2-20 Friday
The rains passed and we woke to another gorgeous tropical day. The humidity is high making any wet hair or clothes take much longer to dry, but it is still a pleasant change from our frigid weather back home.
Today we planned for a shorter day at the clinic in order to take the afternoon to go souvenir shopping. We saw patients all morning as they arrived and then only had about 2 hours of service in the afternoon. Jeff was feeling a bit ill from both the change in diet and the less than ideal ergonomic conditions of the care he provides so the planned shortened day was helpful. The local staff of the clinic stayed open for patients. As we were able, we said our good-byes to people we had formed instant dear friendships with in a very short period of time. Hugs and pictures were copious and some tears of sadness shed.
Thankfully by the later afternoon Jeff was feeling much better and we did then again brave the local roads into the city to a souvenir shop that Walter is well acquainted with. The colors of all the merchandise in the store with not a space of shelf space wasted was a great visual experience. As a team we purchased a variety of items including sweet candies, trinkets, pictures and pottery. Next door was a delightful coffee shop and those who ordered some would argue that it's some of the best coffee they ever had.
In the evening we planned for an informal team gathering at one of the host homes. Friday evenings is when the local church has small group meetings and most of the host families were a part of those groups, so that left us with some open free time to get together as a team. It was nice to chat about our varied experiences. We were all very conscious about how quickly the time was flying by.
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