El Salvador

Hola, mi amigos!  What an amazing day we’ve had.  It’s a little hard to believe that we have come to the end of our time here, in El Salvador.  We finished with a bang in Somalia, a slum right in … Continued

Hola.  I learned a new sentence in Spanish today, Como se llama?  What is your name?  I used to ask the name of a sweet little girl who grabbed my hand this afternoon.  I wish I had known it at … Continued

Buenos Dias, mi amigos!  I’m writing after our break day at the beach.  I had a wonderful time just sitting in the shade, reading, enjoying the view of waves crashing on the beach and then dipping in the pool, which … Continued

Hola!It really doesn’t feel like only day two.  It feels like we’ve been here for a while already!  We’ve done so much work so far. Today we were in a community called Santa Maria Ostuma.  I don’t have a final … Continued

Hola, mi amigos!  I am writing from sunny, warm, comfortably breezy San Salvador, El Salvador.  Today the weather is beautiful and it’s a good thing because we did a lot of prep work for our week. There have been an … Continued

We pulled into our driveway at 10:30 last night.  It is very nice to be home.  We’re both very tired and are looking forward to getting back into the swing of normal life.Our last clinic day, on Saturday, was spent … Continued

It was another very busy day, this time in Verapaz.  This community of about 2000 experienced the most tragedy from the flooding that hit in November.  It is situated close to the foot of a volcano.  After the rain started that night, … Continued

It’s hard to believe that as I write this, we are now only two clinic days left from being done.  We have had a couple of wonderful days, full of all kinds of emotion for me.  We just got back … Continued