Down and Dirty on Wednesday with Harding.

Again, we headed out with the Harding P.A. Students to several areas.  We had two truck loads and nine passengers.  We were loaded as this group headed out to Chuguexa.  We have clinic here twice a month, with a large population of diabetic patients.

We are in the dusty part of the year.  When we jump out of the truck, the dust rises up!  As the dust settles, it actually settles on us.

This Gary and his ABC Daughter Angelica.  Since she lives close to this area, she and her family came to visit Gary today.

Rick has been spending his time reading with students. We are actively trying to find ways to introduce books and reading, where in the past it is not something that is done or valued. Later as young adults try to pass entrance exams into colleges and universities, they struggle due to a lack of reading comprehension.

Rick take a break from reading and provides some balloon entertainment.

We had a busy day with eighteen regular patients and twenty-four ABC Children.

When we were finished, we packed the trucks up and headed back to Chichi to celebrate and morn the loss of Andrea, who is one of our dentists.  We celebrate with her since she will soon be married and it is a happy time for her but we mourn our loss. She has been an asset to the team and we wish her the best!

Everyone gathered upstairs while we celebrated with cake.

Then it came time to also celebrate Andrea's birthday and we did not want to forget the Guatemalan tradition of taking a bite of the cake, as someone helps you from behind.  In this case, Lisa gave the extra push and then ducked the camera!!

Happy Birthday, Andrea.  We wish you the best in the future and Health Talents International will miss you and your service! May God bless you!