News from the field

Hey guys!
Sorry we have not keep you posted up to this point. It has been a crazy, fun, busy adventure.

Jen is being studious while she waits

When we arrived to Lima, our flight to Ayucucho was delayed a hour, then another hour,then another hour, then it was finally cancelled. So we were in Lima, no Spanish, and not quite sure where to go from here.

Then the good Lord sent us a saving grace with a 68 year old cowboy. He set us up with a bus ride to Ayacucho for 9pm and a tour of Lima for the day. He set us up with an amazing tour guide, Willie who took us to the best sites in the city and informed us of all the foods to try for the remainder of the trip. The day was fun filled ranging from Jen falling in the Pacific ocean to a trip to the el parque de amor. By 8:30pm we were boarding the bus to Ayachucho and all ready to pass out since we were running on  a couple hours of sleep. The group was all troopers, so the slight adversity turned out to be another one of God's blessings:).



 Nothing like airport sleeping

We arrived safely to Ayacucho, thank you Jesus. We slept a majority of the  ride. Then we arrived an our hotel, changed quickly, and head off to the clinic. For the first day we went to a grade school about an hour from our hotel. It was set up where the patients began with an initial evaluation: history, blood presure, etc then they were referred to the proper discipline. We all worked in the physical therapy section. We saw a wide variety of patient from low back pain to cerebral palsy. It was amazing to see how much the patients appreciated their treatments. We came home to an amazing dinner, can't remember the name of the food though:(
Then we walked around town, and had the best icecream and brownies in town.

The next day we returned to the same clinic in the morning; it was a very busy morning. In the afternoon we headed to a daycare for children with disabilities. Here, we were able to see Jodee fit and give three children wheelchairs. It was amazing!! One of the mothers traveled 6 hours to get her daughter a wheelchair, two hours carrying her daughter to the bus stop. All the patients were extremely thankful. We also got to see Erin, another physical therapist on the team, examine two young girls. They both received AFO's and hand splints.

                                          Meghan with one of the patients

 God is definitely at work here and it is incredible to witness.