HTI Team meets Xejox

Today, a group of us went to Xejox. It took us about 2.5 hours to get there but we arrived without any problems.

It took awhile to set up clinic. We had a dentists, a dental hygienist and doctors with us. We set up in the building that the congregation uses for worship. Here, Andrew, Brandon and Dustin hang the privacy curtain around the exam table.

Kristi is ready for her first dental cleaning patient of the day.

Gary, Linda and Vicki wait for clinic to start. Gary worked with the dental area while Linda and Vicki did the vital signs and labs on the patients as they arrived.

While we set up inside, Kemmel was doing a dental program outside with the ABC children. He talked to them about brushing their teeth and gave them all new tooth brushes. He told them that they needed to sing a song twice through and then they would know they had brushed enough. In this photo, I caught most of them spitting :)

Four more ladies demonstrating how to brush their teeth properly.

Dental is ready to roll..........Kristi, Marcos, Jessica, Gary and Todd.

Andrew and Mary seeing a patient with their translator.

It was then time to walk down the hill to a house for lunch. The weather and colors were beautiful.

For lunch we were served a fantastic soup and tortillas. This rooster was just elated since he was not selected for our lunch!!

After lunch, we walked back to finish clinic. This lady and son were walking their sheep along the road.
This is the one that I wanted to bring home but I know Nakko would not like to share his yard with a furry creature.

We had a great clinic. We saw about 15 patients and all of the ABC children.

When we arrived back in Lemoa, we dropped all of the equipment off at Clinica Carris. The group will leave tomorrow and we need to use the trucks for other things. We made it back to Santo Tomas about 8:30 for dinner.

It was a good day but a long day...............Days like this just cause you to be thankful for medical and dental care. The people in Xejox have to travel almost two hours to get basic medicine. I think my new goal will be to move to one of these areas and open a small clinic and pharmacy. So many goals......................and only one life to accomplish them in.

Tomorrow, we will have our worship together, the group will enjoy the market and then they will leave for Guatemala City. These three days of clinic have gone quickly but have been fantastic.