Saturday, March 31, 2012


Selling firewood is a full-time job for some men and women. This fellow has no gas bill, as the wood is cut by hand and hauled to town with horses. The horses are so well trained that they just walk along with him--no lead rope.

Friday, March 30, 2012


Inside the school is one room. It has one light bulb. The 'blackboard' is green. I can remember when blackboards were black; they changed to green while I was in school. Now they are white and becoming 'smart boards'.

Thursday, March 29, 2012


Remember the days of one room school houses in our country? Still common in Central America. This was in the village that we conducted our medical campaign in. It has two outdoor toilets, a cistern, and a small storage building. Grades 1-6 go here. Few go beyond that because of the distance to a high school. Those who go on must find a place to live in town and stay there during the week.

Tuesday, March 27, 2012


A view of the sleeping area for men at the Ocotepeque prison. This room is about 18 by 24 feet and has 33 men in it.

Monday, March 26, 2012


Lots going on in this photo. Jorge is explaining to a patient how to take the medicine being given to her. Dea is doing QA work on the meds prescribed by Doc Harris and put together by Kristi and Sharon.

Sunday, March 25, 2012


On the day we traveled to Honduras, the weather was bad and many flights were cancelled. One such flight was the one that Melvin and Juanita were on, so they had to cancel the trip. Juanita was one of our two translators. We concluded that God would help us out, and He did! The lady in stripes is Isi, a lady who works as a medical translator for a hospital in South Carolina. Her husband was the assistant bus driver on our trip from the airport in San Salvador to Honduras. She helped us on Monday and Tuesday and was terrific! We plan to try to go to Ocotepeque when she is there again.

Saturday, March 24, 2012


This is the photo of the basilica that should have been in the previous post.