Monday, February 18, 2013

Guatemala - Port Charlotte

Today was a great first day for Team Port Charlotte!!!  We are blessed this week with a construction team, dental team and team helping with all the children!
 
The dental team started off with a slight setback thanks to TSA in Miami but God always provides a way!  The team’s compressor for the dental drill was not allowed on the plane which was a huge setback as there are tons of teeth that need fillings this week.  But God came through in a big way!!!  Olivia did some calling around and found a compressor in Guatemala City that would work with their drills and motor!!!  So the team is good to go tomorrow for filling teeth!!!  Today they treated 105 patients and saw all the children at the center, all the children at the daycare and some of the workers at the Center.  The dental ministry truly is saving lives as there were several children from the daycare with severely infected teeth that if not taken care of could have led to serious health problems.
 
The construction team has two big projects this week . . . one of which is already completed!  Part of the group is building the “Chicken Taj Majal” or “Chicken Palace” (whichever you prefer!) and the others are installing the dropped ceiling in the Chicks room.  The team working on the dropped ceiling finished the whole project today! And it looks great!  The guys building the new chicken coop got the land cleared, building squared up and post holes dug today.  It was the group consensus tonight that God has once again assembled the perfect team to accomplish the task at hand.  We also had a few awards given out today by the team working on the chicken coop:
 
Awards for the Day!
Hardest Worker: Roy
Deepest Hole Dug: Erik
Biggest Root Removed: Michael
Most Dirt Moved: Zack
Most Nails Removed: Trey
The team working with all the kids had a great day too!  The Ducks and Squirrels had some fun playing outside with the parachute!  Maria (our newest Bunny) is still missing her mom but is slowly settling in.  And the Bunnies and Chicks had fun with bubbles! 
 
We also have a physical therapist at the Center this week working with children.  She started off today with the Canaries and we have a few children that we hope are starting to walk by the end of the week! 
The team!
 
 

Prepping for the "Chicken Palace"
 
Running on the beds!
 
Some of the day care children waiting to be seen by the dentist!
 
Wrapping up our "babies" to carry around!
 
 
Ready to go to work!
 
Starting the metal framework for the dropped ceiling...
 
Dropped ceiling is finished!
 
Playing with the parachute!
 
We had black beans for dinner!
 
Some more day care cuties!

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