Cascas Blog
June 18, 2011, Saturday
Yesterday afternoon, after arriving, we set up our dental gear in the clinic. We have four brand new portable dental units with compressed air, suction and water delivery from a portable compressor- all in the size of a suitcase, but heavy- 50 lbs. We will have lawn chairs for the patients to sit in and little round stools without backs on them for us to sit on. The room is bright and airy- with windows and doors open. We have 11 chairs for three docs- (one from the city of Trujillo), Dr. Bruce McArthur and me. There are four dental hygienists, four dental assistants including Sarah and Katy, and a number of husbands, wives and two 12 year olds that are all support team. Dr McArthur’s 80 year old uncle, Dr. Hollis Field and his wife were our triage team.
This morning, we went to a four hour 7th Day Adventist Church service, (which Dr. McArthur and his wife Cherryl and several of his team members are members of) which was very nice. It was held in Spanish but had some of the Chico, CA church members translated into English. It reinforced the Spanish that I have learned to prepare for the trip. The church was filled with local people as well. Although they live in areas with dusty dirt roads, they were all groomed and dressed very nicely in normal church type clothes- coats, shirts and ties for the men and nice dresses for the women.
Following the service, we had a nice luncheon outdoors next to the church where the local ladies prepared a very nice vegetarian lunch, with local fruits and vegetables such as passion fruit, avocados, tomatoes potatoes, rice and tangerines.
Then we wandered around part of the town taking pictures of some of the local sites, people and the massive, beautiful mountains that surround the town.
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