Today, May 5th, is the seventh day of Clinic. Our International Clinic will last for 8 clinic days. The top story of they day had to Alexander. One of our team members actually recognized Alexander from our first full-day in El Salvador. Alexander and his mother actually approached him at the Opening Ceremony.
I recognized Alexander from yesterday. I remember that we dispensed a new pair of eyeglasses to him. He was - 5.50 in both eyes (essentially, he couldn't see much without his eyeglasses). By the way, Alexander is an 11 year old boy. I was a little confused when he came up to me because we had taken care of him the day before. Alexander was with his mother. He was the only one of the two who could speak any English. He approached me and said that he needed a stronger pair of eyeglasses. I checked with one of our Doctors and we re-checked Alexander. His original pair of eyeglasses were fine, but because of the complexity of his prescription, we decided to get Alexander a brand new pair of Chabella's. Chabella's actually look like the Harry Potter eyeglasses. The teamwork was amazing and we were able to make Alexander a pair of new glasses within minutes. Alexander was extremely proud of the Chabella's. He immediately opened his book bag and pulled out his Bible. Alexander smiled unbelievably as he could now read his Bible. The tears flowed from all of us...Alexander was great ambassador for his country. His new smile was contagious.
Bye for now, the tears are starting to flow again...
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