Day 6 – Happily Exhausted

Breakfast as usual and then we packed everything up. We served sandwiches for lunch and pizza was ordered in for dinner, from Dominos, really. It wasn’t too bad but then I was ready to stop cooking Thanksgiving dinner for 110 people 3X a day.

The actual meals listed may not have been on the exact day. As I said it became a blur and I didn’t keep notes each day. I can’t wait to do it again. It meant a lot to me to serve the people who were providing the medical care for the Mayans on our mission. I didn’t get to interact much with the Mayans but I helped make sure the team had an abundance of good food to keep them going while helping the patients. Here are the stats from this mission:

CLINIC: Total 924 patients

General-366

Gyn- 126

Pediatrics- 254

Dental- 178

Surgeries: 84

Hernias- 39

OB/GYN- 11

Gall Bladders- 7

Dental- 5

Misc General - 22

Community Development Projects:

Comadrona (mid-wives): training for approx 24 Guatemalan women

ONIL Stove Combos: 66 homes

ONIL Institutional stove: 1

ONIL Water Filters: 66 plus 8 in schools and 1 in health clinic at Santa Lucia

Kitchen:

Served approx 2070 meals!!

Thank you to the entire team for all their encouragement and support. My team leaders are wonderful people who I am looking forward to working with in the future. If anyone who reads this is interested in doing a medical mission, go to the CMT website,http://www.cmt-oregon.org, for more info. Adios for now.