Clinic in Xepol

Pat, Al, Gaspar, Juan and I went to a new clinic today in Xepol. We left Chichi at 0730 since it is about an hour and a half away. Our first clinic there was in March with the Pepperdine students so today was our second clinic there. We had 12 patients today with 3 of them returning for the second time. We saw a variety of illnesses but many of the typical ones you see when you start a new clinic.

The children welcomed the camera more than they did in March. This is Pat with some of the children before we started clinic.

We began clinic as we always do. We welcomed everyone and explained what services we can offer. Gaspar talked about dental cleaning and the importance of that. We prayed as a group and then began the clinic. We found one lady with a hernia and we hope she will return so we can help her with surgery. One gentleman was having a difficult time after having what seemed like a small stroke.

After we finished, we carried everything back to the truck. These children wanted to help so they carried small boxes and our back packs for us.

We drove down the road to a small store. Al bought us Cokes as we made peanut butter and jelly sandwiches..............and then we were ready for the drive home.

Pat and Al invited us out to dinner and we enjoyed that time together. They will be headed back to The City in the morning. We pray that they have a safe travel home and that they enjoyed their time here with us. It is always exciting to have people visit and share the clinics.