Monday Evening

Here are some pictures form the medial clinic held today at Camalote Baptist Church. Our doctors, nurses, optometrist, pharmacy and support staff saw many people over the course of the day.  During sharing time after devotions they shared that Jayme, our sonogram technician and Dr. Burton performed a cardio sonogram and diagnosed a heart valve problem that a young woman would not have known about without the procedure at the clinic.  We pray that she will be able to follow up with surgery.  This lady along with many other adults and children received treatment and medicine through the clinic.

A pharmacy is set up at each clinic to dispense meds prescribed by the doctors.

Dr. Luke Burton with a patient. What a joy to have Luke and Kelsea Burton serve alongside Mark and Vicki in the clinics .

Dr. Melanie Orange with a patient.

Vicki Burton assists with vision screening.

Dr. Mark Burton with a patient and Rachael Whittemore translating Spanish.

Dr. Jennifer Smith examining a young boy's eyes, and . . . 

Trying out his new glasses!

Hendrick Suarez serves as a translator, here helping Mary Jane Stahle with instructions for meds.

In addition to meeting the medical needs of individuals, our support staff talks with and gets to know the people.  The lady talking with Carolyn Young in the photo below is a teacher at a nearby school.  She told Carolyn about a high school student she has who has endured the loss of both her parents and a brother within a year.  She has no family or other relatives and is very depressed.  The teacher has a deep concern for her student.  At our devotion time Carolyn told of this encounter and added the student and this teacher to our prayer list.  Please pray for this student and for the teacher.

After dinner, we celebrated Pastor Scott Hagaman's birthday with a cake prepared by Jane and Laticia.  Happy Birthday. Scott!!

And so ends our first day of mission work.  We look forward to an new day tomorrow and the opportunities God will give us here in Belize.