Otter Creek Missions

Today was our first full day in Guatemala and we definitely saw the face of God in all of the people here. After an interesting day of traveling, including a search of our "chicken bus" by members of the Guatemalan government searching for illegal fruit and a thrilling backward entrance onto the interstate, we have had quite the experience getting to spend time helping the people in a nearby community and learning even more from them about the power of God's love.

We had "rooms" set up for dentistry, gynocology, general check-ups and the pharmacy. Many students got to spend time at each learning from the medical professional in that area and assisting by performing blood pressure checks, temp. checks, translating, holding the hands of people having dental work done, organizing and distributing medicines and developing relationships with the patients waiting in line and children in the area. These experiences provide an excellent opportunity for students pursuing medical educational paths to ask questions and find out through first hand experience whether that is what they really want to do.

The dentists and dental assistants stayed hours after the rest of us left the medical sight because they had so many more patients needing attention. After we all got back and ate a delicious dinner and chocolate cake (with sprinkles) courtesy of our generous hosts, we met together for a period of devotional.

We are encouraged to see some of the ways that God is at work in the lives of the people we are meeting. And we look forward to experiencing more and more of His work as we pray He uses us this week to show His love. Tonight, after the devotional, we were given some free time to spend processing all that we have experienced. We pray that we will be given eyes to see all that God is revealing to us throughout this week.