Hey all :)
The medical team went to the First Presbyterian church of Iquitos today to run their medical clinic, and the rest of us headed out to Gallito. The medical team always has something interesting to teach us during the point in devotions when we tell each other about our days, for example the cough drops being so popular, I usually look forward to their moment to share, but today was hard for them... They told us of a story of a woman who had a large visible tumor, about the size of a golfball, the woman had terminal cancer... She's been to Lima several times, but her lack of funds make treatment an impossibility, she came in asking for ibuprofen for the pain, the woman's dying and she asks for ibuprofen, and they end of this story their were not a pair of dry eyes in the room.
It's easy to say I'm privileged I've know this my whole life, but this woman makes me acutely aware of just how privileged I am... I will probably never worry about a medical emergency, like most of us who've had insurance their whole lives it's an easy thing to dismiss as commonplace, but the reality is their are millions of people uninsured across our country and in most other countries, give thanks for all that you have, give thanks for all that you've worked so very hard for, and pray for those who work everyday but will never ever be as privileged as you are.
Today in Gallito we focuses on finishing construction and of course more bible school :) the verse for today was John 3:16
"For God so loved the world that He gave his one and only son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish, but have everlasting life"
Because we were talking of Gods heavenly kingdom we made crowns, and angels! We also made heart necklaces and finger puppets
Here are some pictures from today....
My two little helpers who follow me around Sarita and Estafanie :)
Here are the crowns...
Aren't they cute :)
We broke up in stations at the first station, the children's heads were measured and the band of their crowns were cut.... The second station was my station.. I measured and cut the cross pieces for their crowns it was like playing barber for the day...
All the kids waiting at my station...
This little boy taught me something today... We were right in the middle of making crowns He won't let me help him with the next step, he just stood their and stared at me, they finally he started to cry.... And oh boy did he cry and scoped him up and began to access the situation being the only Spanish speaker on my craft I was the closest and I was confident I could solve the problem, I asked him what's wrong and between his sobs he informed me that I couldn't help him because all he wanted was his mom... And that was it something so simple and universal :) it reminded me that even if you can communicate with someone and you have the resources to help them.... doesn't mean you can solve their problems. It was eye opening and spoke to mission work :)
That's all forks more later...
Location:Iquitos Peru
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