Our poor blog has been in abandonment for a couple of months. Not that we aren't busy, but rather it's hard to report on the things that seem routine to us. This week we threw some excitement into the mix!
For the first time since the pandemic started, we hosted a U.S. team. We had a small mobile dental team come to the Quiche area to help us address some of the needs of our ABC sponsorship kids.
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The dream team!
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We set up in the Paxot II church all week and had surrounding churches/families bring in their kids by appointment to avoid crowding. We were able to attend 71 kids from 3 churches, offering long overdue fillings, sealants and cleanings. This was in addition to the regular dental patients that we were able to continue serving because of the help of the team.
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| Dra. Silvia Albizures joined us, covering Dra. Aura's normal clinic to free her up to go mobile. |
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| Holly working hard on dental hygiene. And some interesting spectators! |
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| Julie helping Dra. Aura. |
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| Glamorous personal protection equipment. Bode felt left out! |
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| Gary helping Dr. Mark. |
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| Not-too-bad attempt at social distancing. |
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| Waiting room fun |
Thankfully our team's pre-travel Covid tests were negative and they made it back without glitches. We hope to continue to bring in medical and dental teams to help with the work here!
Our Covid numbers here in Guatemala are still sky high. But the number of percent of tests positive has started coming back down (we reached about 31% positive and are down to 23% now). Unfortunately, the already stressed hospitals are just now getting hit from that peak (Imagine full wards and ICUs and newly admitted patients lined up in chairs in hallways connected to oxygen tanks, waiting for a bed. Imagine all ventilators occupied and staff ventilating intubated patients by hand until a machine opens up. Imagine a national shortage of sedatives so intubated patients are awake on the ventilators. So keep praying for the overworked and under-supplied medical teams working in the hospitals and the patients who are struggling.
"Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past.
19 See, I am doing a new thing!
Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?
I am making a way in the wilderness
and streams in the wasteland. Isaiah 43:18-19
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