Week #3

Hello to all of our blog readers.  We noh wanna kepe u lon so we gonna mek dis shart (Creole for “We don’t want to keep you long so we are going to make this short).  The truth is, we are using some really sketchy internet and wanted to update you but we needed to do it fast!  So we apologize for not including pictures this week, but we promise to make it up to you with next week's.  How’d you do interpreting that?  It’s amazing that it’s basically the same language we speak but so much gets lost when you are talking to people that it’s easy to get confused. 

This week was relatively short for us as we had a three day weekend.  The big event for the week was a Health Fair that we had today, Sunday.  The point of the Health Fairs is to get the people in the villages to come out and interact with us.  We had a tent set up with posters about hygiene, nutrition, common illnesses, good posture and such.  We played lots of games with the kids and gave out loads of toothbrushes, little toys and balloons.  It was a pretty good turnout and besides getting soaked in the rain, we had a great time.

David continues to help where he is needed.  In short, he fixed multiple vehicles, fixed door thresholds that were letting water flood into the pharmacy, fixed leaks in the concrete roofs, and playing soccer with the little ones on Tuesday night, and watching a movie with the kids in town on Friday (we brought in a computer and a projector and played “Sandlot”).  He’s been a huge help to the local staff and I’m not sure they are going to let him go at the end of this week. 

I continued to go on Mobile clinics and doing clinic here this week.  I had a little more autonomy this week in that I was precepting some of the students with pediatric patients and actually staffed the Mobile clinic for the most part one day.  It’s nice to spread the wings a little bit and not have a crash landing. 

Our time here in Belize is coming to a close.  Can’t believe it’s been nearly a month already.  We leave for the States bright and early this coming Saturday, so keeps us in your prayers as we travel back.  All in all, we both have enjoyed our time spent here.  Not exactly what we expected but that’s sometimes a good thing.  It was definitely a great introduction for me to see what goes into making an International medical clinic work.  It won’t be the last trip we go on, that’s for sure!  This will be the last posting here in Belize.  We will write about our final week from Florida and post more pictures.  Until then!