Felipe Márquez( project #3)

When I went to the elderly home, I first thought what was I doing there. The old people were like depressed and I did not know why were they depressed. I started wondering, but then inone minute action, everyone starting laughing and talking. I met Don Alfonso, who everyday that I talked to him his name changed. He told me he worked with his sons in a store they own. But he did not work as the manager he only worked as a helper (especially he washed their clothes for them and cleaned the store). Then I met his friend who always made jokes at everyone, and was hyper active. I really liked going there, because I experienced that not all old people are the same, they can be different in many ways.

Jimena Marquez (Project Number 3)

I had the pleasure to meet Doña Telma Leticia. She is a nice lady. She goes to the dinner every day and talkes to mostly all of the people. She has 1 daughter who is already married. She is a single mother. When she had her dauhter her husband left her and she never married again. I talked to her and some other ladies. They seem to enjoy the food there because the whole week that I was there they always greated me with a warm smile. All of the people there were so nice toward us. You could actually feel like if you were eating with your grandparents because they always made you fell welcomed. I couldn`t have more information about the life of Doña Telma but she told me that she had found job and that that was the most happy thing she had lived now. But the third day of me visiting them I got to talk to Doña Julia. She was a nice lady. She has 2 daughter and every sunday they gather together to eat lunch together. It was really nice to have been able to spend time with some great people.

Jimena Marquez (Project Number 2)

Community Service really opened my eyes. I learned to appreciate what I have. When I saw all of those people making a line to see the doctor I just thought about one thing. I am so glad I don`t have to pass by these to go to the doctor or the dentist. But then I thought how selfish I was being by thinking that and I realized that we were all here to help all of these people and I really got excited to start because I wanted to help this people get better.

I had some good times, Some bad times, some fun times, and some hard times. I really enjoyed to have had the opportunity to be in the Community Service of North Dakota. I learned many things while being in the mission. Some of the most funny and good times while being in the mission for me was that when we went near Solola, there was a hill in which our vans couldn`t pass through and so we had to walk down hill to get to the place were we were going to do our service. When we finally finished our job there, a big rain storm started pouring over us and we had to carry all of the equipment up hill again. So we started carrying all of the equipment and since we were down hill a huge river started flowing down hill. All of the village was made of dirt and so when it rained all of the dirt was made into a great puddle of mud. I honestly didn`t see a great lake of mud and so I started walkinh faster because it was raining harder. When I finally got near the vans I just felt that I started sinking. I didn`t know what was going on until I looked down. I was sinking in a mud lake. I started to force myself out of the mud lake and found out that my friends had not seen me. So I told them about what had happend to me in the lake and they started laughing at me. We laughed about my accident all the way home. Some of my hard times over the mission was getting up so early to be on time. I had to wake up at 6:00 a.m. every day to get dressed up, eat some brakefast,and brush my teeth. We had to be at the church by 7:30 a.m. to be ready to live to our next mission. Another hard part in the mission was being able to support the change of climate in the places we went.

This Mission really taught me to appreciate my style of life more. It also taught me to help people when ever you can, because there are some people that really need help. They don`t even have money to buy food, a toothbrush, or medicine. I would defenetly do community service again because you can learn alot of stuff about it. For me I learned to be greatful with the things I have because there are people that don`t have food everyday, and it was so sad to see. I can`t wait to go to the Florida mission. I liked helping people with some of there problems.

..::Jessica's community service experience part 2::..

OK. This time I'm talking about two ladies in Los Ancianos.The lucky first one I'm talking is Dona Guadalupe Tobar. She is 90-years old, but she looks so young that people think she is 70-years old. Even I guessed she is 72-years old but she is not.She was very nice to me, she was telling me about her life and what she likes to do. When she was younger, she worked at the factory as the checker of clothing failures. Everyday she had to see hundreds of clothes if they had any buttons off or any threads out.

After several years of hard work, Dona Guadalupe got sick in her eyes so couldn't keep working and had to take surgery on her right eye.

Luckily, the other eye that until then had no problems got worsened now and the eye that she got surgery is the one that Dona Guadalupe is relying to see. She has a son, who has three children. She was telling me that it was really odd that she is the first of ten children but every other siblings died except for her and one of her sisters. She comes everyday to Los Ancianos to eat lunch and likes to listen to the sermon given there.

