Guatemala MMM| 5/26/2018

Medical Missions Ministry clinics are set up in churches in the villages of Guatemala and the pastors invite the neighboring communities to come for the free clinic Here is a quick peek at the schedule of events for the week: Saturday: Depart for Guatemala, arrive and settle in. Some on the team may go grocery shopping for the week. Sunday: Church in Antigua with Dr. Alb (our ministry partner), lunch, visit an orphanage and play with the kids in the afternoon. Evening at the ministry center to relax and prepare for the week. M-Th: Up at 6:00am or so to be ready for devotions from 7:00-9:00am. Then the team departs for the clinic. These days are usually long days. The drives to the villages for the clinics can be long. Occasionally the teams will stay overnight at the church that is hosting the clinic if the next village is closer than returning to the ministry center. The team leader will know closer to the departure date if the team will “sleep out”. Once you arrive at the church for the clinic, each participant helps set up the pharmacy and with any other set up need and then begins to greet the patients. The doctors see as many patients as come and the team works in one of the areas mentioned below to help the patients. At the end of the day they pack up and return “home”. The clinics include helping the pharmacist dispense medicine, prayer walking, prescription runner, working with the kids’ program, assisting the dentist, and finally, what Dr. Alb considers the most important part, the Sharing Stations. As the patients wait for their prescriptions to be filled, most of the team is waiting to pray with them and to share the gospel. Team members rotate between all of these positions. Evenings are spent enjoying the team with games and conversation. Friday: Market Day Saturday: Depart for home