Today was a cold, windy, cloudy day with teams out in Mactzul I, Panajxit and our central office in Chichicastenango. Here are a few snapshots of the day.
We had a good turnout at our new central clinic out in Mactzul with patients coming from several different communities.
 |
| Cesybel using our new blood pressure cuffs donated by Debra Blessner--they are anti-shock! |
One of the local church elders came by to see how things were going. We enjoyed talking about his machete and local superstitions like people who wander around in the the night looking to chop of heads of unfortunate souls who stay out too late!
.JPG) |
Brother Pedro Calel sporting his machete--"handy for whatever might present itself in the road like dogs or snakes or other menaces!"
|
We had Sheri with us doing great patient education today on everything from ear wax removal at home, prenatal care, and diabetic diet, to diarrhea prevention and nutrition and hygiene. Our intern Mitch Ramsey is getting to be a pro at seeing our patients, taking special care to describe just how bad the metronidazole will taste and how to get it down! Apparently being a patient himself helps a doctor be a little more empathetic!
The junior high classes going on next to our clinic were full of about 15 kids. Not bad for first year. There appear to be about 7 girls enrolled, which makes us so happy to see. They start a 1:00 and were on their recess when we headed out.
 |
The junior high parking lot. Notice they have no qualms parking in front of the clinic door. I'm going to have to get a no parking sign!
|
Kemmel and Cesar (our ABC coordinator) have been working on ABC applications for new families/kids and getting everyone set up with school supplies for the new year. It's a hectic job with lots of phone calls involved and coordination of 14 different churches, but they have pretty good system going on.
 |
This handsome guy came by to get his picture taken for his ABC sponsorship application.
|
We found out as well, that our patient with breast cancer, Agustina passed away this morning. She and her husband are Christians but the rest of their family is not, so we will pray for consolation for her husband and children and also for the rest of the family to come to know Christ, to have the same hope of resurrection one day.
 |
| Gaspar got this shot of neighbors coming by to visit the family and leave grain sacks full of donated food for Agustina's family. |
1 comment:
Good morning, how are you?
My name is Emilio, I am a Spanish boy and I live in a town near to Madrid. I am a very interested person in knowing things so different as the culture, the way of life of the inhabitants of our planet, the fauna, the flora, and the landscapes of all the countries of the world etc. in summary, I am a person that enjoys traveling, learning and respecting people's diversity from all over the world.
I would love to travel and meet in person all the aspects above mentioned, but unfortunately as this is very expensive and my purchasing power is quite small, so I devised a way to travel with the imagination in every corner of our planet. A few years ago I started a collection of used stamps because through them, you can see pictures about fauna, flora, monuments, landscapes etc. from all the countries. As every day is more and more difficult to get stamps, some years ago I started a new collection in order to get traditional letters addressed to me in which my goal was to get at least 1 letter from each country in the world. This modest goal is feasible to reach in the most part of countries, but unfortunately, it is impossible to achieve in other various territories for several reasons, either because they are very small countries with very few population, either because they are countries at war, either because they are countries with extreme poverty or because for whatever reason the postal system is not functioning properly.
For all this, I would ask you one small favor:
Would you be so kind as to send me a letter by traditional mail from Guatemala? I understand perfectly that you think that your blog is not the appropriate place to ask this, and even, is very probably that you ignore my letter, but I would call your attention to the difficulty involved in getting a letter from that country, and also I don’t know anyone neither where to write in Guatemala in order to increase my collection. a letter for me is like a little souvenir, like if I have had visited that territory with my imagination and at same time, the arrival of the letters from a country is a sign of peace and normality and an original way to promote a country in the world. My postal address is the following one:
Emilio Fernandez Esteban
Avenida Juan de la Cierva, 44
28902 Getafe (Madrid)
Spain
If you wish, you can visit my blog www.cartasenmibuzon.blogspot.com where you can see the pictures of all the letters that I have received from whole World.
Finally, I would like to thank the attention given to this letter, and whether you can help me or not, I send my best wishes for peace, health and happiness for you, your family and all your dear beings.
Yours Sincerely
Emilio Fernandez
Post a Comment