Today was a major disappointment for the team! The Jamaican Government has decided not to return our medicine and we are struggling to meet the needs of the people here without the pain medication, vitamins and other medicines that were seized at the airport on Saturday. The people we serve in Black River are the ones who are truly losing here. Even with all of the challenges, we are touching lives in Jamaica and being blessed in return. Most of the team traveled to Holland to hold the two-day clinic at the Holland Church, while the dental team and a number of nurses carried on a mini-clinic at Cambridge. The dentists and assistants (Lila may have found a new career field) saw 31 patients and extracted 79 teeth in a shortened day. The lab team did 88 lab tests at Cambridge and XX at Holland. All of the doctors went to Holland, and they saw 157 patients. The pharmacy at Holland (Hollis and Alanna) dispensed 278 prescriptions. Three additional members were fighting the stomach problems and one was injured trying to show a bunch of school girls how to do a cartwheel. (We can’t mention Lila’s name or she would kill us!) On Wednesday evening we went to Treasure Beach and celebrated three birthdays on this trip (Tom A, Stewart and Lori).
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