What a wide variety of services provided during this week-----eye and ortho surgeries and root canals!
With a team of about 45 volunteers, plus dental and the Guatemalan staff......we provided about 81 eye surgeries, 11 ortho surgeries and 40 root canals. It was a full week and we had many thankful patients.
Jay preached on Sunday at the Montellano Church of Christ, across the street from the hospital.
When we had the meeting with Dr. Walter, I asked Rich to translate for him. These guys always do a great job and are so helpful.
With their translating skills and desire to talk and pray with patients, they were a perfect fit to spend time with patients before they went back to the operating room.
The ortho team got a quick photo with Sandra. Sandra is an anesthesiologist that helps us from time-to-time. She is from Nicaragua and it was great to have her with us.
The University of Tennessee visits us one a year and helps with education and different landscaping and gardening projects. This year, they worked with a school near Montellano to provide a street clean up. Obdulio and Oscar also helped plan the project.
The week went fast. There were some rough patches during the week but we survived and we never want to forget to give thanks for that. Each day is new. Each day is filled with blessings and moments of encouragement. We just have to remain positive and press on.
It seems as soon as we get a team cranked up and running at full-speed, it is time to close shop and go to Antigua. So on Friday morning, it was time to head to Antigua to enjoy one more day.
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