Clinic in Chuchipaca

Today, Gaspar and I had clinic in Chuchipaca.

There were a lot of men gathering as we arrived. Their project for the day was to cut down trees on the side of the hill. They climbed the trees without any problem, cutting the branches with their machetes.

When I asked them why they were cutting down the trees, I received an interesting response. They are doing this because on March 5th, they are having a big celebration. The answer I got was, "We are cutting down the trees because we need more room for the celebration!"

For those of you who have been to Chuchipaca, you know there already is a huge area in front of the building...........now we will have more room!

This is little guy was working as hard as he could. He would split one log and then get another.

We finished with 19 patients for the day. It was a good clinic.

On the way home, I asked Gaspar if he wanted to drive. He drove us to the highway and he did well. He seemed to enjoy doing it more than he has in the past. We just need to work on his confidence, which will just take more practice.