Most of the team was already there. The table was set up with toast, rolls and jelly. There was coffee, tea and juice also. A typical Peruvian breakfast. I caught the first bus to the church which left at 7:45.
Today was awesome! I don't have all the numbers, but ill give you what I do have. We stopped at 1:00 for lunch and by that point we had seen 85 eye patients and 120 medical patients. We started back from lunch around 2:30 and worked until 5:00. I will let you know tomorrow the first day totals.
I have Erin Moore as a translator. She is the daughter of our doctor and the niece of Randy and Tina Moore whom most of you know. Erin is not fluent in Spanish. She is way better than me, but there is a lot she can't communicate. She tells the patient there will be two lenses and to pick which one is better. All they have to do is pick one or two, but there is a lot of confusion nonetheless. One lady we saw was particularly difficult. I had to test her several times because she kept changing her mind about what was better. Finally after several tries I got to the same conclusion twice, so I wrote her a prescription for it and sent her on her way. She was not satisfied though and told Erin she wanted to see the doctor and pointed at Randy! I found this extremely comical, but Erin was mad. The woman obviously felt like Randy had more authority since he was a man. I sent her to sit in his waiting chair.
For lunch we went to the pastors house again. And we ate the same thing again. Dinner was a different story fortunately. We walked about 6 blocks to a Chinese restaurant. The food was real yummy. And different!
That was a crude summary of today, but seeing as I have fallen asleep already at least 6 times since I am giving up and going to sleep! I will try to do a better job of keeping you informed tomorrow.
Connect,
Heather
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