Dona Dominga is 76 years-old. She had nine children, but unluckily she lost two of them and now has seven children. They are all married with children now. She married at a very young age and had her first house in zone 6 when she was 25 years-old. In that house, she lived 25 years. But her misfortune comes when she ages 50, when her husband who was a heavy drinker

died of alcohol intoxication. This is the reason why she had to move to the house where she is living now, which locates by La Molina in Cirilio Flores street. She was a housewife until her husband died, but after his death she had to provide her nine children by working in a factory that makes traditional Guatemala clothes (Trajes Tipicos). After five years of working there, one of her children started taking care of her so she quit. Well, she really likes to joke and to cook. She was telling me all this story of how to cook traditional dishes such as Jocom, Mole, etc. She told me that she tried many different kinds of meats, including rabbits, gophers, dogs, and opossums. She still works, but now she washes clothes from the neighborhood. She thanks God everyday by letting her work. She is really nice, I miss talking to her. ^____^

Daily Blog by Tamara Torrez-Koll

June 29, 2009: We were in the San Marcos Episcopal Chruch, Xela and I was placed with the Dental Team in the ballet studio/comedor/Sunday school. I worked with Bryanne Hildebrandt. The eight hours went rather smoothly, a few extractions and one filling.

June 30, 2009: We went to Chuguexa Chimaltenango. It was cold and dreary, raining a lot. I was placed at the nurse's station with Pam Pranke for the first half of the day. After she and I had lunch I was placed with Jennifer Risan. We had a patient with a build-up of wax she thought was a piece of garlic.

July 1, 2009: Wednesday found us in Nuevo Chuatuj, Coatepeque. I was placed again with the Dental Team, specifically with Bryanne Hildebrandt. The day was hot and humid with a

torrential rain in the afternoon. The rain forced us to move the equipment since the zinc roof had holes in it. After dinner we headed home.

July 2, 2009: Again in Nuevo Chuatuj, Coatepeque. I was with the Dental Team (Bryanne Hildebrandt) again. The day was even warmer than the day before. There was blood and gore and teeth and needles. I learned a lot. It rained again but by then we had a black cover keeping out the rain.

July 3, 2009: Friday we ended up in Pachaj, Cantel. We had been programmed to go to Santa Maria de Jesus, but due to complication we were re-routed to Pachaj. In Pachaj I worked with Darlene Bartz. She was very nice and we had pleasant chats in between the patients. We had one patient with an "aching heart." She was bent and old and white, passed gray. She told us her sad story; I don't think I'll forget her any time soon.

July 4, 2009: I awoke Saturday morning refreshed and still dreaming about Friday night's amazing dinner. I forced myself out of a bed that wasn't mine and went to the Episcopal Church, San Marcos, Xela (after a detour for breakfast). I passed the morning and noon in the company of the Dental Team; again with Bryanne Hildebrandt. After I went home and wrote an essay.

July 6, 2009: After a day of relative freedom I went back to San Marcos ready to listen to conversation and hungry.

July 7, 2009: After having walked from La Academia Europea to the San Marcos church I was surprised to see that I was early. I waited around for a short while and then i went into the ballet studio/comedor/Sunday school classroom. I sat through the time before lunch, lunch and after lunch conversation. It was pleasant though cold and rainy.

July 8, 2009: I got to San Marcos late for the Ancianos Program and proclaimed ardent

apologies, and swore it would not happen again.

July 9, 2009: Again I walked from La Academia Europea and arrived in good time at San Marcos. We shared a quiet lunch and then I left.

July 10, 2009: Today I sit, accompanied by my fellow classmates at IAS. The smell of the coming school year hangs in the air...

Maggie's IAS Community Service Summer Program

Daily Log
Day 1---Monday, June 3: Medical Inventory (Xela)
The Community Service Class arrived at 8:00 A.M. to Saint Mark's Episcopal Church. We worked until 12:00 P.M. on a medical inventory.

Day 2---Monday, June 29: Medical Clinic (Xela)
The Community Service Class arrived at 10:00 A.M. to Saint Mark's Episcopal
Church. We had to wait for the Medical Team from the Episcopal Diocese of North Dakota. As soon as they got to Saint Mark's Episcopal Church, we helped the Medical Team set up their equipment and each of their stations. First, I was assigned to Dr. Susan Maloney, but she ended up working in Pharmacy that day, so I helped Miss Laine Milburn and Miss Shanna Maloney at the blood pressure station. The Community Service Class left at 6:30 P.M.

