On a brighter side of life, I went to a conference in Paxot 2 of the local area churches of Christ. This was a great day of worshiping with about 1500 other christians and also getting to enjoy their hospitality and friendship. They had 8 baptisms today and although all of them well special, 2 stood out. The first is the grandmother of our health promoter Juan Quino. Sorry but I did not have the camera today. The second was Tomasito (small Tomas). Tomas is a teenage boy who is somewhat learning disabled who is always around to welcome you and ask how your are doing, etc. He does not go to school and is a field worker; however, the brothers of Paxot 2 have really taken him in and treats him as one of their own brothers or children. For those that have been to Paxot 2 you may recognize him as he tends to stare and cling to americans. Here is a picture with him in it. He is the one in the back on the left with the big smile. Sweet kid!
Also on the bright side, during Christmas vacation, we attended to one of the elders in Paxot 2 who had a extremely bad case of pneumonia who is now doing much better. When we first went to see him he had not eaten in a few days and we could not even get an IV in him. We had injected him with some strong antibiotics but they were not enough so we finally convinced the family to take him to the hospital, which they did. He received treatment for 3 days and went home. That was a couple of weeks ago. Now he has gone from a cannot-move-about-to-die-look, to sitting up and talking with visitors in his home. He is still very weak from his illness but continues to make progess - please continue to pray for Tomas Sut Gonzales I. Also for those who have been to Paxot 2, if you remeber a very skinny older guy with a huge cowboy hat, that is who we are talking about.
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