Rainy day at the clinic

It has been raining all day here. The doctor is at the hospital today so we did not open the clinic. With the unexpected free time this evening i decided to work on my blog. Before I get started i just want to apologize for my grammar in my last one. It has been brought to my attention that it sucked, but just remember i am not really too worried about that. So if it bothers you i am sorry...coughGABYcough.

First off on this past friday night we went out to the property at km 38. Out there is mostly agriculture projects, where a few families live that work on the land. We went out there to spend the night and meet the families. It was a beautiful clear night, we had vespers outside under the stars. Saturday morning we went to an orphanage in the city and hung out with the kids. Martin wants to make this orphanage a little side project that we go to once a month or something. I hope that happens because i enjoy playing with all the kids. Over all it was a relaxing weekend, except for saturday night. Saturday night it hit me, hard. I had been asking Taylor (another SM) if it had sunk in yet, that we couldn't leave if we wanted to. Well saturday it hit me, not in like a "...man i wish i had never come", but in a "...man this is going to take a little getting used to". It is a pretty dumb and superficial thing that made it sink in. The fact that i was sweating a ton in a hot muggy room trying to sleep. It was horrible i just could not sleep, i finally dozed off around 3 am when i threw my mosquito net off in frustration. Not the best idea of the night but it helped me get to sleep.

A summary of my clinic and dental experience. If had to describe it in one word it would be GREAT, or QUICK. Great because I am getting to do a lot of stuff, quick because you are kind of just thrown into it. I have had a chance to spend more time with the doctor, i really like him. He is all about letting the sm's get as much hands on experience while here in Peru. He wants us to learn and do all we can, but he made it clear that he will not spoon feed us. He was removing warts, and after the first set of local anesthesia shots. He looks at me and Robbie and says you guys do the rest. The doctor is one of the busiest people i have met, he works a ton. I respect him for all the extra stuff that he is doing beyond working at the clinic. On the dental side, Martin (who does the teeth cleaning and pulling) started teaching Russel and I how to give Lidocaine shots and pull teeth. It was pretty cool, being able to do it right after he demonstrates it. Today on this rainy day we learned how to place IV's, Wendy taught us. All of you know i am scared of shots, i was forced to get an IV, i ALMOST freaked out but i fought it. I placed it on my first try so i was proud of myself for that one.

It has been raining since last night so i slept like a baby in the cool breeze, i wish it rained every night. It poured all day today so i decided to go for a run with Steph, Robbie, and Ever. It was awesome, very refreshing. We found some kids playing soccer so we stopped and i played with the. Robbie got some video and pictures, i would put them up but it would take forever! so maybe this week i will go to an internet cafe to do it. I probably wont write till something happens, hopefully there is a surgery soon, there was supposed to be one tomorrow but the doctor has to work. Alright keep me in your prayers and thoughts.