Update on clinics

Sorry for the delay in updates. On Friday we traveled to Chuquexa, which is one of Dr. Lisa's clinics and saw 18 patients. As we were seeing patients, we heard voices singing from the Church. It is very encouraging to recognize the songs in Spanish and to be able to hum along.

We saw three families with scabies, one lady with a hernia but declined surgery at this point, one lady with confirmed Tuberculosis and many more with the typical complaints.

If you have an opportunity, please visit Lisa and Kemmel's website at http://www.kemmelandlisa.blogspot.com/. Kemmel has given an overview of how some things will change over the next year due to Lisa's license. Lisa will need to do one year of community service in Guatemala. She will not be able to continue her clinics near Chichicastenango. She only had a few days to prepare and has now has started her six month work in Nebaj. Nebaj is about 2.5 hours north of Chichicastenango.

The last 6 months of her service will be in a hospital and they have been told it will be in Santa Cruz. This is not what we had planned on but we have to have faith that God's plan is at work. They will be able to continue to go home on weekends and Kemmel will still be able to help us in Lemoa.

Josefina and I will continue to work together with the promoters. To be able to fulfill all of our clinic responsibilities, there will be days we will split and do separate clinics. Kemmel talked to the leaders of the churches and they were open to reorganizing some clinic days. We feel that the clinics and the work of the local churches is too important to put on hold for the year.

Please continue to pray for the work and each of us as our roles are changing and we will have other responsibilities. Please remember Lisa and Kemmel as they will be traveling more than ever, if that is possible, and Lisa as she is working in a totally different environment.

My mom and I arrived in the States late last night. I am now headed to Winston Salem to see friends and worship with the South Fork Church of Christ, my sponsoring congregation.