Well the team assembled and was a really neat mixture of the "seasoned" medical team members, translators and a great group of pre-med and nursing students. The women were out in full force on this trip (as you can see in the pictures).
Overall, they treated 620 people in the medical clinic, 112 people in the dental clinic, and 450 in the vision clinic. There were 106 commitments to Christ in the clinic and one very special team member conversion. (Long story, but oh so marvelous... guess you'll have to call Daniel and ask!)
After seeing patients all day, the staff would teach and quiz the students in the evenings ("grand rounds") along with nightly devotionals and dinner. Exhausting, yes! Marvelous...absolutely!
It's so amazing how the teams go down to meet others needs, but end up being so touched and ministered to themselves. The Lord truly spoke of this when He spoke of "casting our bread on the waters" and it [the "bread"] coming back multiplied, pressed down, shaken together and running over. How can you describe the friendships, the miracles and the opening of one's eyes and hearts that you can only find when you step outside your own little corner of the World and hold up the hands of a brother?
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Fun comes in so many forms!
Morning devotions under one lovely, yet quite large, tree!
Consultations.
The new medical clinic being built will even have a surgery suite.
Of course, the vet in Daniel could never resist getting a few pictures of the local animal life.
La farmacia! (The Pharmacy)
There's always a cute kid!
Pharmacist hard at work!
Another cute kid.
Training a student.
The team consisted mostly of pre-med and nursing students under supervision of several doctors, dentist, nurses and one super nice pharmacist!
A lovely sunset over the volcano lake just past the compound.
A morning chat on the compound between students and mentors.
Photos from one of the clinics.
Notice the dirt floors.
