Tuesday morning brought a new day. Jorge´s brother took all the originals of the meds paperwork to the Bishop´s office in MX City early today. The Bishop and the leader of the muncipal medical group were meeting with the director of customs and hopefully the hostages were freed. Will update tomorrow on this issue.
The good news is the hand pieces for the dental equipment at the clinic in Talalamac fit the portable unit! In English, Dr. Tom and assistant Kathy Harvey are in business as of mid morning. We still need our bags for most procedures, but they are able to check and clean teeth and reccomend future treatments.
Construction saw the roof and front wall of the former nursery removed to make way for the new staircase to the second floor. Aaron has shown another talent......cutting out channels in the walls for electrical with a new, big Bosch grinder. Delivers the message on Sunday, cuts concrete on Tuesday......what´s next?
VBS had a busy morning with a roomful of excited kids and equally excited leaders. The med clinic was busy, also. Plenty of patients, lots of meds dispensed!
No VBS in Ecatzingo today because it´s market day in Ozumba! The team was able to take some time after lunch to take in the sights, sounds, and smells of a bustling street market that covers more than 6 square blocks.
After dinner tonight, we are planning a dance for the kids (and maybe us big kids!). They want to learn American dances (electric slide) and have promised to teach us mexican dances.
Tomorrow, the clinics will travel to Ecatzingo all day, while VBS will be there in the afternoon. Construction will begin painting the exterior of the church and continue other projects.
While the week is flying by, watching the relationships grow between the team and the people of Ozumba is truly humbling to me. It´s the most important part of the mission! I´ve stopped counting the number of times I have seen Jesus in the faces of the team and the people of Ozumba.
We´ve loaded pictures from cameras to disc and hope to have better success with uploads tomorrow!
Sorry about the bad guidance to the St Matthew site! I was not aware it had been updated. You can google the weather for Ozumba, MX and try Mt Popo volcano for more info.
Please continue to pray for us and our hostage bag situation.
Ray
3 comments:
Ray, your blogs are a treat-- keep up the great work leading your team down there! Hello and hugs to everyone there; Marc we love you! Have fun dancing tonight, y'all-- make like KC and shake, shake, shake...! Love, The Murphy Girls
Ray & Ozumba Team,
Claire & I just reviewed the blogs and had many fond memories and laughs sitting here reading (and not sweating or aching). You all remain in our prayers. May God bless you as you work hard to bless others.
In Christ's Love,
Grubb & Claire
p.s. Did you teach the Ozumbaites the Macarena??? That would be a bit ironic, eh!
Ray,
Thanks for the updates! We are praying that everything can get through customs, especially before it is time to leave! Please let everyone know that we are praying for them, and send Aaron our love. The kids and I miss him terribly but are thrilled that his is there. Things are so crazy here he might want to just stay! Be safe and we are looking forward to pictures!
In Christian Love,
Holly
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