On this Tuesday, our team woke up for worship, a morning devotion by Christina P. and prayer with our new teams for the day. After a nutritious breakfast and quiet time, we left for the village in El Piñon. We set up the clinic in the church with Carson and Lauren at triage, two medical stations with Dr. George, Katie, Spencer and Emily (PA-C) and Mark, and a physical therapist station with Leigh Anne, Kate and Christina P and a station to discuss Jesus with Aaron. Some great experiences include Kate performing a distraction at the knee and Katie injecting a knee! We broke for lunch and then returned to clinic to see more patients during the afternoon. Today’s clinic involved many mothers with young children and we had so much fun getting to know these precious families! El Piñon is a special place for our group since Christina will be returning there for the whole month of June after the mission trip with students in medical school. We left clinic set up for our return to the village tomorrow and are excited to serve more of the people of El Piñon. Upon returning to SCORE, our group split up and some rested, some went to the beach, and some stayed at the pool. We had a delicious pasta dinner and got to hear about the ministries here during SCORE night where we heard from employees including Carlos and Joel who are some of our interpreters. Afterwards we shopped at a market they set up to benefit local ministries and supporting their sales of jewelry, local coffee beans, and bags! We finished the night with a game of Fishbowl and had lots of laughs! We are excited for another great day!
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Our team woke up early today with great anticipation for our first day of clinic and started our day with worship, a devotion led by Mark, breakfast, and quiet time. We packed up our supplies and got on the road to set up clinic in Monte Christo for the day. During the morning, we provided medical care and physical therapy to residents of the Nursing Home run by the parish church. They were happy to see us and many have been provided continual care through CMMA’s year-round trips. It was amazing to speak with these people about their life stories and their profound faith in Jesus that has been colored by many years of wisdom from walking with Christ. We worked alongside translators who work with SCORE as well as the facility’s nurse, Elsie, and we truly could not have done it with their help speaking multiple languages such as Spanish and Creole. After finishing up our work with the residents, we ate a quick lunch and prepared for clinic in the afternoon for the church members. We had two medical stations run by Dr. George and Emily (PA-C) with the assistance of Mark, Carson, and Katie. We also provided physical therapy led by Leigh Ann and assisted by Christina P. and Lauren. Spencer and Kate helped run triage while Aaron worked alongside the local pastor in evangelism, talking with patients about the gospel and praying over each one as they exited the clinic. After completing our afternoon clinic work, we packed up our supplies and returned to SCORE for some rest and pool time before dinner. We finished out the evening with worship, a devotion from Dr. George, a trip to the gas station for ice cream and other treats, and a few more rounds of CodeNames. We are looking forward to another great day of clinic tomorrow in El Piñon!
After an amazing breakfast provided by the SCORE staff, our team got ready for church and we went to a church in El Piñon (where we will return on Wednesday to run a clinic!). When we walked in, a woman was praying fervently in Spanish and we were seated in individual chairs. There we worshipped the One as one people in Spanish throughout the sermon, which covered 5 verses displaying the gospel from Old to New Testament. After the service, we met the congregation and they blessed and hugged us. We drove back to SCORE, had lunch, and headed to the beach. While at the beach, some of us threw the ball in the waves, others practiced our Spanish speaking with local swimmers while still others opened up about personal testimonies to fellow trip members. After some fun at the beach, everyone went to have some personal quiet time then met up for dinner. We ate a fabulous dinner of chicken, rice, and sweet plantains, and then Kate and Aaron led our first night of worship and we discussed our fears and excitements of the day. Afterwards we dispersed into small groups and began a great night of fellowship getting to know the hearts of our fellow trip members. To end the night, adventurous members of the group went tarantula hunting and others played a fun board game called CodeNames. Overall, it was a great restful day to begin the trip and posture our hearts to be servants for the Lord spiritually and physically for the upcoming days in clinic.
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