hold on, let me get justin

HE SAID//SHE SAID


he said: (by Jay Glenn)

Today the entire team was working a medical clinic at calsada which took place in the church.  I, Jay Glenn, worked with Apalis who is a local doctor from Moyobamba.  As a medical student it was amazing to see him with the patients.  He had wonderful bedside manner and a great work ethic.  He was able to talk to the patients in spanish, then turn to me and repeat in english.  We saw adult patients only because Dr. Pringle was treating children and Dr. Wagner (another doctor from Peru) saw pregnant women. The types of ailments for the adults were muscle pain, sciatica, cataracts, heart problems, skin infections...and the list goes on and on!!! All these problems show how poor the standard of living is down here in peru, and it really makes us appreciate what we have at home.  I could hear everyone else working hard, but i was separated from the group for most of the day.  I wanted to give my take on the whole day, and morgan is such a wonderful person, i didn´t have to twist her arm too much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The lessons i learned in graditude today far outweighed the medical lessons.  The gift of life and love is something that can´t be taught in a classroom but actually has to be seen and experienced.  I´m so happy to be here!!  Take it away morgan:

SHE SAID

I had a different experience than Jay. I was at the dental clinic we set up. this is something new that our church in burlington has never tried before, typically we hand out toothbrushes and just encouarge all the children to brush and floss at home. we have had the children brush their teeth and then floss them and then stephanie has been giving the kids fluroide. we saw about 105 patients today not that we are counting because i firmly believe it would be worth it to me to come down here and improve the living conditions and health of even one person. 

I got to hold the cutest little 8 month old baby named Sandros today. he literally just held onto my fingers and could not stop giggling which in turn made me giggle so im pretty sure we laughed the whole 20 minutes i carried him around. the people here are so loving, i worry i will have trouble once i return to the states. (but dont worry mom, I AM COMING HOME!)


this is pretty much what I feel like God calls me to do, and I hope through time and many more trips to Peru, he will lead me to serve all of his people in whatever career I choose.

"Then the King will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.' Matthew 25:34-36

Blessings,

Morgan