patients. The other photo is of children playing in front of their house. The house is surrounded by corn fields and stacks of firewood.

So, the only thing to do at the end of the day was to walk to the park and have some Oreo Cookie icecream at Sarita's.......it was my only choice :):):)