Sunday, February 6, 2011

Day 2- Getting Settled and Unpacked

San Juan de la Maguana

After a long journey, one that was extended for some due to flight cancellations, our whole team has made it to the Guesthouse in San Juan. While in Santo Domingo we met with our church's sponsored medical student, Miguelina. She just graduated from medical school and we presented her with a graduation gift over breakfast before leaving for San Juan. Our church's ministerial intern, Elizabeth Toland, has joined us and is serving as our spiritual leader and is doing a great job. She will be leading the Bibles & Bricks trip to San Juan this July.
This afternoon everyone was in the process of unpacking surgical supplies and organizing medications and multivitamins. We are prepared to start early tomorrow with half of our group doing consultations at the clinic at the Guesthouse and the other half going into the surrounding areas to run a sattelite clinic.
Getting the pharmacy storage room unpacked and organized
A group went to The Jim Smith School to check out the construction that has been completed in the past and to meet the principal, Angela.

Some students of the Jim Smith school posing by the Elementary classrooms built by and with the support of Second Presbyterian Church.

Presenting Miguelina with a graduation gift.


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