El Salvador Mission Work Day 2

This is the end of day 2 of the Latin American Mission trip for 2007. I didn't write anything for day one. I'd love to say I was just too busy working or to say technical difficulties hindered me, but the reality it was just age. I just flat forgot.

The team arrived safely with no hitches. We made it thru the airport check-in in record time. It helped that Delta had the counter open when we got there at 4:30 instead of opening at 5. We were thru check-in with all of our bags by 5 and the last few were working their way thru security. Nashville to Atlanta leg was uneventful. We were joined by several of our teammates from Kentucky and Knoxville. And another uneventful flight transpired to get us to San Salvador just a little late.

Our bus ride was longer than usual as our driver was new and didn't take any chances. That was a good thing, but he didn't pass anyone and that just doesn't get you there very fast. Hotel check-in went about how we expected. The rooms weren't ready and after shifting some folks around from the original assignments we got everyone in their rooms. After dinner and a team meeting we are all ready to go to bed after starting the day so early (230 AM for Sissy and me). Well, most of us were. We had our regular evening singing but that ended before our official "lights out" time of 11.

Today we started our regular routine-up at 6, breakfast done by 7, devo at 730, on the bus by 8 - well, sort of, we were about 10 minutes late. The members here in El Salvador had done a magnificent job of preparing for our visit. The site was clean, the classrooms were completed and Sulma has done a super job getting her room decorated to teach the ninos here. They had put up 2 palm leaf canopy that covered the area for the patients waiting to see the nurses and where we conducted the daytime ladies and children's classes. We just had to put up the white canopies for the rest of the worship area. The ladies class went well as did the preachers class. We planned to open the clinic by 12 and were ready to start seeing patients by 10:30. We ran for about an hour but closed down early to adjust our procedures and for lunch. As has been mentioned Bill Staggs went home sick for the first time in his many years in this work and we needed to sort out the medicine dispensing. Noelle is doing a super job filling in for Bill, but there is a lot to be said for 20 plus years of organizing a pharmacy on one of these trips. We are adjusting and being FLEXIBLE like we always say is required.

The door knocking teams went out as planned but teen evangelism and school evangelism teams were a little short as we moved some folks to help Noelle. The schools weren't open on Sunday anyway. All in all the first day went well with our new routine of nurses only on the first week. Still some kinks to work out, but we will make it work.

Our patient count was considerably down, but that was alright considering we were sorting things out. It will likely pick up as the word gets out to more people in the area.

The meals have been great as we expected. Ronnie's crew always feeds us well. Our maintenance crew is short handed, but seems to be holding their own. We are teaching Buck how to get by with less hoping that will translate to lower taxes in MJ! We will be OK here as long as one of them doesn't go down. The team is working well together and things are going well. Stay tuned for more updates, unless I forget.

# Posted @ 2:05 PM on Tuesday, March 13, 2007

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El Salvador Mission Work Day 2 This is the end of day 2 of the Latin American Mission trip for 2007. I didn't write anything for day one. I'd love to say I was just too busy working or to say technical difficulties hindered me, but the reality it was just age. I just flat forgot. The team arrived safely with no hitches. We made it thru the airport check-in in record time. It helped that Delta had the counter open when we got there at 4:30 instead of opening at 5. We were thru check-in with all of our bags by 5 and the last few were working their way thru security. Nashville to Atlanta leg was uneventful. We were joined by several of our teammates from Kentucky and Knoxville. And another uneventful flight transpired to get us to San Salvador just a little late. Our bus ride was longer than usual as our driver was new and didn't take any chances. That was a good thing, but he didn't pass anyone and that just doesn't get you there very fast. Hotel check-in went about how we expected. The rooms weren't ready and after shifting some folks around from the original assignments we got everyone in their rooms. After dinner and a team meeting we are all ready to go to bed after starting the day so early (230 AM for Sissy and me). Well, most of us were. We had our regular evening singing but that ended before our official "lights out" time of 11. Today we started our regular routine-up at 6, breakfast done by 7, devo at 730, on the bus by 8 - well, sort of, we were about 10 minutes late. The members here in El Salvador had done a magnificent job of preparing for our visit. The site was clean, the classrooms were completed and Sulma has done a super job getting her room decorated to teach the ninos here. They had put up 2 palm leaf canopy that covered the area for the patients waiting to see the nurses and where we conducted the daytime ladies and children's classes. We just had to put up the white canopies for the rest of the worship area. The ladies class went well as did the preachers class. We planned to open the clinic by 12 and were ready to start seeing patients by 10:30. We ran for about an hour but closed down early to adjust our procedures and for lunch. As has been mentioned Bill Staggs went home sick for the first time in his many years in this work and we needed to sort out the medicine dispensing. Noelle is doing a super job filling in for Bill, but there is a lot to be said for 20 plus years of organizing a pharmacy on one of these trips. We are adjusting and being FLEXIBLE like we always say is required. The door knocking teams went out as planned but teen evangelism and school evangelism teams were a little short as we moved some folks to help Noelle. The schools weren't open on Sunday anyway. All in all the first day went well with our new routine of nurses only on the first week. Still some kinks to work out, but we will make it work. Our patient count was considerably down, but that was alright considering we were sorting things out. It will likely pick up as the word gets out to more people in the area. The meals have been great as we expected. Ronnie's crew always feeds us well. Our maintenance crew is short handed, but seems to be holding their own. We are teaching Buck how to get by with less hoping that will translate to lower taxes in MJ! We will be OK here as long as one of them doesn't go down. The team is working well together and things are going well. Stay tuned for more updates, unless I forget. # Posted @ 2:05 PM on Tuesday, March 13, 2007 Comments: Post a Comment << Home	Mt. Juliet Church of Christ Physical Addrees: 1940 N. Mt. Juliet Road Mt. Juliet, TN 37122 Mailing Address: P.O.Box 248 Mt.Juliet, TN 37121-0248 (615)758-2274 Fax:615-754-2351 Email Worship Services: Sunday Early Worship: 8AM Sunday Bible Study: 9:15AM Sunday Late Worship: 10:15AM Night Worship: 6PM Wednesday Bible Study: 7PM Past Archives: March 2007 March 2008 March 2009 March 2010 March 2011 March 2012 March 2013 March 2014 March 2017