Quiet Days

Clinic on Monday was our last one for a little while, since tomorrow we fly to Detroit for 4 days. Our visas need to be renewed one last time, so we are taking a chance on a cheap Spirit Air flight that we found.

The last two days have been just running errands, catching up on paperwork, squaring some things away for the team that is coming to operate in June, and packing. It's always nice for Isaac to have a few days at home to get back on schedule a little.

We've been interrupted only by a few drop-ins and phone calls for help-- the most notable being a little baby who we diagnosed with hydrocephalus at ASELSI last week. We sent her to the hospital here to begin the process of getting her surgery and promised to help cover expenses. They came by to get reimbursed for the CT scan that had been done, which confirmed our clinical impression. Less than 500 quetzales (about 80 bucks)!

Please pray for this little baby and her mother, who does not have a husband in the picture. (He used to beat her, so she moved out, which is quite rare and gutsy here for a woman... Now she's got a disabled kid all on her own, though, which is more difficult than we can even imagine)

Other than that, we will simply be praying for safe travels and for all of the other missionaries that we are deserting over the weekend to not have anything too crazy come in to clinic! We will be back next Tuesday.

Slow days pretty much bring on the posting of more gratuitous pictures of our son, so here's the latest installment-- Those of you who knew Matt in his marching band days might appreciate these...