New Clinic in Chiqua

Today, Lisa, Juan, Gaspar and I went to a new area, Chiqua. Alicia owns this small store and offered to let us hold clinic here. It is in a great location, very close to the highway. Chiqua is a fairly large community and Alicia already had started a patient list for us!

Alicia in her store.

Gaspar and Juan after they set up the pharmacy area. Now, we wait for the patients to arrive.

Patients gathering before starting the consults.

I can see us returning on a regular basis here. There is a need and a great opportunity.

We had 37 patients today. This was accomplished by Alicia talking to her neighbors and spreading the word. It is amazing how one lady, by opening up her store for a few hours, can impact her community. The majority of patients today do not claim to be Christians. Most told me that they have Mayan beliefs or are Costumbre. This gives us a wonderful opportunity to develop a relationship with the community and share Christ with them.

Isaiah 61:1----The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is upon me, because the Lord has annointed me to preach the good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from the darkness for the prisoners.

There is not a better place to put these words into action.

I will keep you posted on the progress here in Chiqua.