Day two work day adventures
Day two in optical was a little slower, but we still managed to see 45 patients. Around 16 of them prescription. So that is 16 more folks that have glasses that needed them. Two of them surprised me in that we were able to find glasses. Sometimes these folks come in with vision so bad you just don’t know if is possible to get them what they need. But somehow we almost always do! One ladies vision was so bad, and her numbers were higher than I think I have ever seen, so I didn’t have much hope after I scanned her. But to my surprise we found some. The look on her face when she tried on the very first pair we pulled, gave me goosebumps. It was like she was seeing the world for the first time. I am certain the one eye that had really high numbers was not improved that much, but enough to give her some clarity and the other eye had complete clarity. There is a picture below that shows you the crazy numbers for her one eye. The second person was actually a 14 year old boy with very, very bad vision. He really needed glasses. You don’t expect a 14 year old boy to be thrilled with glasses, but once again, his shiny teared up eyes, gave me goose bumps and had me smiling from ear to ear. Not all optical moments are like this and sometimes we get lost in the process and want to see as many people as we can, but its a good reminder to slow down and visit with the people we meet. I’ve been reminding myself a lot of that these past few days. Its also helped me to slow down having different help pulling the glasses. The local church ladies have been helping, which is awesome, but they are not used the layout and system so it goes a bit slower. But I’m actually okay with that. I’m okay with being forced to slow down.
The afternoon in optical got very slow and we considered packing up a little early so we could move the stuff to Tocoa where set up for tomorrows clinic. Just as we thought about doing that 4 more people showed up so we kept going. Then it got quiet again and we began to pack up. Just as I was shutting down programs, my little girl Valery walked in and ran over to me and jumped on my lap. Forget about packing, I had more important things to do. I just can’t get enough of her hugs. She burrows in deep and I can’t put her down. We talked a little in my broken Spanish about her dress and her shoes and the things she likes to do and I learned she loves to paint! Every now and again I looked up at all the work to be done to take down the optical clinic, but I wasn’t concerned. My “work” for that moment was being with Valery. Best day. She sat with me for about an hour. That little girl has crawled into my heart and has a grip! God has plans for that little girl, I know it.
The womens ministry continued making pies and cookies and I think today it was Key lime pie. A lot of the younger girls have been having a lot of fun with the baking. The kids came to the feeding center for their lunch and some of our group helped serve them the food. Nancy and Angela washed all the dishes from the lunch so that the ladies of the church didn’t have to. The La Ceibita ladies work very hard every day making sure those La Ceibita kids get food. They washed around 150 cups and plates!
Construction continued with building chairs and tables and today they were staining the chairs. Things are coming together in the feeding center and we are almost ready to go! A local news station happened to be driving by and was curious about what our team was doing, so as our guys were working on the chairs they interviewed them and had them on camera. The local media always seems thrilled to talk to us when we come and are always so curious.
So tomorrow, since we could not the clinic set up tonight, we will get it up and going as fast as we can in the morning and hopefully see a bunch more people. Prayers all goes well tomorrow. The week has gone by fast. Can’t believe we are almost done!
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