6:30 came earlier than normal this morning but amazingly I woke up at 6:15 and felt ready to go. First good nights sleep I have had since my surgery in April.
Patricia fixed breakfast for me as the taxi was coming to take me to the place where we were having our first clinic. Light breakfast this morning.
I got to Casa Comunal San Esjidio and met the people in charge and a lot of helpers. To my surprise there were 8 senior students from the dental college there to help us with the dental care. They would clean teeth and give each child a lesson on proper dental care and then give them a new toothbrush and toothpaste, which we had brought from two dentists in Boise.
We started seeing people at 9am. The dental clinic were seeing only children and the vision clinic was seeing only older women, a couple of younger women were also seen. Both clinics were very organized and ran very smoothly. I was very impressed by the professionalism of all the clinical staff members and volunteers.
We finished about 2pm and I got a taxi and returned to Patricia's where she had lunch ready.
As I reflect back on this clinic I am amazed how well it went, the new friends we made and also a new partnership that was established with XXXXX, thanks to Larry and Ghislaine Urban. Their contribution to this trip is immeasurable. I couldn't in anyway have done it without them.
Our logistics person that we have used in the past was unable to assist us this year, for various reasons, so we had to shift gears and come up with a plan on our own. Ghislaine, being from Guayaquil, had numerous resources and was able to put two clinics together for us. The next one will be at La Roca Church next Sunday, which our team has been to in the past with clinics. The dental college students asked to join us so we were blessed again. God's hand in these projects never ceases to amaze me and leaves me in awe of his plans for this mission team.
With all the opportunities we have learned of here in Quayaquil and surrounding communities, we are going to do more clinics in this area. We will use this as our base and go out from here. It will be more cost effective for the team and future volunteers as well. There are so many people that are volunteering to help us it is amazing. They want to travel with us to communities all over this region. Again and again I can visibly see God's hand in every part of this work we are doing. This trip has proven to me again that when he closes one door he opens another, especially when we are doing his work. Things work out the way they are suppose to according to his word. We just have to relax and trust in him. He has us in his hands.
A day of rest tomorrow as far as I know, but with Patricia you never know. We could be visiting with future project leaders, who knows. I just go where she leads me.
Partners Chapter here is planning a project which I will share with you later this week. Time to rest.
God Bless
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