Medical Clinics and Thanksgiving

It has been quite a week. A group of medical students and doctors from Viginina Tech's VCOM program came down to do medical clinics in some remote vilages this last week. We went with the groups, me as a translator and Will as the soccer gurue (He played for about 8 hours every day with the kids from the towns). It was really neat to get to know some of the students and really great to be able to be a part of something that helped so many people. Some days it was freezing cold with high force winds and sometimes it was quite warm but whatever the weather we set up a clinic in schools, churches, and open fields and saw many people who otherwise may not get to a doctor anytime soon.

Will with one of the babies that came to the clinic.

Translating on one of the colder days in a tent.

With all the traveling that we did out in the remote areas of Honduras, sometimes 3 hours from Teguc into the mountains Will has come down with Dengue. Dengue is basically a mosquito born flu that is fairly common here, but he may be out of commision for a while since the doctors orders are rest, rest, rest. You may say a prayer for him to get better quickly and not get too frustrated being confined to resting in the house with Ranger. We also are supposed to renew our visas by next Monday at the latest, which requires traveling, so we pray he is well before then, but if not, no worries, we'll just pay a little fine and go when he is well.


Will and I eating coconut for Thanksgiving lunch dessert.

Thanksgiving was pretty eventful here. We were at our last clinic for the week and saw over 200 people, then headed straight for a restaurant here that had made us a thanksgiving meal of the usual turkey, mashed potatoes and green beans. It was great food and it was really good to be with people but we missed family, food (the quantity and homecooked kind), and football.

We are still working hard on getting the Christmas Play ready making constumes, painting, and planning. Graduation at Baxter is this weekend so we will see some people from the states this week too.