Sunday night

As I mentioned earlier, we have a long layover in Atlanta. It just got longer. The new schedule shows us leaving at 11:30 EST.  That means Nashville at around 11:35 CST. 

Everyone is chilling. 

Sunday

We had a worship service this morning before we left the hotel. It was a great way to leave Danli on a high note. 

We then headed to Tegu to the airport. Not a bad drive. I tried to get Tiffany to drive part of the way, but she said she had already driven enough. 😜

We made it through Tegu security with minimal issues. We did have 1 person who had to go back through, but we all made it on the plane. 

We just landed in Atlanta and made it through all of the checks. 

Now we wait. We have a 5 hour delay before heading to Nashville. 

We were all starved so we headed to eat as soon as we could. 

Saturday afternoon

We went to a little area in town that serves hamburgers on on side and pizza / pastas on the other. Very good food. 

All week Tiffany has been asking me to let her drive the van so I finally gave in today. 

As you can tell, Faith was thrilled that Tiffany was driving. 😁

Saturday

We loaded up the equipment this morning so it could be taken back to storage until the next medical campaign. We also said our goodbyes to everyone heading home today. The only folks left here are our 7, the 3 from TN that travel with us, and Phil. He is going to help us get to the airport tomorrow. 

Our group decided to make the trek up to the cross landmark here in Danli. According to my Fitbit, we made almost 3000 steps up to it and back. It is up a steep hill about 450 feet up. 

It was a workout for sure. 

Friday continued

On the way to Valley of the Angels, we came across cattle being herded in the road. 

We did get a great meal there. Not sure the name, but they sue did bring out a lot of food. 

We did some shopping. Tiffany found a neat item but I was able to talk her out of it. 

It started raining just as we were loading the bus to head back. 

And here is our driver concentrating on the road. 

Friday

We got to sleep in today. Breakfast was at 7:00 instead of 6:30. We are now headed to the Valley of the Angels. There are 29 of us headed there. 

 

I get to share a seat with one of our translators. His name is David and he is 12. 

Like my daughter Emily, he hates to have his picture taken. It was a challenge. 

I'll post more later. 

Love you all!  God is good!!

Thursday

We started out the day with a message from Phil. Very uplifting. 

Today was the last day of the clinic. I have been so busy trying to take care of getting as many people through the clinic as possible but also taking care of the folks working in the clinic. Tough job!

We closed the clinic at 2:00 and spent the next 2 hours packing up. All of the medical equipment is now back at the hotel. 

We managed to gather most of the folks together for a group picture. I did not get to take a picture but Jack assures me I will have a copy. 

We are now having the final night of the meeting. 

Once we finish around 6:00, some of the local brethren will come back to the hotel for dinner and then head home. 

More visitors

We again had visitors with us today. The Police sent 3 soldiers to be with us today. 

We actually took the opportunity to have bible study with any of the 3 that wanted it and ended up with all 3 in class. In the meantime, 8 more showed up with 6 of them wanting to go through the clinic. 

I put them on the fast track to get them through. It was an interesting time. 

Here are a few pictures. 

I could not resist the temptation to challenge the female officer to an arm wrestling match. 

I did win and have video proof, if needed. 😀

Wednesday

My friend David lead singing today at the morning Devo. 

It has been a good day in the clinic. We have worked out a few kinks and are getting several more folks through than we did yesterday. Here are a few pictures. 

Thursday afternoon

We had our third baptism this afternoon. The bible studies teams are working hard and planting a lot of seeds. We pray to God for the increase. 

Jack Farber is again bringing the message tonight for the meeting. 

Welcome addition

We had a welcome addition to the group after lunch. There are now 4 soldiers stationed with us today and I hope will be with us the rest of the week. 

Clinic is open

Here are some pictures of the clinic in action. 

Registration area

Waiting area for Nurses

Nurses area

Dr. Norma

Dr. Fani Gonzalez

Pharmacy team

Tuesday

So we are already over half way through with the clinic and things have smoothed out. Lots going on. Everyone has a great attitude and is helping each other as much as possible. We are short a few folks, but we are making it work. 

In the meantime, the folks that own the building we are using (it is a disco), are currently working to clean the pool. That has been some good entertainment. 

The kids have enjoyed the crayons brought by some of the team. 

Monday night meeting.

We had our singing time this evening, singing both in English and Spanish. After that the group broke up into classes. Ryan Pace is teaching the teen class tonight.

Jack Farber is preaching each night for the "meeting".  Carlos Hernandez Jr is translating. 

Another baptism

We had a second baptism today. The clinic is going well and the bible studies are very productive. 

Praise God!

Lunch

We get a chance to sit down at lunch (most of the time) and talk about the morning. I had lunch with Faith, Nancy, Ryan Pace, and Lacey today. 

Faith had to caution Nancy about being on her phone during meals!  😀