Thursday Health Clinic

Today we had our weekly health clinic in Armenia Bonito.  Unlike most Thursdays, we had a pretty small crowd today.  As we were driving in for clinic, it was raining pretty hard, so we think that must have kept most folks away.

It was a good thing too, because Erin and I were the only ones around to work the clinic today.  6 months ago, this would have been a big problems, but we’ve been working with 3 or 4 teenagers from the community and now they are integral parts of our clinic.  They faithfully come to clinic and serve in whatever capacity we need that week.

In the picture above, Eduardo is helping me out at the pharmacy.  It is an interesting story about Eduardo and the health clinic.  When we first got here, he had been helping out Andy, the previous pharmacist.  But when it was Andy’s time to train me, he got very threatened by my presence and left.  It took about four months, but he finally came back and has been more helpful than ever.  One of our families highlights from the last month has been getting to know his family better and becoming good friends.