Clinic in Xeaboj

I wanted to share one more photo from yesterday when we were walking the students to their homes. If you remember the photo from yesterday, Brett is in the front pulling the suitcase and everyone is following him. The closeness in the community is so obvious and refreshing. In front of the two children you can see four people holding hands and the two little guys are the best of buddies :)
This morning we all met at Clinica Caris, packed the trucks, sang a song, prayed for safe travel and headed down the road. Josefina, Tomas, Juan, Jordan and Melina all headed to La Palma. While we (Gaspar, Manuel, Maury, Aura, Brett, Kassi , Aaron and I) headed to Xeaboj.

We stopped in Chichi to buy what would be our lunch and then proceeded upwards. It was a bright, clear morning and as we climbed, Chichi became a beautiful view. We arrived in plenty of time to set up and get organized. Each student began with a patient or family and then followed them through the whole clinic process.

I have a photo of each student with a short comment on their first day here.

We ended up seeing 22 patients and it was a good day. We ate our lunch which consisted of peanut butter sandwiches, bean and cheese sandwiches and chocloate cookies. They are good, staple foods here and when you are hungry, they are especially good!

The trucks were loaded and then we drove back to Clinica Caris so Manuel could take everyone one home for the evening. We had a prayer of thanksgiving for safe travels and good clinics. Everyone knows that each day will be very different and a lot of planning is important. All questions were answered about tomorrow and we are ready!

Most everyone, including all of the students, will go to Xela tomorrow. Some of us will remain in the area and do our regular clinic here.

Tonight was another K'iche' class.........so it is time to finish the blog and get some sleep......thank you for reading and good night :)