Here are just a few pictures from our medical mission in Ecuador. I apologize, but they are in backwards order! Enjoy!
These are the doors to the operating rooms. Every door in the hospital looked very similar to this! From the inside of the doors bunches of peeking eyes could always be seen through the broken glass.
The little girl wearing pink pants (Derineya) was able to have surgery done on her cleft palate during the medical mission in 2009. She and her family were at the hospital all week giving love to families there. One afternoon Derineya came searching for me in the hospital...once she found me she took my hand and led me outside. She then pointed to a drawing done with the sidewalk chalk I had given her. It was a big heart and inside it she had written, "KENZIE, LOVE YOU". Her mother said in Spanish that it had taken her all afternoon to figure out how to say it in English. Words can't explain how that made me feel!
On the first day at the hospital, hundreds of patients line up outdoors waiting to be seen by our team of doctors. This picture is taken outside the door to the clinic with one of our anesthesiologists (Dr. Butch Parker) walking out. Notice how tiny all of the Ecuadorians are!
We were so ready to get to work! This was our first day, getting ready to head to the hospital.
This is outside one of the cathedrals in Quito. All of these people are homeless, waiting for food from the church.
Outside the presidential palace we came across this sweet little fellow! We asked for a picture and he willingly said yes :) Again, look how little he is!
On one of the days in Ecuador we took a day trip to a city in Otavalo with our friends, Dr Rob Ferguson and his wife Andrea, and also Heidi and her husband Dr Butch Parker.
Otavalo presents a big market every Saturday and Sunday. They sell a ton of homemade goods like necklaces made from acai seeds (above), carved gourds, weaved bags, wooden nativities, vegetables, meat, etc.
We made it to Ecuador! This was taken right as we arrived at our hotel in Quito at about 1 in the morning. We had to take those two blue bins which were stuffed with medical supplies with us on the airplane.
Thank you for your prayers while we were in Ecuador! We miss it and can't wait to go back.
5 comments:
What a great experience! I am so glad that you were able to go. You and Shane are such great examples of serving others. I love the story about Derineya!! I bet that alone was worth the trip.
That's so cool. How amazing are you two! Thanks for sharing your experience.
What an amazing experience!!
How cool! What a great experience
W-O-W. It looks beautiful. What an amazing thing to give service to those people. You are awesome.
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