San Pedro Clinic

Friday was my first visit to San Pedro. It was the first time that a clinic has been held here since our arrival in Guatemala. San Pedro is a mere 26 miles South of the Mexican border and several thousdand feet closer to sea level. The climate is much more tropical. On my visit, it was quite pleasant. I was assured that this is not the norm. The runway is cut from the jungle on the side of a mountain. To a Nebraskan, it looked much more like a taboggan run than a runway. There is a rather steep incline to it, but we made it in and out just fine. Upon our arrival, we were joyfully greeted by several adults and at least a dozen kids. They led us in a procession down a trail to the community building we used for the clinic. Here is a picture of several kids outside the clinic building.


Here are pictures of the clinic up and running. In the back of the building, the hanging black plastic is for the ultrasound room. As we stated before, San Pedro is very isolated. It was a little different medicine here. The two or three hour car ride pales in comparison to how long it would take to get these people to a hospital if they needed it. Also, since the clinics are not regularly scheduled, we can't just ask them to come back next week if they need to be seen again.





This young man just happed to be wearing a T-shirt from Omaha's very own Henry Doorly Zoo. It would be interesting to know how in the world this shirt ended up way down here.



Here are just a few more pictures of the kids of San Pedro. Everyone was so pleasant and grateful to have us there.



Here is a picture from the airplane on our way home. It was exciting to be able to share with the Fickers in their ministry here. Serving in San Pedro, it really felt like we were taking the Gospel to the ends of the earth.