My Aunt Lana and Uncle Mark came down last Saturday, and stayed here with us for a week! Well, technically they stayed in Teresa's apartment, since, as Jocelyn so sadly puts it, "Teresa se fue. :(" But we had a good time with them!
On Tuesday, we got a chance to go up in the mountains again and run a mini medical clinic in Cumbre de Gramal. The drive up was... It was something else!
We started driving up in the back of a pickup with all the supplies. And then kept going up. And up. And up. And up. And up. Get the idea? No? Okay, here's a picture.

If only a picture could literally capture how steep it was. Speaking of pictures capturing things... Just look at how well this picture captures the fear in my face as we crossed over moving water. Still uphill-ish.



When we got up there (finally!)we were greeted by these adorable little faces:



And several more. We were supposed to have the clinic and stuff at the school, but there were some miscommunications, and that ended up falling through. Thankfully, the sweet, beautiful old lady who lived next door opened her house to us.


So, we ran a clinic next to a huge pile of corn. There's a first time for everything, right?


There was a basic system of sorts. The people all waited in chairs, and when it was their turn they would go to the table and give their information to Mom. Then they were given medicine if needed, vitamins for everyone, and parasite treatments for almost all of them. We had everyone from 2-month-olds to 85-year-olds. The lady whose house we were at didn't even know how old she was, and gave Mom her I.D. to figure it out for her.


Daddy and Uncle Mark handed out bed rolls to each family that came through, too. I can testify that they will be put to good use. Look at this "bed". It is where 3 people sleep.


Every kid who came through was able to pick one stuffed animal, and a lot of the people received clothes.




If only it was possible to put everything from that day into one blog post. Goodness. There was baby cuddling, dirty feet, and hair we desperately wanted to brush all the little tangles out of.







On our way back down the mountain, we stopped by another little town. Don't ask me how, but somehow it seemed higher than Cumbre de Gramal, even though we thought we were going down the mountain. Everyone just gathered around the pick up, and we passed out a lot of the remaining stuff to them. I'd never seen anything like the way they all clustered around us for some vitamins and "peluches."



And after we left that town, Cumbre de San Jose, I saw the most beautiful view I've ever seen. The sun was setting and the view from up so high was breathtaking.
W. L. H.
Have I mentioned that lately?
We. Live. Here.
(If you're a facebook friend of mine you ought to look at the 2 recent edited pictures I posted!)

Everyone should be able to experience something like this sometime in their life.
More to be posted later.
Su amiga,
Erin <3