February 14, 2019
Happy Valentine's Day. Today is our last clinic day.
This was our EARLY day. Breakfast was served at 5:20am and we were on the road by 6:00. We were heading to the Community of Morolica which was approximately 2.5 hours away. We headed south to Choluteca where we dropped off our van for two trucks at the Mayor's office. (The mayor actually drove one of the trucks.) The reason for this, the road we will be traveling on for over an hour, our van would not make it to our school. The road was like a washboard on steroids! It was incredibly bumpy and rough. We thought of it as our free chiropractor adjustment. When we left the school at the end of the day, I asked the Mayor if we could take the smooth road back to Pespire, his response, "that was the smooth road." LOL
Today's temperature was in the mid 90's. Luckily, this school had electricity and FANS!!
The teachers from the school were a great help keeping the children in line. We saw a total of four schools today.
I had the opportunity to present the teachers school supplies. The supplies were donated by the children at Clay Elementary School in Ephrata, PA. The children from this school make this donation each year. I am so blessed to have this school so close to me. As a thank you to them, I will talk to them in mid-march showing pictures of the children with their supplies.
Leslie and Rose brought cinch sacks and back packs from Minnesota. These were presented to the teachers for use where they feel the need is greatest.
Kennedy brought many small toys and hair supplies donated by individuals from her community in Sunbury, PA. The toys were in the surgery area so after a child had an extraction they got to pick our a special gift. Any left over supplies were given to the teachers for their school.
This was a special day for Rose. She has a side job doing Essential Oil Massages on horses. She had the opportunity to work on the Mayor's horse.
In the surgery room, we had a third dentist join us. Dr. Eduard , a dental student, came and joined Dr. Nohemi and Dr. Vladimir for the day doing extractions.
At the end of the day, the principal from the school presented me a "thank you" note for the school supplies. See the note below.
Along the way we passed huge okra fields and melon fields. You could see Hondurans in the field doing back breaking work. One intersting bit of information about the melon fields. The roads that ran beside the fields were very dusty. To keep the dirt/dust off the plants, a truck would drive up and down and drop water on the road.
Our totals for today look like this:
CHILDREN SEEN: 238 EXTRACTIONS: 68 EYE REFERRALS: 2
GRAND TOTALS: CHILDREN SEEN: 935 EXTRACTIONS: 220
EYE REFERRALS: 32
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: "There is incredible value in being of service to others"
Elizabeth Berg
Scenery on the way to the school.....
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| Wash-board road--Pennsylvania roads are good compared to this. |
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The cows were in no hurry to move so our
driver just kept "pushing" them. |
Okra and Melon fields....
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| Okra field |
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| Okra Field |
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| Melon's still under plastic |
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| Melon field |
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| Truck water down the dusty road |
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| Melon plant |
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| Melon field |
Education and Hygiene.....
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| Waiting their turn for dental education |
Surgery...
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| Kennedy helping a young boy pick his prize after an extraction |
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I had numbed this little guy and assisted with his extraction.
He came back to me later and gave me a big hug and wanted his picture taken. |
Miscellaneous pics....
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| Mayor of Choletuca lives here |
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| I guess you can say the Mayor's wife likes shoes. |
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| Kennedy presenting her toys and hair stuff to the teachers. |
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| Leslie and Rose presenting cinch sacks to the teachers |
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| Presenting the teachers and Mayor with school supplies |
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Glen would mark each child's hand with the famous McDonalds "M"
when he gave them their goody bag, |
Letter from Teachers - -
Rose with Mayor's horse- -
