Over 200 visit village clinic in Progresso

Monday was another very successful day. It was long. The village clinic medical team traveled to a small, remote village named Progresso (crossing another river using the hand-cranked ferry). We setup a medical clinic in a small Catholic church building. Over 200 villagers met with nurses and doctors. Most had their vitals checked and were provided vitamins and worm medication. Many were given prescription medication for various needs. We've found a number of people with very high glucose levels (some with readings near 400), an indication of diabetes.

The construction team continued working on the two houses being built in the small village named San Victor. One of the local villagers is a young man name Ishmael. Ishmael is about 28 and has cerebral palsy. He has no family and lives with a few families in the area. To earn enough money to live, he uses a 3-wheel bike to make various deliveries throughout the village. His bike is very old and worn. In past years, some of our team members (including Michael Bell and Jim Pustinger) have fixed various parts of his bike so he can continue to work. This year the team kept telling him that they would work on his bike. However, up until yesterday they hadn't done anything with it. The team kept telling Ishmael they were "working on it." Then yesterday, they took his bike, rode it around the block and switched it. When they came back in the next few minutes, Ishmael was completely surprised to see a BRAND NEW bike!