These last two weeks have been absolutely jam packed with opportunities and craziness, and I want to catch you up on some of the stuff that has been happening. These are some of the photos from last week when the brigade came to help out. There were many projects that they helped us with, and there were many pictures taken during their time here. I can't wait to show you guys everything when I get home...
The brigade consisted of 6 spanish students from a christian high school in California, with 3 adult chaperones. They were small in number but very useful. They handed out items like toothbrushes and toothpaste to the patients, and entertained the kids while they waited to be seen by the doctors. Some patients literally wait 6 or more hours to be seen at the clinic.
The group packed their bags full of every sort of medication/bandages/supplies that they could get their hands on, and brought them down as donations. And then they spent hours upon hours sorting through and organizing the mess in the pharmacy.
The big project that I helped them with was organizing and painting our emergency area. If you read my blog about a whole lot of chaos, this is from that thursday.
From left to right this is me, Sheree, Yadi, Larry, Jeanie, and Cindy standing in the finished ER.
But in the midst of it all, I finally made it to the only tourist spot in all of Olancho... The Caves of Talgua. They are thousands of years old and the burial site of an ancient people group. It was pretty awesome to see, and it was also a great way to escape from the afternoon heat here. : )
1 comment:
I'm glad you got in one of the pictures...how awesome it must of been to hang out with and receive help from those high school students.
Those kids are beautiful....I bet it makes you smile just to see them smile:)
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