Medical campaings!

 
It's been a busy past few weeks, with a lot going on down here,
Teams coming and going, and much fun visiting with them and ministering the
gospel at the same time. This photo was of a medical campaign in Cajamarca,
I was translating for Dr. Glover, and this nice couple came in, she was
shoeless and only had the use of one eye, and he was doing poorly himself, but they
were nice, and so grateful for the care they received..
Our friends from Kosciusko came and worked, and just yesterday the folks from TPC in
Tuscaloosa left after a week of medical work here in Trujillo, so today I can relax
some and prepare for all the follow up and catch up at the clinic...

Jacob is 12

 
 
Last Friday was Jacob's birthday, and on Saturday we took he and his friends to play paintball,
then came back to our house for pizza, cake and some gifts. And we added to our family a week earlier
by acquiring a kitten, mainly in hopes that one day he can deal with our rat family that lives in our sewage drains, and occasionaly enters our house to munch on our sofa. Jacob named him Levi, in honor of the Levis t shirt Caleb was wearing that day.
Switching subjects, Rocio Milagritos, the girl with cancer, has started her chemo and the oncologist gave her a fairly good prognosis. She has ovarian germ cell cancer, and has just finished her first cycle of treatment.

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.