Count Down

Just two more days of work! Don't get us wrong; we love our work, but it will be nice to take a break for the holidays. Things are hopping around here in town with parties every night, costumed dances in the streets, and more fair ground and market booths (you got it--more ROSCAS! - estimate we are up to 20000 pounds of roscas for sale!)

Snake oil salesman in the park

Party trailer complete with band and sound equipment. Making its round to all the neighborhoods in town--and blocking traffic!

Roscas

Yesterday was clinic in Xepocol. We saw several people, the majority of whom do not attend church. One patient in particular came in for some health issues, but we ended up talking about her husband who is dying at home, from probably a brain tumor. They have sought treatment and were told there is nothing else to be done, and he is unconscious in bed this week. She is young (35) with 5 children, and says she used to attend one of the churches in town, but since her husband has been sick, she quit going. The sad part, is she says no one from that church has come to pray with them and said that the pastor only prays for those who can pay him. And the other members and some neighbors have told her that as soon as he dies, she too will die as punishment for whatever sins they have in their life. We spent some time in counseling and praying and getting her some medications, and Gaspar arranged for a visit from people in his congregation to go to their home to pray with them.