more shots

 
 
 
Us with Jack Vasquez, our friend and guide, in the treehouse, and later at a waterfall..

Moyobamba

 
Susan and I took a little holiday last week, visiting some friends in Moyobamba. Here we are enjoying our jungle river tour breakfast of eggs and patacones, (fried bananas), before canoeing up the river to check out the wildlife.
Also here is Alida, mother of Lenin and Ludvig, two brothers very much involved with the mission. We saw waterfalls, hot springs, cold springs, a lots of green, a drastic change from Trujillo. Thanks to Agnes and Kelly for keeping the kids.

happy b'day Lulu!

 
Last Sunday, while at the Bakers for team lunch, we celebrated
Lauren's 4th birthday...she is doing well,
surrounded by her friends

home visit

 
We just got back from visiting Rocio Milagritos at home, actually not her real home, for she
lives several hours away in the mountains, now she stays at the home of some relatives, close to our clinic.
Julton, our new MD, cleaned her wound, and Sonia talked more with her family about the next medical visits and
their finacial situation. Right now they have paid their bills, the clinic contributing about $200 or so.
Hopefully soon we will know the official diagnosis and the plan for future treatment. Thanks for all who prayed, and please continue doing so..

After the surgery

 
This afternoon, three days after the surgery, Sonia and I went to visit Milagritos at IREN, the new cancer hospital in town. She seems to be doing well, just a little bored, since she is in a room with 6 beds and only one other is taken. No tv and nothing to read, I left her with a pen and some paper and told her to write something or draw some pictures. Tomorrow Sonia and I will return to talk with her doctor and the social services person about how much the family owes and the prognosis of the girl. Sonia shared the gospel and prayed for her, and I took a photo. Tomorrow I want to make another so you can see her beautiful smile. Continue praying and give if you can.

Update on the chica

The young lady had her surgery today, and Abel Vasquez and I donated blood, which was
subsequently transfused, and they requested more, so Agnes is on deck to donate.
They will next do the pathology on the removed tumor....
Please be in prayer...