April 25 The orphanage

 This morning a small group of us left the clinic for a bus ride to an orphanage here in Guatemala City.  This is the boys orphanage and when we arrived there were groups of them outside in lines that reminded me of scout camp.  Behind Susan you can see some of them back there.   Turns out the orphanage does has a boy scout troop and they were lined up by patrol.  There are about 500 orphan boys in this building.

 We took the assignment to organize an egg hunt for them and they were pretty fast in picking up the eggs filled with candy.  Impressed with their willingness to listen and follow directions.  But more impressed with their ability to get along with others and gratitude.

 This is one of the groups checking out what they collected.  They each ended up with a bag of some candy and a prize for picking up just four eggs. They also made tie dye shirts, made jump ropes and played with stacking cups that we had brought and left for them.

 Susan hiding eggs.  They could only pick up four eggs so I hid my eggs in groups of four.  Seemed reasonable. ......

 Susan passing out some leftover candy.  She was quickly mobbed by about twenty boys so she started throwing handfuls of candy up in the air.  They all dropped to the ground and she made her escape.  Pretty funny to watch.

Got back to the clinic in time for a quick lunch and back to work.  An action shot of me working with Luis.  It looks bad but really isn't - his mouth is propped open ( more comfortable for him ) and we are restoring a couple teeth ......  the chair light I invented is doing really well - you can see it there by his head.  It clamps to the chair and can be bent in any position.

 The after picture.  He was a great patient.  Had a few patients travel from over two hours away and they had been waiting at the clinic for almost 12 hours to see us.  Knowing that helped us forget our own fatigue and aches and pains and keep working to serve these wonderful people.