villagers were able to receive a medical checkup and the much needed medicine. The tribal language of the Guatemalans in this area is Kekchi. In order for everyone to communicate, it was necessary to have trilingual interpretation at each station of the clinic. The village church has some members that could speak both Kekchi and Spanish. They interpreted for us and we interpreted what they spoke in to English for the American medical workers.

I have been involved in many medical outreaches over the years. This was my first time to ever see a medical clinic scheduled for four consecutive days in the same village. I will admit that I was in doubt about the need for scheduling a medical outreach for such a long period of time in the same area. I was truly amazed by the number of people that came from the local community and many villages nearby.  The team organizers had planned for us to see about one hundred patients each day but we averaged one hundred and thirty. Wow, what a huge blessing it was for us to be a part of this evangelism and outreach effort.

Also, this village is where Little Evelin Suleymi lived with her family before she passed away suddenly last month. Her family attends the church where the medical clinic was held. We were able to spend a little time with this grieving family and were able to encourage them during this difficult time. Please continue to pray for them. Their picture is included above.