Day 5 – Wednesday August 10, 2022

We started out day with a devotion.  Jeremy, one of our general physicians talked about small acts of kindness; a great beginning to the day.  Ruth shared a story with us about assumptions.  She talked about a woman in her 70s with six children who had never had a gynecological exam.  Ruth described how sweet it was that the woman’s daughter-in-law eased her anxiety about getting the exam.

We got to our clinic site early so we took advantage and took the team picture of approximately 54 people. All the individuals in the red hats are local volunteer who come to help us out.  We could not do this work without them.

I made a point of taking pictures of all the clinics so that everyone can see who works in each place.

• Ultrasound: Hau is an ultrasonographer  from California and Josue was her local interpreter
• Gynecology: Mary is a  gynecologist from South Dakota, Ruth is an interpreter from NY, Ken is a gynecologist from Washington State and Carmen is a local interpreter
• Lab:  Crystal is a certified medical assistant from Florida and Margarita is a microbiologist who is volunteering as a local interpreter
• Pediatrics/Family Clinic:  Maggie is a physician from California and Fernando is a physician from Georgia.
• General: Jeremy is a physician from Nebraska, Lydia is a trama nurse from Georgia, Anny is a local interpreter and Jacob is a physician from Nebraska
• Ortho: MariCarmen is a local interpreter and Jim is a physician from Georgia.
• Pharmacy: Jessica is a FIP employee, Heather is a pharmacist from Kentucky, Johanna is a pharmacist from SC, Marilyn is a local volunteer who interpreted for the pharmacy team. Diana is a missionary who lives in Peten and volunteers with FIP and Linda worked as a pharmacy tech and is from Kentucky,
• Triage: Josh is a FIP employee and Mikki is an interpreter from Florida
• Mobility: Byron is a local volunteer who assembled wheelchairs, Sophia is a local physical therapist, Byron is a local volunteer who assembled wheelchairs, Claudia is a local interpreter, Lorena is a local physical therapist and Joe is a physician from Washington State
• La Jefa (the boss): Tagni is a FIP employee and keeps us all straight.