Happy 4th of July!!

HAPPY 4th of JULY!!!

Today is not a holiday here in Guatemala but those of us who are Americans, remember this holiday. We are thankful for the freedom that we share and never want to forget the people who gave so much so we could enjoy so much.

We had 20 patients in the clinic. It rained off and on through the morning and for the most of the morning was very cool.

Three patients for surgery came. They are the children that will go to the coast to have their palates repaired in August. It will be a good week.

We enjoyed our usual lunch of eggs and tortillas. I am not complaining. The salsa and the chili added a special kick to it.

After clinic I took the Suk to Kemmel and Lisa's house. We exchanged some money :) and some information and then I started walking to Chichi to go to the bank. As I was walking, it started raining to I changed plans and took a micro van.

One of the problems here in Chichi, is that businesses tend to post different hours than what they are really opened. For example, the place that I pay my electric bill post that they are opened to 5pm but they actually stop taking money at 4:35. At 4:35, they lock their door but the sign says they are opened to 5pm. The bank posts that on Mondays they are opened until 5pm but today they were closed at 3:40. Fine, if you want to close at a certain time but please post the proper times.

Tomorrow, we will have class in Lemoa and it will be a diabetic class. It will be the second of the three class series. Last month there were 30 patients so I hope we will see this response again.