Today was another early morning with breakfast at 7:15. After the breakfast we had the pleasure of getting many of our questions answered by members of JHC. We were amazed and in awe at the lifestyle these twelve members chose to live, who all live, worship, and share a common purse with one another. We were shocked to hear that combined the twelve community members make a total of 30,000 dollars a year to live on. After, we were off for another day's work at the clinic, continuing our work in the pharmacy, filing medical records, and making columns for an addition to the clinic's second building. Then as usual, we headed back to the JHC for another delicious lunch of rice, beans, and fried zucchini--yum! In the afternoon, we spent our last few hours at the clinic pouring concrete down for the new addition and finished compiling all of the patient medical records!
A group of five of us (Kari, Emily K., Morgan B., Emily B., and Taylor) went into the community of Nueva Vida with a health promoter to visit several patients in their homes. We visited the homes of six different patients--some where with a newborn child, expecting mothers, elderly patients with Parkinson's disease, and some with diabetes. Seeing the extremely poor conditions inside their homes was a completely eye opening experience, one that all of us will never forget. After returning from our visit to the community, we joined the rest of the group and together took our picture in front of the clinic. We waved goodbye to those who we had met at the clinic and jumped back in our trucks to head back to JHC for a good meal. We had a low key night tonight in preparation for our trip to El Porvenir early in the morning. We will be staying there overnight tomorrow with no Wifi so we will not be posting a new blog tomorrow (Thursday), but you can expect one from us on Friday!
That is all for now--we are off to bed for a good night's rest!
Much Nica Love,
Emily B. and Nikki
P.S. Lisa/Mom if you are reading this I love you and I am safe!
Mom and Dad- Love you lots! (Nikki)
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