We saw 1635 patients today, almost 5,000 for the first week of Clinic! Our first patient today was 100 years old. She was a delight to serve. We also was a patient from our Clinic last fall. He was so happy that we came back again to El Salvador. Although it rained part of the day, Clinic went very smoothly. Our of our patients even thanked us for bringing the rain. It apparently hadn't rained in Usulutan in almost 6 weeks.
Some interesting tidbits from our first week of Clinic -
* The Clinic site is about 1 hours from our Hotel. Breakfast is at 6:00 am and the bus leaves every morning before 7:00 am.
* We are staying and working the the "Valley of Volcano's". El Salvador has tremendous number of volcano's, with the last eruption happening about 3 years ago.
* We wake up every morning to the sound of various Roosters. They like waking us up.
* Internet connection has been a struggle, so that's why our Blog posting have been limited.
* We are taking the weekend off for rest and relaxation.
* El Salvador celebrates Labor today tomorrow. However, the people of El Salvador celebrate it differently than the people in North America. All the workers take the day off here in El Salvador. Some protest are expected.
* The local Lions Club are hosting a luncheon for us on Saturday. The people of El Salvador like to dance, sot they have hired a band to entertain us. After the luncheon we plan on visiting the beach. The beach is about 2 blocks from out hotel. We are technically staying in a town called Cost de Sol, El Salvador.
* On Sunday our team is going to visit a small village situated by a volcano.
That's it for today. Your "roving reporters" signing off.
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