Mexico City Update

We’re here! We arrived in Mexico City on Sunday morning after a rather uneventful flight. Customs was an adventure as Janell and Sarah were both stopped and our mountains of medical supplies were searched through. In the end all we lost was a few boxes of syringes but hundrends more made it though!
After the customs fiasco, our wonderful hosts Carlos and Carrie,were waiting for us on the other side and we were able to have first meal in Mexico at lovely little café on the way to the church. We are staying with Carlos’ aunt and uncle, Eva and Ezekiel. They pastor a small church in the outlying area of Chalco. What wonderful gracious hosts they are!
Yesterday we began work at or first brigade. Between Mr. Peck and Dr. Luna we got through about 60 patients, most of them children. Janell did a lot of the translating for her dad while working at his clinic station. Julie and Sarah did a lot of vital signs and triage and also worked with Dr. Luna. Alex and Zanna were “flexico in Mexico” and helped out with an unmet need by cutting hair for school children as the school year here in Mexico begins next week.
After the clinic experience we headed to a pharmacy to pick up some medications that wished we would have had at the clinic during the day. While at the pharmacy, 5 more children showed up needing medical certificates for school. (apparently they do this at the pharmacy?) The pharmacist, a friend of Carlos and Carrie’s, “invited” us to help him out with the assessments. So… There we were assessing school children on the side of the street outside the pharmacy window, why not!
While assessing the children at the pharmacy, Carlos got a call from his uncle who hosts a Christian radio show. He was inviting us to be on his show! I wasn’t quite sure how the girls would feel about this but I thought it would be a great opportunity so I said yes; after all, Mexico is flexico. What a hoot, we were on the Mexican equivalent of Focus on the Family being interviewed about missions!
Thank you to all of you who are praying for us at home. God’s hand of protection as truly been upon us and we are so blessed to be a small part of what He is doing here in Mexico.