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Sometimes people feel speechless because they don’t have something to say and other times they feel speechless because there is so MUCH to say and I find myself as the latter today! I’ll start [...]

The town in which we are staying for the next couple of days is where we ended up doing clinic today. It is a fairly large village with, in some ways, more conveniences then others. Carranza is [...]

Tuesday, August 16th Today was a nice break from the busy day at the orphanage yesterday. We all love the kids, and enjoyed every moment there; but practically a whole day watching at least 21 [...]

For church, this morning, we drove out about an hour to an orphanage a couple of towns over. A couple and their three kids run an orphanage of about 20 children. They have a small church service [...]

Today the team went to a neighboring town (pueblito) called Palma Real. We held another clinic in their local church building which was a concrete structure with a tin roof and dirt floor. Today, [...]

Coming from the perspective of a medical student, today was awesome! Coming from the perspective of a missionary, today was awesome! Coming from the perspective of a child of an amazing creator [...]

As the leader of the team, I am always commissioned to write the last and final blog of the trip. Every time, you put your finger on the keyboard, and wonder, “what do I say”? There [...]

Finally!! Our long-awaited trip to Chiapas has begun. All the agonizing about what to bring, all the packing, all the main questions asked, and all the goodbyes are said and done! I can hardly [...]

TOMA TOMA TOMAAAA!!! (TOMA TOMA TOMAAAA) MATE MATE MATEEEE (MATE MATE MATEEEE) TOOMAAA (TOOMAAA) MAATEEE (MAATEEE) Too00OOMATEEE!!!!! The cheers can be heard in china! Time to congregate on the [...]

Let me tell you one thing: everyone is having way too much fun here in Ecuador! We’re all pretty exhausted including the kids but the fun factor overrides exhaustion at this point. A normal [...]