Day 3---Tuesday, June 30: Dental Clinic (Chuguexa,
Chimaltenango)
The Community Service Class arrived at 7:30 A.M. to Saint Mark's Episcopal Church. We hop on a van and left to Chuguexa, Chimaltenango. I worked wtih and translated for Dr. Bryanne Hildebrandt and her assistant, Miss Kaitlin Ward. I had the opportunity to see lots and lots of blood; it was pretty interesting. The Community Service Class came back to Xela at 8:00 P.M.

Day 4---Wednesday, July 1: Medical Clinic (Nuevo Chuatuj, Coatepeque)
The Community Service Class arrived at 7:30
A.M. to Saint Mark's Episcopal Church. We hop on a van and left to Nuevo Chuatuj, Coatepeque, where I worked with and translated for Dr. Susan Maloney. It was pretty long day. We saw lots of patients, we were very tierd at the end of the day. The Community Service Class came back to Xela at 9:30 P.M.


Day 5---Thursday, July 2: Medical Clinic (Nuevo Chuatuj, Coatepeque)
The Community Service Class arrived at 7:30 A.M. to Saint Mark's Episcopal Church. We hop on a van and left to Nuevo Chuatuj, Coatepeque, where I worked with and translated for Dr. Susan Maloney. The Community Service Class came back to Xela at 9:30 P.M.
Day 6---Friday, July 3: Medical Clinic (Pachaj, Cantel)
The Community Service Class arrived at 7:30 A.M. to Saint Mark's Episcopal Church. At first, we were supposed to set up a medical clinic at Santa Maria de Jesus, but instead we worked at Pachaj, Cantel. I worked with and translated for Dr. Susan Malonley. The Community Service Class came back to Xela at 9:30 P.M.

Day 7---Saturday, July 4: Medical Clinic (Xela)
The Community Service Class arrived at 7:30 A.M. to Saint Mark's Episcopal Church, where we set up our
last and final medical clinic. I worked with and translated for Dr. Susan Maloney. We worked until 2:30 P.M.

Day 8-11---Monday to Thursday, July 6 to July 9: Los Ancianos (Xela)
The Community Service Class arrived each day at 11:30 A.M. to Saint Mark's Episcopal Church. While eating lunch with the elderly people, we would talk with
them and start a conversation. The Community Service Class left Saint Mark's Episcopal Church at 1:30 P.M.

Day 12---Friday, July 10: IAS Blog
The Community Service Class arrived at 8:00 A.M. to IAS, where we made our blog. We left at
12:00 P.M.

My Experience
The IAS Community Service Summer Program was one of the best experiences in my life. At first, I wasn't sure on taking the class, but I don't regret it. I had so much fun and I learned many different things. At the end of the IAS Community Service Summer Program, I realized that I had a chance of a lifetime.
The Community Service Class took one day, instead of two, on the medical inventory. With the medical inventory done; we would start our translating in the week of June 29. The week of June 29 turned out to be a really hard week for us. Some days we would arrived at 7:30 A.M. to Saint Mark's Episcopal Church, and we would come back as late as 9:00 P.M. It was a pretty long and tierd week. On my first day of work with the Medical Team from the Episcolpal Diocese of North Dakota, I was assigned to Dr. Susan Maloney, but the medical team needed help in pharmacy, so Dr. Susan Maloney helped with that. I had no translating to do, so I decided to work with Miss Laine Milburn and Miss Shanna Maloney, who were working at the blood pressure station. I had a really good time with them and I learned many things from them. The next day, we went to
Chuguexa, Chimaltenango. Chuguexa, Chimaltenango is a really small
community beside the road to Guatemala City. We had to walk down a pretty long dirt road. I worked with and translated for Dr. Bryanne Hildebrandt and her assistant, Miss Kaitlin Ward, in the dental clinic. I had the chance of seeing lots and lots of blood, and at a certain point I felt pretty dizzy. When we walked up the dirt road, we faced a severe storm. By the time we hop on the vans, we were soaking wet. I was glad the day was over. It was day 4, and in our way to Nuevo Chuatuj, two of our vans experienced some mechanical problems. Finally, we got to Nuevo Chuatuj, Coatepeque, where I worked with and translated for Dr. Susan Maloney. She was so cool! I learned many things from her, and I really enjoyed every minute that ticked by. We had the chance of seeing many patients, and in my opinion, it was such a great blessing. Our two days at Nuevo Chuatuj, Coatepeque were very long and tierd, but the experience was worth it. The next day, we were supposed to go to Santa Maria de Jesus, but their was a change in plans, instead we went to Pachaj, Cantel. Our arrival was ok, but when we started setting up stations, you could tell that there were some problems with the way people at Pachaj, Cantel had organized and set up things. Few minutes went by, and people from Pachaj, Cantel, were acting crazy. Talking in their own and particular language, people would argue against each other. At one point, I thought that they were going to kill each other, might sound exaggerated, but it could have happend. In Pachaj, Cantel, again, I worked with and translated for Dr. Susan Maloney. It was great; I had a blast! Day 7, our last and final day of work with the medical team. We set up the last clinic in
Xela. I worked with and translated for Dr. Susan Maloney. I had so much fun with her! I came up with the conclusion that Dr. Susan Maloney made my IAS Community Service Summer Program a better experience! During our last week, we ate lunch with the elderly at Saint Mark's Episcopal Church. I heard some pretty awesome stories from them.

