Yucatan 2010

YUCATAN, MEXICO 2010

It was our pleasure to work again with Dr. Al Zamacona and his wife Laura. This was our 10th year working with Dr. Al and his team. Once again we found it to be both adventurous and rewarding. We stayed in the City of Playa Del Carmen and traveled to our clinic sites. We saw approximately 500 patients during the four clinic days we held. On our second day of clinic we had the opportunity to see the members of the hotel staff, where we were staying. This was the first time we had tried something like this and weren’t sure how it would turn out. God really used it for good. We found it very rewarding to serve the staff members that worked 6 to 7 days a week , waiting on so many others .

On all of our clinic days we provided medical, dental and vision care. With the help of local church members, we also provided free haircuts. They worked very hard and it was great to see the smile they put on everyone they served. Our last clinic day was planned to be held at a local park. The lack of electrical power and other services made this real problem. We were able to move to a church a block away that had everything we needed. After talking to the people in charge we learned the real reason we were planned to be in the park. The clinic was a joint venture with 4 churches of different denominations and they did not want to hold the clinic where one church would get more credit than another. It was a great testimony for us to inform them that our team from Project Compassion was made up of people from many churches and denominations. At the end of the clinic day we prayed with all the pastors and thanked God for the work he had done helping the people of this area and uniting the churches in a greater way than they had ever been.

Reed, Sandra, Greta, Diana, Solana, Natalie, Janel, Jane, Jean, Pat, Patty, Linda, Al, Laura, Ana Laura, Ana Lilia, Macamen.