Dr. Rugal Sowel and his wife Connie started working with us today. They live near the Austin, TX area and will be here for about 2 weeks. Dr. Sowel has been involved with short term medical missions for many years and he also lived in Guatemala from the years 1967-68 and again in 1978-79. He and Connie have been married for 1 year, 2 months and 2 days...........and we wish them many more!We saw 36 patients today and it was a busy clinic. We welcomed the patients with prayer before clinic began.
We saw one woman who has had a significant weight loss of 40 lb in one year. We will try some medicine and hope that this will allow her to eat. Her friend came to the clinic with her today because she is thankful for how much better she feels since she was seen last week. She asked us to pray with her because she was so thankful. It was touching as both women dropped to their knees and Gaspar prayed with them in K'iche".
The most difficult patient was a young boy who had been burned while lighting a fire. Both of his legs were severely burned to his knees with first and second degree burns. He was in a lot of pain but he was really trying to be strong. He was quickly referred to Dr. Hoak in Chichicastenango who helps us with many of our surgical patients.
Tomorrow we will head to Chichipaca for another clinic. I look forward to working with Dr. Sowel and appreciate this opportunity to learn more.
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