I am very grateful with Mr. McMarlin for having me on the IAS Community Service Summer Program. Working with the Medical Team from the Episcopal Diocese of North Dakota was one of the best experiences ever. I had so much fun, and I learned many things.

Doña Lupita
During the last and final week of the IAS Community Service Summer Program, I met a sweet and lovely 90-year old lady called Guadalupe Tobar. You could tell that she enjoyed talking to
people, because as soon as I sat down, she right away started talking to me as if we knew each other for a long time. Many call Mrs. Guadalupe Tobar, "Doña Lupita." Doña Lupita told me many different stories, some were very sad, but other stories made me laugh as hard as I can. Doña Lupita lives with her 55-year old son, and her three grandsons, between the ages of 15 and 17. Everyday, one of Doña Lupita's grandsons take her to Saint Mark's Episcopal Church, where she has been attending this daily lunch for two months. Doña Lupita gave me an innocent simile when she was telling me that she enjoyed lunch at Saint Mark's Episcopal Church better than
lunch at her own house. I just started laughing because I personally thought that it was so cute. When I asked Doña Lupita who took her back home, she just whispered, "Carlos." So I asked her, "Who is Carlos?" She just laughed and said, "Carlos is my 'friend'!" I just sat down and thought that that was one of the cutest things that I have ever heard in my life. After some minutes of talking to Doña Lupita, Carlos entered the room. I turned around to face Doña Lupita, and the first thing that I noticed was the big smile on her face, it was pretty romantic. If you ever have a chance to talk to an old person, go ahead and take it, I very so recommend it!

Summer 2009 Essay Tamara Torrez-Koll

Summer:

On June 1, the five of us students, with Mr. Mac met at the San Marcos Episcopal Church. Inventory went smoothly and quickly and soon I found myself back at my house to wallow away a month of summer. The month was too soon gone.

On June 29 I was once again at the church. Many things had happened in my one month of freedom and most were good. Though the three hours we were there waiting seemed like an eternity (during which the dental students arrived), the

medical team walked through the red porton and we could finally have lunch. After lunch I found myself carried off to the ballet studio/comedor/Sunday school classroom. I stood feeling a little helpless with Jessica and then the blood and gore of extracting teeth began.

The other days carried on in much the same way. There were a few interesting instances: a teeth they could not pull, the screaming, crying girls I had to hold down so the dentist could remove a tooth (or teeth), a little old lady with a very moving tragic story about how her daughter had been killed by her daughter's husband and her own husband killed by a car and now had "only her chicken and her duck to help her."

The old woman and the screaming little girls were left behind as we returned to Xela, not to leave

again. Then in rain and sunshine we made our way to Episcopal Church again. At the church we met a group of older people who com to have lunch at the church. They were friendly and greeted us kindly. One who I specially found interesting was Concepcion Carmen, an Indigenous woman with thinning black hair, streaked with gray. Her countenance was lively and she enjoyed conversing. She told me how she had had ten children but only eight survived. She told me about her cat and how it was delicate and ate only fish cat chow and rats.

..::Jessica's community service experience part 1::..

..::My daily log and experience::..

Well, my very first day of community service was in some day in June, (I don't really remember the exact date) and my classmates, Mr. Mac and I sorted the medicines at the Episcopal Church of San Marcos for the Medical Team to whom we were supposed to translate.

Monday, June 29 This was the actual first day of being a translator for the Medical Team. The Medical Team was from North Dakota, but the dentists were actually from Canada. The first day was at the Episcopal Church and started at 10:30. As the first day, I was given a really really bright yellow shirt to wear and assigned to translate to Anna Pranata and her assistant Jamee Weibe in the dental team. It was quite entertaining(?) to see mouths bleeding out (just kidding). Then after a exhausting day of work, I went home.

