Cathy & Rita pulling teeth (ouch)!
Today I Edna had the privledge of sharing my personal testimony with the people at the clinic. Pastor Oscar said an opening day songs and prayer and I was happy to hell them how Jesus has worked in my life. Then our day began as usual..8:30am-we took the clinic (Tarapoto Primera Metodista Iglesia). In that place we felt such a beautiful spirit. There were people already waiting on us. Those of us (Kathy, Ruth and myself) moved to higher ground as the table was wobbly and out of balanced. I might explain the compound is a dirt floor that angles down very close to a 45 degree angle. We are to the left as the covered areas seperating specific needs. The Peruvian people are very resiliant. We have seen adults as well as children have a tooth/teeth pulled and later playing or visiting an hour later. As if it was nothing more than putting a bandaid on a scratch. Every man woman and child that came to us (Kathy, Jane and myself) for blood pressure, etc taken - We discovered another spirit of life. Their practice of kissing the cheek, shaking hands and hugging is a part of their life. One woman in particular stays in my mind. She was approximately 82- Her hands were very strong but you could feel her flesh on her bones. She was so happy to be there. She ask very little of us except to help her as best as we could. Although she explained her illness it was never with a bitter mood, and was more than glad to be there two days if that was what she needed to do to see Dr. George or Dr. Carlos. Some would travel as far as 30 miles out or 4 hours to be here in a dirt floor clinic with a couple of chickens and a rooster, and not to forget a little dog. It is the greatest blessing to be here with the brothers and sisters in Christ who have taught us more than any university degree. Only the tip of the ice berg- this was a very small part of one day. With Love, Edna Williams :)
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