Clinic Update - February 4, 2012

A future missionary, James, from Belize came to the clinic to get his work done. Sister Kay that came with him was his Seminary teacher. She is a convert of 3 years. Her daughter was baptized first, then she and her son were baptized. She indicated she gets up a 4 am to cook for the missionaries in the Belize area, then off to teach seminary, does some catering and is Relief Society President. She is so strong in the gospel and very active. James was in the dental chair about 4 hours the first day of treatment and was brought back the second day for Dr. Johnson to remove his wisdom teeth.

A group of dentist from Hershey Smiles joined us for a day of work on Saturday, February 23, 2012. The clinic was swarming with patients, dentists, wives, and others who were tagging along. They were on their way to another area of Guatemala for a few days of an outreach clinic. It was nice having them at the clinic to help with the CCM missionaries but it was even nicer to have peace and quiet in the clinic when they left.

The second picture, all dressed as missionaries, represents a group of Future Missionaries from Jalapa who traveled to Guatemala to complete their dental work. This group of young men were amazing. We treated 7 out of the 11 young men going on missions from this Ward. You could feel their enthusiasm about wanting to serve. The first picture is another group of future missionaries from Quezaltenago who traveled 4 hours by bus to also get their dental work completed. It's times like this that makes our mission so rewarding to know you are helping to prepare these young men to go on missions.


Our dental assistant, Cindy, bless her heart, has Elder Johnson hooked on Solitare in his spare time (which is lunch time). The two of them have enjoy competing. Cindy does not speak English so Elder Johnson teaches her an English word and she teaches him a Spanish word.