This was written last night, but we had a hard time getting a good connection. A bit delayed, but here it is!
This afternoon we were greeted at the Palhal village by many smiling faces as we came off the boat. We set up our dentistry, eye glasses station, and began VBS for the children right away. At VBS, the children enjoyed learning about Jesus from Bethany's story and demonstration. We did crafts themed around the lesson they heard, sang, and even acted out a skit telling the story of Moses and the 10 commandments. Peggy, Brenda, Gary, Anthony, Jamie, and Maggie had the privelege of dressing up as the characters using piece of cloth and handmade tablets. Gary was a phenomenal Moses. The children watched with excitement.
While VBS was in session, Stephanie and Tracie stayed busy helping adults find the right reading glasses and Leslie helped the Brazilian dentist, Rosali, see a total of 36 patients and extracted13 teeth. They didn't have drilling capabilities so the only option they had was to extract them. And yes, we are able to give them anesthetic so they weren't in as much pain through the process. Rosali also gave them pain relievers to go home with.
We also had our american doctor, Peter, see 3 patients. One was a 10mnth. old baby with with milk burn across the top of her back. He was able to clean the wound and bandage it with antibiotics. Another, was a young girl with an infected eye. Last was an adult male who had a pinky finger injury from a mower mishap.
For the rest of the afternoon we enjoyed mingling and loving on these people until dinner was ready. We will go back into the same village for a little while longer tomorrow morning. This evening we had a delicious beef and fish dinner served with vegetables, rice, beans, and soup. All of the food has been wonderful, the cooks are great!
After dinner we packaged vitamins and family packs for tomorrows events. Now we are getting showers and ready for another goodnights rest in these amazing hammocks! Boa Noite (Good-night)!
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