Parents and Children for Surgery..............

Today, several people came to the clinic to begin the process for their child's surgery.  You may recognize a few of these children, since some of them have had their cleft lips repaired and now they will have their palate surgery.

This is Amarilis.  If you have an opportunity to see the HTI video on YouTube, you will see Amarilis.  Before her lip surgery, she had heart surgery in Guatemala City.  She was then cleared for surgery and she had her lip repaired.  In February, she will have her palate repaired. Her second surgery will be sponsored by Tom and Freda again.

This is Angeliga and she had her lip repaired last year.  Her surgery will be sponsored by Kory.

This is a new baby for us.  His name is Carlos Enrique and his surgery will be sponsored by Edna.  Carlos will have his lip repaired this trip and then in a year, he will have his palate repaired.

This is another new baby for us.  His name is Jose Luis.  His parents are not Christians nor do they believe in God.  The mother believes that her child is sick due to seeing a dog when he was only 3 days old.  If Jose gains a couple of pounds, his surgery will be sponsored by Kory.

This is Jaime and you may remember him from last year.  His mom always has such a pretty smile.  There is a possibility that Jaime's dad will also have his lip repaired.  We will see what happens.  Danny will sponsor Jaime's surgery.

This is a new baby for us.  His name is Eber Jeremias.  Nancy, will sponsor his surgery.  Betty, in the background is now helping at Solomen's Porch in Panajachel. She is our main contact with some of the babies.

This is Yony and his mom.  He had surgery last year and his surgery will be sponsored again by Terry.  I am also hoping that Yony gains a couple of pounds before February.

This is Marcos and he went to Montellano to have his lip surgery last year.  He is doing great!  Frank and Evelyn will sponsor his palate surgery. 

This is Osman and his parents.  He has done wonderful this year.  Osman's surgery will be sponsored by the Morganton Church of Christ.  

I think that Osman will win the hearts of the young ladies this year!!  What a sweet smile!!

It was a good morning seeing the children that I know and meeting some others.  

There is also a young man that will go with us.  He is 15 years old but several years ago, he fell and has a small scar on his lip.  I think that something can be done to help him feel better.

Please remember the children, their parents and the medical team in your prayers.

In the afternoon, I had a ladies class in Chichi.  Ceci translated for me and she does such a wonderful job.  There were about 20 ladies and we had good participation.  It was the class on emotional health.