Tuesday, June 30 This day we went to Chuguexa, a little town near Chimaltenango. It took 3 hours to us to get there, I almost felt we were reaching Guatemala City!!! This day I was

assigned to translate for Jennifer Risan, and after

lunch for Pam Pranke and Marilyn Schroeder. There were two things that caught my interest. The first thing is that Pam was quite fluent in Spanish so I didn't really had to say anything. Though I still had to explain the people things that they didn't understand because mainly Pam spoke in traditional Spanish and a few of the people couldn't understand her well. The second thing happened during lunch, when the Father of the church there told me that the people of Chuguexa did not prepare good lunch for the Medical Team as there were previous cases in which they had made meals for the Americans coming down here and the Americans wouldn't eat. I don't know if there were hygiene issues that bothered them but that was the main reason why the Chuguexans did not make us "proper" lunch. Well, anyways, we got frijoles, boiled egg, and tamalitos, and all of us ate happily. When we were done with everything, it rained so hard that we weren't able to move nor hear. The rain delayed us all and when we got back to Xela, it was about 9 pm.

Wednesday, July 1 We went to Chuatuj in Coatepeque and we were escorted by cops due to the terrible circumstances of violence there. It was really hot in there and I worked for Karen Rohr, whom I worked for for the next 3 days. I had a pretty decent day, except for the haunting experience of the bathroom, which was smelly and it was not flush-able, it literally just let drop the "things" on the deep floor. Well. I didn't really use it though. Karen and I saw a lady patient, who had watery eyes and claimed to have random headaches and generalized muscle pain. We were just about to give her some pain killers when she told us her tragic story of why she had those random aches. Four years ago, the lady had a 16-year old son who was assassinated by the gangs. She really loved the son, as he was her last one. But the gangs were not satisfied just killing her son, but they cut his throat and showed her the headless body bleeding in front of her house. Since then she started hallucinating her son and being unable to sleep. After hearing all of her tragic story, Karen knew what she really had and she prescribed her an anxiety-killing drug to calm her down. We were very sorry to hear that.

Thursday, July 2 We went to the same place in Chuatuj and I worked with Karen again. It was

similar to the last day but there was a patient who is engraved in my memory. This was a man of almost 80-years old who had problems with his hernia. At first, he went with a nearby doctor. The doctor told him that he needed three surgeries because he had such huge hernias but that the doctor himself couldn't do it because of his lack of equipments. So he went to the doctors in Xela but they didn't help him at all; instead they "got his money out" and at least they wanted him to do three more exams which cost almost Q1000 each. The man felt "tricked" by the doctors because what he wanted to do was to remove the hernias, not to do the unnecessary exams. So he stopped going to the doctors and blamed them for everything, until he came with us to do a medical examination. Obviously he had the hernia where we (Karen and I) couldn't examine so we called Dr. John Baird to check his hernias. After I translated Dr. Baird all the things the man told me, he told the man that the surgeries weren't necessary due to his age because the hernias did not threat his life but doing the surgeries could probably threat his life more than the hernias do. He suggested the man that it was much better to live the rest of his life as happy as possible and not endanger it with unnecessary surgeries. At hearing this, the man got relieved that he heard what he needed to hear and thanked Dr. Baird, Karen and me so much that even Karen took a picture with him to take it home. He made me feel so proud of myself of being such help to the man. I felt really good that day, even though I went home very late.

Friday, July 3 This day we went to Pachaj, Cantel. We were working at a school. I worked with

Karen again and it was a pretty decent day, I guess.

Saturday, July 4 As the final day of the medical mission, the Medical Team worked at the Episcopal Church of San Marcos. This day I worked with Karen too. Well, we didn't have as much patients as the other days but we were happy that we could work for the people.

CONCLUSION> I really liked to be in community service class, I learned so many things and I'm glad that I could be helpful for needy

people. I would definitely do it

again next year though with no credit.

Felipe Marquez (project number 1)

Daily Log

1) June 1 Monday: 8:00a.m.-12:00p.m.

Medicine Inventory

We arrived to Saint Marks Episcopal church and started arranging medicine supplies. Counting them and putting them where they belong.

2)June 29 Monday: 10:30a.m.-6:30p.m.

