Clinic in Camelote

Clinic in Camelote
On Friday March 27 our staff traveled once again to Camelote. This time though we did clinic. Leaving at 6:30 we were set up and ready to see patients at 7:30. We had another Honduran doctor, Dr. Josue Lagos. He and Dra. Mirna saw and treated 106 patients. One lady was in hypertension crisis and our visit was lifesaving. Others included diabetes, parasites, colds, and infections such as impetigo and pneumonia.

Dr. Mirna examining one of the many children.

Sara kept us all on track so that patients were seen in an orderly fashion. She also stopped registering patients at 11 so we could be finished by noon.

Dr. Josue Lagos from El Progreso assisted us today. Without his help we could not have seen so many patients.

This shows some of the many patients as they waited to see a doctor.

Home Delivery

Home Delivery

Meet Jose΄ and Douglas. They have a truck and sell produce. Twice a week they now deliver to our door. This is cool because now I don’t have to fight the traffic and mass of people in El Centro. The produce is beautiful and the price is good!

Father's Day in Honduras

March 19—yes it is Father’s Day in Honduras. I wouldn’t really mention it but because of what happened this morning I must tell you all.
I have written about these vehicles, cars or trucks, loud speakers on them. They often pass by and are in El Progreso and have recordings that advertise and make announcements. This morning at 3 am one came by and kept passing by. Loudly it proclaimed “Feliz΄al dia de Padres to all the padres in El Castano”! Over and over and over—it must have passed by a dozen times. And to add to the celebration there were gun shots—again over and over. I told David I would be shooting whoever had woke me up at 3 am. Only this morning did I learn that the message was just part of the holiday celebration.
In the evening there were tons of fireworks. Hondurans love their illegal fireworks!!!!

Outreach at Camelote

Yes, even Honduras has a Camelot, except it is “Camelote” pronounced “kam-a-lo-ta” and it is a far cry from the ideal of what we read about. Camelote is a small mountain village about 30 minutes from El Castaño. It consists of about 75 homes a few puplierias, two churches, and one school. We took our staff, Sara and Dr. Mirna and went to the school to provide parasite medicine for all of the children. We had been told there were about 80 students, mas o menos (more or less). It was more! 132 total! It was awesome. We will be going back on the 27th to provide a clinic. Pray that God will use us not only to minister to physical needs, but to the spiritual needs as well.