Blog de Jueves

Today was another amazing day at the clinic.  We had a very busy day with the adults.  Me and the Amy (the PT I was working with today) saw 8 patients... that wouldn't be too much in the states, but here it's a ton!  I did half of the evals today (putting me at about 9 patients that I was in charge of so far this week) and I'm getting much better!  My mind had lost much of my PT knowledge in the past couple weeks of being off school, but it's slowly coming back!  (good thing since I start clinic the first couple days of being back in the states!)  I've had some amazing patients... They are all so thankful for anything that you can do for them.  They have such tough lives that we can't even relate to.  It's such a different world down here... A couple of our patients this week we really couldn't help with our PT knowledge and it is so hard to tell them "Sorry, there's nothing we can do."  On the other hand, it's still so amazing to see how much patients can improve in just an hour and a half session with us. It's also great to connect with my patients. Today, two of the patients that I have worked with during this past week came back to find me.  One lady brought me and Amy pears.  The other was the lady that tried setting me up with her doctor son that lives in miami.  She gave me and Christina whistles which is pretty cool.  It really is amazing how these people are so willing to give when they don't have much.  I need to take lessons from them... 
  We still haven't recieved our equipment.  Please continue to pray about it getting delivered.  It's so hard to work without having the assistive devices that our patients really need.  We keep asking them to come back next week, so hopefully it will get ok'd by the head honcho in lima asap.  Thank you for all your support!  I really love working with these patients and the local people that help us interpret everyday.  I've also gotten to be close with a couple of the PT's that we work with, and it's been so great getting to know them!  It's been a blessing to have such a great experience so far.  Continue to pray for our safety, for the patients that we see every day, for the future of this mission here in Peru, and for the shipping container to arrive soon.    Thank you!
Sharaya

Ps.  Food has been delicious.  Also, no sign of parasites in me, Nicole, or Em. Yay!

Directing the patient, with translator Beth close by