First clinic in Chutzurob and what a clinic it was!!!

I met everyone in Chichi this morning and we headed toward Chutzurob. If you have been able to follow the blog, this is the community that Gaspar, Juan and I went to on May 21. That was the first time we met Sabastian and he needed to talk to other members of the Church to see if they were in agreement of a clinic. Gaspar received a call the following Monday with the word of approval...........so here we go............

We were about 20 minutes away from the community when Gaspar received the telephone call saying there were over 30 patients already waiting!! Brett and Kassi were in the truck with Gaspar and I and we all let out a little squeal of excitement. That excitement lasts for a few minutes and then the awareness of the responsibility begins to grow. It is an exciting opportunity but responsibility comes with it.

When we arrive, there were a lot of people waiting. We greeted everyone and then unloaded the truck. There were 6 people from the Church wanting to help us and they had already prepared the area for us. Two sisters help register patients, one brother helped translate when the students did their vital signs, one brother helped me translate, another helped direct the patients when it was their turn and one prayed with the patients after the consult. The flow of the patients went very smoothly and all 48 patients were seen!

When lunch time arrived, Melina and Kassi went to the truck to make bean and cheese sandwiches.
Aaron tried his best convince people today that Manuel is is dad.......for some reason no one could see the resemblance :):)
Everyone wanted a photo of the group that participated today. The Church members thanked us many times. We in turn thanked them and reminded them that this is their ministry. We are only there to help them. Many congregations have grown in areas we do clinics and it will be interesting to see what will happen in this area. They said they would like to have clinic once a month. We will do our best to do that.........and all for the Glory of God!
This was my last clinic with this group of students. I have messages from Brett and Kassi that I will post. They have been a great group.....families and friends can be very proud of them. I will see them again on Monday morning before I go to the City if anyone has comments they want to send......and thanks for reading the blog!