Further Evidence

There is further evidence to how great this team has been this week. We asked them when they decided to come down if they could try to bring us some over-the-counter meds. They responded with four suitcases full of GREAT stuff! They did a really wonderful job of assembling all that stuff.

Also, they've been fantastic about helping to cook and clean around the house - as have Jim and Carolyn. It's nice to be able to have ten people eating and living in the house and not feel like we're running 24 hours a day just to keep up with the extra housework.

This morning, we split up a little bit. Heidi had to go to Buen Samaritano to prep her patients for surgery and to start the first procedure. We sent two students with her. The other four went with Matt out to the Mayan ruins here in Quiche (this has been a city for over 1,000 years). That group was lucky enough to bump into a tour guide that showed them all around the ruins and even took them to two Mayan religious ceremonies and showed them the significance of all the things they were doing.

It's a little weird to be a Christian missionary learning about Mayan religious ceremonies, but they really are interesting, at least from a scientific perspective. We know they have no power - at least no power that comes from the one, true God, but they're interesting, nonetheless!
After lunch, the second group went to the hospital. One student got to work with the visiting ENT to do some translating. He also got to do some neat exam stuff and assist on a procedure.

Three students got to scrub in on surgeries today. We hope to get the rest scrubbed in sometime tomorrow.

Jim and Carolyn offered to bring Gensha in to cook dinner for us tonight. That worked out great because we were in the hospital until after 6pm. Gensha is a local woman who caters wonderful authentic Guatemalan meals with American stomachs in mind. Great experience!

Anyway, here are some pictures from the day...