We decided to build a home made top for our truck, so it was off to home depot for wood. Now, I like home depot, but phill was like a kid in a candy store. Apparantly He likes home depot. And I here that there is a place called Tampico one hour away from our language school with a home depot. Anyway it is time to go to bed, but i just learned how to use this blog thing and i thought i would try it.
Derek
Tuesday, October 25, 2005
This One's for Scott
Apparently there's no pictures of me on our blog. Scott Mason was getting concerned that I was actually in Mexico, so I thought I'd better put one up for him! This is me preparing the freezing needles for the dentists...me with a needle - scary huh!
Monday, October 24, 2005
Medical Team
We survived the weekend! The medical team went very well! We saw over 1200 patients in 2 days.
The people had access to doctors, dentists, chiropractors, nurses and a pharmacy - as well as an opportunity to hear about the best doctor of all...Jesus!
I assisted the dentists on day 2, sterilizing their equipment. A far cry from the KCI office! I even had the "privilege" of assisting one of the dentists. a little girl (maybe 4 years old) had completely rotten and broken teeth in the front. they were bleeding and hurting her...but she was not all that impressed at the thought of having them pulled out. It took a few of us to hold her so the doctor could work. I'm not too brave because I could hold, but I certainly couldn't look! I don't think I'll become a dentist!
Derek had the important job of chief bagger, labeller and counter for all of the medication for the pharmacy...as well as 100 other jobs that needed to be done.
It was really great!
The people had access to doctors, dentists, chiropractors, nurses and a pharmacy - as well as an opportunity to hear about the best doctor of all...Jesus!
I assisted the dentists on day 2, sterilizing their equipment. A far cry from the KCI office! I even had the "privilege" of assisting one of the dentists. a little girl (maybe 4 years old) had completely rotten and broken teeth in the front. they were bleeding and hurting her...but she was not all that impressed at the thought of having them pulled out. It took a few of us to hold her so the doctor could work. I'm not too brave because I could hold, but I certainly couldn't look! I don't think I'll become a dentist!
Derek had the important job of chief bagger, labeller and counter for all of the medication for the pharmacy...as well as 100 other jobs that needed to be done.
It was really great!
Thursday, October 20, 2005
Pictures...I think i did this right?
Derek packaging vitamins with Brent & Tracy (from Winnipeg).
The River Walk (San Antonio) was amazing!
Are we there yet?
Well we have finally arrived in Brownsville! It is definately not a short trip! We had a chance to stop and visit a cousin of my dad's. They are missionaries who work in the prisons of San Antonio...it was very interesting!
They showed us around San Antonio, which was awesome. I'll post some pics later. We visited the alamo and saw the river walk.
We arrived at Phil and Karen's to find a small group from Winnipeg (a dentist and his crew)! It's nice to have company from home! We headed into mexico this morning and spent the day preparing for the medical clinic. Tomorrow am we will begin a 2 day clinic and see 800-1200 people...We're tired already, I don't know if we'll still be standing after that!
We will be here until next Thursday (oct. 27), when we will head to Aldama to begin our language training.
Our phone number is: 956-350-8804 and our email address is: joderek@mts.net
Please email us so we can get your email addresses into our address book, and then keep you updated about what we're up to!
They showed us around San Antonio, which was awesome. I'll post some pics later. We visited the alamo and saw the river walk.
We arrived at Phil and Karen's to find a small group from Winnipeg (a dentist and his crew)! It's nice to have company from home! We headed into mexico this morning and spent the day preparing for the medical clinic. Tomorrow am we will begin a 2 day clinic and see 800-1200 people...We're tired already, I don't know if we'll still be standing after that!
We will be here until next Thursday (oct. 27), when we will head to Aldama to begin our language training.
Our phone number is: 956-350-8804 and our email address is: joderek@mts.net
Please email us so we can get your email addresses into our address book, and then keep you updated about what we're up to!
Friday, October 14, 2005
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