Thursday, March 26, 2015

Days 3 & 4

We are officially done with Day 4 of the clinic! But first, we will start with Wednesday's adventure. We took a 2.5 hour van ride up through the mountains to see the people of the Chequi-pampa community. And let me tell you, it was a van ride for the ages. But I think we would all agree that the terrifying parts of driving along the very edge of an 800 foot cliff was totally worth the view! The picture below does now do it justice! After we arrived, we were greeted with the customary goat soap. We will just say that it was interesting also! We then were able to see the majority of the community before we left at sundown. Wednesday was definitely the longest day so far as we didn't get home for dinner until around 9, but it was definitely the most fulfilling! The warmth and happiness of the people was infectious and it was amazing to be able to serve them. 
Thursday we packed up and headed to our 3rd location of the week, which was a local private school in Ayacucho. After today and yesterday, we should all be low back pain pros! All of the people of Ayacucho do such hard manual labor and work for so many hours a day, LBP is the by far the most common problem we have seen. We also got to do another serial casting today of a case of club foot, which was an awesome experience! We are continuing to learn and grow as we serve these amazing people! Pray for strength for the rest of the trip as we are starting to wear down a little, and pray for the health of all team members as some are battling stomach and altitude issues! But overall, we are absolutely loving our time here! Thank you for your prayers!


(Attempting to eat goat soap)



(1 of the many beautiful views on the way to Chequi-pampa)

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