"Where is Chutzorob I ?", you may ask. Well to be exact, it is 20 minutes down the road (by truck), from Chuchipaca II, and about 10 minutes before you get to Chumanzana! This is a new community that Sheri and the team started doing clinic in, and Saturday was my first time out there. Kemmel stayed back at the house and played computer-repairman for mine and Sheri's computers. He could open his own fix-it-up shop!
The brethren are so organized in Chutzorob, that they have nine members signed up to help with clinic, and are divided into 3 teams of 3 that rotate weeks with us. They even made up some signs to announce when we are scheduled to be out there. This time we worked with Sebastian, Manuel and Tomas who were did a great job praying, counseling and translating for us. We only saw 13 patients this time, but more than half were non church members, and several did not attend church anywhere at all so we felt like we made some good contacts. Afterward, we went to Sebastian's house and did a home visit to see his daughter who has been weak since her miscarriage a month ago. Phyisically she appeared to be recovering, but she was dealing with some depression and issues with her in-laws. So, we spent some time counseling with her and praying for her. The family invited us to have lunch with them, and we enjoyed chicken soup and tamalitos together. When we left, the patient seemed be perked up a little and said she appreciated our visit and prayers.
Today, we slept in (6:30) and went for a walk to town to do some errands. The great thing about living here, is everyone is open on Sunday morning and all the churches meet in the afternoon. So we wandered around town some and saw several friends we hadn't seen in a while. It's good to be back! Then we headed home, got ready for church and walked back to town. We were welcomed back to church by all of our friends and saw how the church had grown some with new faces in the crowd. They told us that they had had 4 baptisms in the last month alone. There had also obviously been a new crop of babies while we had been gone--very cute!
Well, tomorrow we head to the capital to renew our visas and then hurry back to get ready for clinic on Tuesday. Thanks for checking in, and keep up the prayers for this work.
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