Happy New Year! Our staff at Clinica Caris and Clinica Ezell have been back at work for a couple of weeks now, taking care of sick patients and visiting patients and families in their homes on follow up. Churches are meeting again and active for now, which is encouraging.
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| Open-air clinics! |
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| Clinical duties may include breaking into a clinic storeroom with a white board fallen against the door. |
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| Baptism celebration to kick off the new year. |
Everything seems to be up and running except for our U.S. medical/dental/surgical teams. We have put a plan into effect on when to bring teams in, and the Government has added some hoops to jump through, so we keep working on those. So far we don't know of any mission organizations bringing in U.S. surgical teams either. We've had patients on the waiting list since last March, and when we try to refer them to other services we get the same disappointing news. The National Hospitals are FULL of Covid patients and not attending elective cases nor outpatient clinics. The private hospitals and surgeons are working quite a bit, but the prices are too high for many of our patients.
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Hoping for some surgical teams soon.
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So for the mean time, we pray and work and look forward to sharing this beautiful country of hospitable people and warm weather with you soon! Thank you to those who continue to offer financial and prayer support for this ministry. We and our patients and area churches are so grateful!
We hope to say, "Bienvenido a Guatemala" soon!
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New Christians from Antigua Xepocol
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