While some of us were in transit today, the rest of us divided up into two teams and carried out our medical mission work in two locations. Team A, led by Fred Steinbach, went to a church in the neighborhood of Arriba de Nueva Capital. It was a long drive up and up and up the hill to the church. But when they got there they were able to provide medical and spiritual help to many people. 160 people were seen at the optical station. And lots of kids enjoyed some singing and heard the Gospel before getting their hair washed. They were shivering from the cold wash water and the cool misty weather. The team also painted the outside of a small wooden house under the sometimes amusing supervision of the owner's father.
Team B, led by Paula Mann, went to a different neighborhood and set up the clinic at Invasion del Espiritu Santo. They too provided medical, dental, optical and spiritual care to the adults and children. They weren't able to do a painting project today, but expect to do one on Tuesday.
Here are a few pictures from today.
