Clinic in Xejox

I was waiting in the road as Manuel, Juan, Maury and Gaspar stopped for me. We met the truck of Josefina, Marcos, Tomas and Aura and at 0700 we were on our way to Xejox. The last time we drove this it was in during the rainy season.........things have sure changed. Instead of inches and inches of mud, it was inches and inches of dust. The landscape was white due to no moisture. The first photo was taken as we were continuing our climb.

Last time we were here, we were unable to hold the clinic in the Church building because of the mud. A family totally opened their home to us for two days. We rearranged furniture, turned their bedroom into a clinic and left our equipment overnight.......talk about hospitality!!

Today we were able to make the climb the Church. We were a little disappointed in the amount of patients we had but we found out that the announcement was only made to the Church members. Next time the announcement will go out to the whole community.

We saw 22 medical patients, 7 dental patients and 5 patients had their teeth cleaned by Tomas and Gaspar. I am really excited that these guys had patients today. It is a lot of work to carry all of the equipment and a big disappointment when there are no patients. I still think that with more education their patient population will continue to grow.

This little girl was seen in the dental area today and she carried her sister around all day.

Josefina was playing around with the children and we got a photo of them. I did not notice that the little guy to the far left was too busy to look at the camera :) But hey, it was important to him!
We will be in this area once a month and I really hope that it is a blessing for the community and it gives the Church an avenue for out-reach and teaching.

We unloaded our truck in Lemoa and then I drove everyone to Chichi to catch further rides home. Everyone is safe in their homes after a long day...............

Mom and dad will arrive tomorrow afternoon.......I will be headed for Antigua and the airport. Also please remember the surgical team that was in Montellano this week. They will be returning to the States very early in the morning.