Now that's what I'm talkin' about!

On Saturday, while the rest of the team spent a day in Antigua sight-seeing, several team members were in Guatemala City trying to redeem our medicines. It didn’t happen. So, Abraham Luna’s (Jorge’s father) pastor began making phone calls. He located a ministry in Guatemala City run by two brothers. These brothers had leftover medicines that had been donated to them by other medical teams. They invited Jorge, Dr Ponce, and Laine to literally come onto their roof and choose which medicines they wanted.

At first we thought that these medicines would be “on loan,” and that we would repay them once our medicines cleared customs. The brothers assured us that, “No,” we did not have to pay back the medicines - they were ours to dispense!



So, once the team returned from Antigua, the process began of inventorying what medicines we had on hand. It was decided that we would dispense only immediate need medicine on Sunday, since the persons attending this clinic could come back on Wednesday to pick up their medications.



With this plan in place, we now have a fairly well stocked “farmacia” for a clinic on Monday morning while our medicines get retrieved from the airport. We continue to believe that our medicines will be released and that God will be glorified.

So, we had our first clinic this morning at the El Shaddai church for their members. We were able to have a complete clinic except for dental (no anesthesia for pulling teeth). It turned out to be a great way for those who had never participated in a clinic to get started. We saw about 170 people at the church, then came back and did a small clinic for the Fe Viva employees and their families. Team members who were not needed in the clinic played with the kids at Casa Esparanza, the Children’s Home here at Fe Viva.


Bottom line – today, we were able to do what we came to do – work to relieve the suffering of people in Guazacapan and do it in the name of Jesus.

Now that’s what I’m talkin’ about!