Honduras-Canculuncos Medical Outreach- Part 10

On Wednesday and Thursday of our week, we drove 2 1/2 hours to a remote village of Lenca Indians called Canculuncos.
Most of them had never seen a doctor. On Wednesday, we saw children only. About 100 of them. We had each child sign in with their name and what was wrong with them with a number. We took them one at a time by number. While the children were waiting, we projected Nest Spanish Bible Stories on the brick wall of the church.
The picture below is of our make-shift pharmacy. We had a lot of medications donated from friends, and local pharmacies that made up our "pharmacy."
The 2nd day in Canculuncos, we saw mainly adults. Another 100.

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Gilead was a hit with all the Honduras with his pretty blue eyes. Grin.

Driving Around Honduras Part 9

There was a lot of construction going on around Siguatepeque. One area, completely stops traffic one way at a time for 30 minutes. It doesn't matter if no cars are coming or not, if the 30 min isn't up, you wait and wait some more. We got stopped about 3 times that week, where you just turn off your engine and wait. The local peddles take advantage of all the stopped cars to sell anything and everything. Here is one man selling something homemade.

Another funny thing about Honduras is their driving "rules." It was no doubt the most crazy driving I've ever experienced!! I imagine New York City taxi drivers might feel at home there, but that is about it. It is totally okay to pile people standing in back of a pickup truck.....it is okay that no children are in car seats....it was okay that for the week, because we had no larger transportation, that the Patterson's and the Konsavages drove everywhere by putting 18 people into an 8 passenger Expedition....but under no circumstances can you talk on the cell phone while driving. Haha.....their laws aren't consistent.

Here is a picture of what we drove behind on the way to the airport. There were about 6-7 men in the back of this little Police vehicle. At least 2 were in handcuffs. Not typically what we see roaming the back roads of Kentucky.

Police didn't seem to do much more in Honduras that pull cars over to make sure their licenses and registrations were up to date, hoping they could give a ticket for not having the required documents. I understand that if they try to give a ticket, it is much easier to "bribe them" with about $50. While I hear some police aren't crooked...most are.
2 weeks before we arrived, Mark P along with a bunch of church friends were robbed right in the church during a meeting. When asked for money and jewelry, he was reaching into his pocket, and they thought he might have a gun, so they put one to his head....They left with some money and jewelry. They didn't call the police because there is no reason to...they wouldn't have done anything anyway.
So be thankful that your town has police that respond and care about the law and justice!!! It's not like that all over the world!

Honduras-Boys Working Part 8

Mark Patterson, the missionary dad we are friends with, is in charge of maintenance, and the upkeep of all of MEDA...the seminary in Siguatepeque that we stayed at. He did a great job of keeping our boys and his busy the whole week. (The neighbor boys who are also missionaries and have 7 children worked often too) Many days they worked from breakfast to dinner with a quick lunch break. Aslan, Noah and Josiah worked with their boys (Josiah (16) Caleb (14) Noah (12) Levi (9) Isaiah (7) and Elijah (5) )...as you can see, we had 2 Josiah's and 2 Noah's. Our Noah's are only 5 days apart in age too!
In this picture Aslan, Josiah P, and Jonathan Montoya is working (Well, it doesn't look like it but they were) by digging dirt to fill in a hole that needed filling on the MEDA grounds.

They also spent a lot of time sanding and staining doors for the dorm rooms.

Here Noah and Noah are taking a break from work to whittle with pocket knives.

Even though they did a lot of hot, hard work, they all seemed to really enjoy it because they got to talk and build friendships as they worked. They also got quite a bit accomplished!!