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...

Good times/Bad times

 
 
 
 
Recently Julton Tomanguillo and Julie Rodgers were married here in Trujillo. Julie is a former intern from W. Virginia
and Julton is our new MD at the clinic, a young man recently out of med school. We went to their wedding and can
tell God will bless them and use them in a great way both here in Peru and in the states.
In the midst of this joy we have always the sick with us. The photos are of a young girl brought down by her father
from the mountains in need of health care. Sonia our OB nurse did the initial exam and sent the girl of 14 years for an ultrasound. The results were not good; she has a rapidly growing tumor on her ovary. You can see from the photos how much her abdomen is already distended. So we have collected some money, and Saturday I and Agnes will go donate some blood for her surgery on Monday. We expect the total cost of all her tests and hospitization to be about $1000, money which the clinic does not have. A television channel came out to film her and request donations, so I thought I would do the same. If you would like to help write a check to CMS and designate it "Clinic patient fund".
And please pray, the dianosis is not good for this young girl...even with the surgery.

Great news!

Yesterday was supposed to be the final inspection of our clinic by the ministry of health. Early in the morning I arrived at the offices and awaited Dr. Raul our chief doctor. When he arrived the secretary in charge of inspections said that a final inspection was not necessary and that she could sign the papers that day! So hopefully by the next two week we will officially receive our license to operate as a clinic and be completely legal! It really is miraculous seeing that this lady told a few weeks ago that she did not know when we would have our final inspection since the inspection team is not functioning right now...the previous delay between inspections was a year and a half/! But we feel God intervened and moved this lady to sign the papers..

time for some rest

 
 
 
 
Being back in the states for two months was very encouraging for us, and refreshing. We saw many of our family and friends, made some visits and relaxed quite a bit, especially since it was so cold, we stayed inside a lot and took it easy. Glad to be back here again in Peru, though, working and keeping busy. Susan is teaching the kids, and they now spend afternoons at the pool, since it is summer here. I am at the clinic or Casa San Agustin a lot, catching up with my admin stuff or plotting out the future for our medical ministry. The photos are our kids at grandparents, us in Starkville for a basketball game, and finally back in our house in Peru.

christmas 2009

 
here in MS, we've had snow, and time to visit some friends and other folks,
a special time in Corinth with the Bradfords was nice for us and our kids
see our picasa photo page for more!

back in Pearl, MS

 
 
 

Last night after visiting with Paul Adams and family we came back to Pearl, to our mission house, and the kids played out back in the snow. We are having a nice break and enjoying our time with family and friends.