Hi, everyone in cold Wisconsin!! I won’t remind you again of how wonderful the weather is here in Sumpango!! In less than 48 hours we will be back to Wisconsin. We are just starting our last day of clinic. Yesterday was a very emotionally draining day for me – we are seeing God do some amazing things and we are seeing much sadness and things that cannot be treated. But as Quique reminded us in our devotional time this morning, we just need to love God and love people and we will be “successful”. So even though we may not see all the tangible results that we would like, God is still being honored through our time here. A little blog like this cannot possibly capture all that is taking place, even in the lives of team members. Thank you again so much for your support and prayers.
Please pray for Don – he has a major tooth abscess. Thankfully brother-in-law, Don Orth, who is a dentist, is with our team this week and diagnosed the problem yesterday. Don is now on antibiotics and will have to see the dentist as soon as we return home. Right now his face is rather swollen on one side, and he had a little trouble sleeping last night, but he is feeling better today.
Ellie – thank you for your message! I love you and I’m excited to see you again. Remind Dad that he needs to pick us up at the church on Saturday. And Ana will be with us!! We will go to our house to sleep a little Saturday morning (because we will be travelling all night to get home) and then we are coming to your house for lunch on Saturday, along with Ana and her mom and dad.
Daniel and Maddie – we will try to call you this afternoon. Aunt Peggy has a phone that we can use to call the United States. We love you and wish we could see you soon too!
Sarah- how did the ice storm turn out? I’m praying!
Time to get to work. We finish about an hour early today because we have to pack up everything in the clinic – medicines, dressings, equipment. Much of the stuff is staying here for Dr. Paredes, but we still need to pack it all up and get it out of the community center.
Thanks again for all your prayers and support.
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Hi Mom! Glad to get your update! I can't wait to talk with you more. The ice storm will go down in history as many are out of power once again and KY has made national news because of the ice. You'll see pictures when you get home. I'll tell you more about it. We still have power at my apt, but many of my coworkers do not again! We didn't come into work at all yesterday, but came in today. We didn't have any phones or internet until after noon, which made for an interesting morning. I'm praying for Dad's tooth! Love you! Talk soon!!
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