Tuesday, December 09, 2008

an encounter with grass

we're growing...

this is our Sunday church service in San Marcos. I didn't realize it until after I looked at this picture, that we are really growing! It's exciting for us to have services in san marcos now. and to have new people coming each week. Ricky rocks (as he pretty much does everything on Sundays).

teaching the word


Visiting afterward

Isa is our little celebrity. Everyone wants to hold her

Sunday, December 07, 2008

its about time... more pics from the clinic

Say Ahhh


This guy looks a little nervous


Chris teaching boxing to the kids. It was a total hit. Brian the boy in the photo looks forward to boxing time (Chris left his gear with us! thanks Chris!!)

Dr. Matt and a few of the Red Cross girls

Don in the pharmacy filling prescriptions

Monday, December 01, 2008

Medical Clinic

We, the church in Cusco, received a team from Willamette Medical teams , and partnered with the Red Cross to make this clinic happen. Everything went better than planned. The Red Cross helped the team bring the medicines into the country, and provided a few volunteers as well. The team came prepared, set up an entire pharmacy and ran everything really smoothly. Our friends from Tacna, Alfredo and Karla, came to help as well.

We were able to see nearly 1,100 people in our small church location in San Marcos. The first day there were only maybe 20 people waiting outside the front door in the morning, but by the last day there was a line of people that went way up the stairs. Many came from very far away, taking transportation for over an hour and many walking for a few hours just to get there and arrived as early as 4AM to get in when the clinic opened at 9.

Here are some photos. I have SO many and will try and add more as I have time. Until then, enjoy the pictures...

waiting to receive a number
Claudia checking blood pressure

in the triage
more pics coming...