Our last day in Cedeno the team worked very hard to see as many patients as possible. Aleyda, our Honduran dentists did an exceptional job with the children especially those who had the urge to let out a screeching scream before they even sat down in the dentist chair. The young man holding the instruments was waiting for a root canal while watching a friend screaming in another chair. Stuart, dentist, from Jacksonville came prepared this year to do root canals for his patient and was able to do a total of four during the week. Stuart did not have access to exrays so he used another mechanism to help him judge the distance for the root canal. Will who will be starting dental school in the Fall was assisting Stuart each day. Susan and David who I learned have worked together for thrity years was a team and Aleyda and her assisant, Hannah, who wants to be a dentist one day as well. Dimus was amazing assessing the patients and Nicole checking blood pressures as well. Ms. Alice would translate between Moms in Prayers, Reginia and Kim kept the instruments cleaned and ready to go as well as kept the pills counted as needed. The dental team makes quiet a difference in a person's appearance and self esteem. They had a time of praise and prayer before they said their bitter sweet good-byes to a very special village. One of the God moments during this day was when Dimus played the church piano and realized half the keys were missing from the piano but yet the church uses this piano every Sunday without a complaint. They are grateful for what they have. Also the young people of this church come together every Saturday morning from five to six am to pray for their community and evangelizes in the afternoon. Also the ladies of the church are going to continue with Moms in Prayers with all the awesome resources Mrs. Alice left them. God is good all the time.
"Evening and morning and at noon I will pray, and cry aloud, and He shall hear my voice."
Psalm 55:17
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