Mary, Andrew and Manuel in Paxot II

This morning, Mary, Andrew and I drove through Chichi to pick up Manuel. He is the Spanish/ K'iche' translator that we use from time to time when we have people with us. He is an easy going guy and good to work with.

We had clinic today in Paxot and even though we were here last week, we had a good number of patients.

We were able to let Juana hear the heartbeat of her unborn baby and that was exciting for her.
Here Juana is with Manuel, Mary and Andrew.

For lunch we walked to Juan's house. They had prepared a special meal for us and it was great. We had beef soup, tamalitos, fresh chili and coffee.

Here Juan is with Levi. I think he is about 18 months now.

Here we are having a wonderful lunch. As you can see in the back ground, all photos are appreciated. I rememer taking many of them over the almost five years that I have been here. They bring back a lot of good memories and show how well Juan has done during these years.

Juan bought a new bull about two weeks ago. At first the bull would not stand up or walk which really upset Aura, his wife.

Well, we found out that the bull could stand and walk and it was obvious that he did not enjoy having his photo taken!!

Yes, I stepped back quickly.

We finished with 23 medical patients and 3 dental cleanings.

I received a call this afternoon from Hector. He will bring two babies to clinic tomorrow with their lab work. If all goes well, they will have cleft-lip surgery in February at Clinica Ezell.