Today is Monday the 28 of July, the Independence day in Peru.
So we are going to the beach with the Bradfords for lunch in a few minutes.
Things have been slow at the clinic, but the construction continues
on the second floor. Bob Peck is here these weeks putting our doors on and
hopefully soon we can move on up there and start using our new space.
Last Friday we had a little campaign at the central market in Wichanzao.
It was supposed to be from 9am until noon, with a MD, basic triage of weight, blood
pressure, temp, and some free meds to give away. At nine we were still in the clinic
packing up and no doctor had arrived, so I called Dr. Raul, our Friday doctor.
He says he has meetings that day so Dr. Mario will be coming instead. Dr. Mario shows up about 9:30 tired, because he had worked the night shift before, and did not know
we had a campaign scheduled for that day. But being the great guy that he is, he willingly agrees to help out, until about 12:30. About 1:00 we start packing up
but Mario did not finish his patients until 1:30, and then we were all hungry.
Things went so well we decided to do it again this Friday. The Lord is blessing us in our attempts to reach the community, even when we plan or coordinate as well as I would like; more and more we are attracting new patients and becoming known and trusted in the community. In fact the church has been offered some more property in another neighborhood, and Pastor Juan plans to open a small chapel there for preaching. His Truth marches on.
