Clinic at Luz Divina

As we drove up to our new clinic site, the dirt roads were swarmed with skittering feet of the children. They peered in through the bars of the window to see what we were bringing. As we unpacked the medication, surgical supplies and dental equipment, it was obvious that yes, we were having a medical clinic in the middle of their town.
The people of the town jumped at the opportunity to help. Each of the church members wanted to help with food. They decided that each person would take the responsibility to cook for one of us. Every meal we would get ten different meals and would all pick off of all of them. We were so thankful for our food day after day. As we seepedout the building, people would jump up from their seats and take the broom from us and finish the job. They were so understanding as they waited for us to get medicine bags that we had run out of. And laughed and our good but broken spanish. Dont get me wrong, there are always the people who you want to kick out of the building because they keep coming back with different problems that they forgot that last time they came. But the majority of the time the people were so helpful and enjoyable.
Our team seams to be working so well together. We are like a well oiled machine. Well we do have some mistakes every once and a while but we work so well together. I am so impressed with our improvement and excited that we have the ability to make a little dent of help in the cities around us. God is amazing and helps us through each and everyday and just maybe we have made a small difference in the people that we have served.

A FEW MEMORABLE EXPERIENCES...
We had the opportunity to see two baby girls being born. One of them on Jenni's 25th birthday and was named after her. Baby Jenni. It was an amazing experience and one i will never forget.

Playing soccer with the little boys after a long day of clinic. Tiringbut one of the most enjoyable tasks of the day. The kids are so sweet!!! And amazing soccer pros.!!! I was shocked to see these little 5-8 year old kicking the ball like i see on tv. Wow.

A little girl named Angi. I found her sittin in the mud and was wondering why she was so sad. She later told me something that in spanish that i couldn't make out. We were walking back to her house where i thought she wanted to go when she said the same phrase again. I still didn't know what she was saying. I quickly went and asked jenni what the word meant, it was to hit. Her father hit her weather it was a punishment or even just a small spanking this child was sad. Angi and i decided that stickers would be a good cure for her sadness. We went inside and picked out a few of her favorite stickers and spent the next few minutes smiling and laughing and chatting. As darkness grew stronger she ran off with the biggest smile on her face. She was such a preciously beautiful little girl.