Medical Clinic(Xela)

We got there and waited for the Medical Team

from The Episcopal Diocese of the North Dakota to arrived. When they arrived we helped them set up their equipment. I started Translating for Dr. Karen Rohr till 6:3op.

3)June 30 Tuesday: 7:30a.m.-8:oop.m.

Medical Clinic: Chuguexa(Chimaltenango)

We got there and started working with a hard storm over our heads. And worked with Dr. Karen Rohr Translating for her. Had to translate for entire families consisting of 10 members each.

4,5)June 1&2 Wednesday&Thursday: 7:30a.m.-8:oop.m both days

Dental Clinic:Nueva Chuatuj (coatepeque)

I worked with Dr. Anna Pranata and her assistant Jamee Weibe translating in the Dental Clinic. Both days I worked for them and got many patients.

6)July 3 Friday : 7:30a.m.-9:30p.m.

Dental Clinic: Pachaj(CANTEL)

Worked with Dr. Anna Pranata and Jamme Weibe and also translating for Dr.Bryanne Hildebrandt. Translating in the Dental Clinic.

7)June 4 saturday: 7:30a.m.-2:30p.m.

Medical Clinic(xela)

Help nurse Pam Pranke in giving recipes for patients to follow. Also help other Doctors in translating.

8-11)July 6-9: 11:3oa.m.-1:30p.m.

(Ancianos)

We spend some time talking and eating with the elderly people.

12)July 10 Friday: 8:ooa.m.-12:00p.m.

(Inter American School)

We started making this blog

My Experience

Helping The Medical Team From The Episcopal Diocese of North Dakota made me experience many wonderful things I had never felt before.

Spending some time with each one help me learn many new things. We had many difficulties, but we managed to resolve it and keep working.

Since the beginning it was very hard waking up at 6:30a.m, but i had a strong opinion of helping people who really needed it. I now understand that many people apparent to be healthy, but in reality they have some kind of illness. My first experience was to fight against weather, I had to support heavy rains( but i still kept working). When we finish I had to carry the heaviest thing i had ever carried. With rain pouring and mud all over me I took it safely toward the van. I learn that if you endeavor something you really want to do you can can do it no matter what is opposed to it. I realize some people cannot really drive in this world, our drivers had too many problems. If I had never tried this before, I would still be thinking people are healthy over the world.

For me community service was awesome, we kept learning more and more everyday. Helping people who needed it, can make you feel wonderful. I really encourage people to have this class, you will never experience community service as much as we did.

Jimena Marquez (Project number 1)

1) June 1 Monday: 8:00a.m- 12:00p.m. (Medicine Inventory)*This day we had to be at the Saint Marks Episcopal Church at 8:30a.m. We had to organize all of the medicines that we were going to use in the medical mission. We had to count all of the medicine that was on each box. We finished at 12:00p.m.

2) June 29 Monday: 10:30a.m-6:30p.m. Medical Clinic(Xela)

* When they arrived we started working right away.I worked with Jennifer Risan, a medical student, that day. She was a nice lady. I had the honor to translate for her.

3) June 30 Tuesday: 7:30a.m.-8:00p.m. Medical Clinic(Chuguexa)

* Tuesday we had to be at the Episcopal Church at 7:30a.m. to go to Chuguexa and start working again. When we arrived I had the pleasure to work in the Dental station. I got to watch how they pulled people's teeth out.

4) July 1&2 Wednesday&Thursday: 7:30-9:30 Medical Clinic(Nuevo Chuatuj)

* Wednesday and Thursday we went to Coatepeque and I had the pleasure to work both days with Pam Pranke, a nurse. I was her translator and we told people how to take there medicines.

5) July 3 Friday:7:30-9:30 Medical Clinic (Pachaj)

* We were going to go to Santa Maria but the place were we were going to was occupied so we went to Pachaj! I once more had the pleasure to work with Pam Pranke.

6) July 4 Saturday:7:30-2:30 Medical Clinic(Xela)

* This was our last day with the Medical Team and we worked at the Episcopal Church. I worked half time with Jessica Risan helping her translate to the patients. Then I went to work at theDental Station with Anna Pranata, a dentist, and her assistant Jamee Weibe.

7) July 6-9 Monday- Thursday: 11:30-1:30(Ancianos)

* We got to eat Lunch with old people and got to know them a little. we spoke to different people there.

8)July 10 Friday: 8:00-12:oop.m. (School)

*We got to school at 8:00 and wrote in our blog our experiences in this Community Service.