Clinic Day 2

I meant to post this the other night to describe what all we did that day, however many of our team members are sick, including myself, so sleep was the better option!

On Wednesday, our team split up into 2 groups. Half of us went to a feeding center in San Lucas and the other half went back to El Arado to run a strictly prenatal clinic.

I was with the team at San Lucas. Manna has a feeding center at this location which we turned into a clinic for the morning and afternoon hours. On this particular day, we had one doctor and he was able to see about 60 patients over the span of about 4 hours. That's crazy! The coolest part about that is not only did they receive help for their physical needs but every patient heard about the good news of Jesus Christ! One of the sweetest moments that day was this little girl and a couple of our team members.

The way the clinic was set up every child had to go through our evangelism station before they could go to our hygiene unit. We gave out Salvation bracelets at this station and explained to them the meaning of each colored bead. This one little girl, who couldn't have been more than 3 years old, didn't have salvation bracelet. So we got one of our guys to come and explain the meaning of each bead on the bracelet while she sat in another's guys lap. That was such a sweet moment to see, and she was even able to repeat back what each bracelet meant. Several children came through and it was so exciting getting to interact with them. Our clinic was smooth-running (for the most part). I worked a lot in pharmacy on that day and a little bit in triage. It was excited getting to rotate through the different stations compared to last year where I stayed almost completely at the hygiene unit. At about 12:30 children started showing up for lunch. Manna serves lunch to the children in the surrounding area after they get out of school. I would guess about 100 children came to eat. They packed 2 rooms full, and just before we rushed off to Antigua, I was able to hear the children (all of them!) pray aloud and thank God for their food and blessings. Such a humbling moment for me.  So all in all, Wednesday was a successful clinic day for us! 

After we finished clinic, we went to Antigua to go zip lining! It was a different place from where we went last year, and it was such a workout. 14 lines, I think, with one of them being from one mountain to another. We had to walk on rope bridges, climb up a ladder as steep as a tree, and climb up tons of flights of stairs to reach all the different platforms. It was so much fun though! Especially the last one because we had a mountain to our right and an active volcano to our left. On that zipline 2 people went at the same time so that was a lot of fun too! I was too chicken to do the last zip line "superman" style. For the superman way, the harness was connected on your back, and it actually looked like you were flying through the air. It took enough courage to finish all the zip lines, so I just couldn't work myself up to it.

We went and ate at a restaurant in Antigua called Anita's afterward. Very good food! After we got done eating, we walked around a little bit and looked in the different shops that were still open close by the restaurant. Antigua is such a beautiful place, cobble stone roads, colorful buildings, and a volcano in the background. Each day I feel more blessed to be apart of this team again!

Something I forgot to mention was the story of the day from the team that went back to El Arado. The team was running behind schedule so they hadn't left yet. A little girl came running down the road, who couldn't have been more than 4 years old, with a fishbone stuck in her throat. Apparently the bone had been stuck in her throat for a few days, and she heard that the Americans were hosting a clinic nearby so she rushed over and made it in just enough time. Our doctor at the site didn't have any of the things needed for the procedure. But, he was able to work with the few things that he did have and pull the fishbone out. Saved that little girl's life!