Tuesday, May 13, 2014

What You've Been Missin: February

February was full of visitors!  We had teams come down from Trinity Presbyterian in Hershey, Pennsylvania and the following week from Manor Presbyterian in Cochranville, Pennsylvania.

Trinity Presbyterian
Dr. Greg brought an ultrasound machine and provided services for the people of Las Delicias alongside of our own Dr. Roger.
Dr. Greg and our own nurse Erin discussing treatment

Dr. Roger during a consult

Clinic in Las Delicias with two providers!  

A Meeting With The Patronato 
Adam and our teammate, John had a meeting with the patronato (think town council) to move forward with a small building project.  When we started working in Las Delicias in December, the community agreed that the Kindergarten building was the main need.  They already met in a humble 200 square foot one room structure.  The land that the Kinder sits on is available for our use and for building.  Knowing a short term team was coming with the intention of helping us out with construction, John made construction plans that we could present to the patronato for their blessing.  To our surprise, the patronato not only approved of the plans but had the desire to provide most of the building material as well as man power to work alongside of the short term team.

John in the existing Kinder building

Homemade tamales while John and Adam wait for a dozen people to gather!


Manor Presbyterian

Delivery the first morning of the rock and sand needed to mix concrete

A local making a homemade form to bend rebar

The boys from Manor Presbyterian learning how to bend the rebar

Men making forms for columns behind the existing schoolhouse

 
Mixing concrete to pour columns

Pouring columns (in Honduran fashion)

8 columns in all were completed by the end of the week



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