Canilla for the Weekend

This weekend was our second-to-last weekend with the Fickers before Isaac comes (or so we think!) Again, clinic wasn't too crazy and we were done before noon. The guys had some work to do at the airport, having been set back at least one day this week because they got called to pull out a truck that slid off the side of the mountain between Canilla and San Andres. It's a long story and one of the Fickers' semi trucks was involved in pulling out the other truck, but the point is that they lost at least a day of work on the plane.




The afternoon was about like normal - some more work at the airport, chasing babies, and sharing stories about our weeks. Abby and Grace are getting SOOO big!!! Saturday night, Abby was in rare form, dancing and jumping all over the place! Who needs television when you've got 1 and 2 year olds?



The clinic in San Andres continues its recent popularity. There were between 70-80 patients there again today, though at one point it looked like over a hundred people were jammed up against the doors. At this particular clinic, the people apparently think that by waiting with their noses actually touching the doors they'll get seen sooner. Yeesh!



We are very excited about the team from Wichita Falls, Texas that's coming again in August. They were the first team we ever hosted here (in our second week in Guatemala) and we've already gotten some patients lined up for them. We saw one of the families today. We'll probably tell more on that later, but this family is so patient and diligent, it's hard for us to really even comprehend (like good Americans, we want everything RIGHT STINKIN' NOW!!!)



Anyway, tomorrow is our last clinic in Chicabracan B.I. (before Isaac), then Tuesday is our last prenatal visit with Dr. Ruata in Guatemala City.

Now, the pictures. The first two are a before and after of one of our cleft lip kids. We saw him again on Thursday and just HAD to take his picture. Sadly, he isn't posing very well, but you can definitely see the difference!

The third picture is of a mom that we saw as a prenatal patient at ASELSI who brought her baby in for us to see. (Mom's on the right, grandma is holding the baby.)

And the last pic is what the plane looks like right now. Still lots of work to be done (all that paint you see still has to come off before we can repaint), the interior has to be redone (sitting unprotected in the rainforest for a month or so didn't help too much with that), and new props have to be purchased and installed, but we're way ahead of where we were five minutes after the landing gear snapped! We knew that God would provide (and part of his provision was giving us plenty of elbow grease) and He has. Work is progressing!