Clinic Day Three


To start the morning we ate a delicious breakfast and Christina began our morning devotions. We discussed how practicing humility is important and how Jesus is our perfect example of practicing humility. As we finished up and went into the clinic, we did a quick prayer before be began serving people. We were a lot busier than yesterday with every station filled with people to help. Everyone from young kids in school to several 90 year olds who came to see us today. Since this is our third clinic day, we are all starting to pick up on some new Spanish phrases within our stations and using them to help. Everything is starting to flow a bit better and everyone is getting more experienced within their roles. We were so busy right up until lunch where we were all able to take a short break. After lunch we were back at it! We were able to serve over 150 people today. We even stayed open a bit longer than we had planned since it had been so busy. The last two people we served were Dr. Elry’s wife, Liz, and her sister Vilma we all helped them find a perfect fit for what they needed. Once clinic was over, everyone had a bit of down time to unwind before dinner at 6:30.  Before dinner, a thunderstorm broke out and  everyone was able to watch it roll in. It only lasted less than an hour but there was enough rain to leak through the roof! As the rain calmed down, we had a delicious dinner  with ribs that Dr. Elry grilled up. After dinner, we had a team meeting discussing the challenges faced today and how we dealt with them. We also discussed how the news came in today and tomorrow there may be another news station coming in to make a story about us. Sophie lead our nightly devotion and discussed how every kind act matters no matter how small. Then she opened up the discussion for us to share small moments that we have recognized within our trip. 
















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