Hello from Tak

Yipee! Internet access. We just arrived at the hotel where we will be staying for the next four days. We will be leaving shortly for lunch and then will head out to our fourth day of clinic. I will be able to post for the next several days. Where to begin? We have had a wonderful time serving in very remote Hmong villages and I often feel as though I am in the pages of a National Geographic book. All the clinic locations have been better than I expected and all clinics have run smoothly. We have seen everyone who has come. On our first day we saw 130 patients, 97 the second day and 176 yesterday. The reading glasses are much loved. The people are so happy to receive them. I got the chance to do my first minor surgery and placed some stitches in a young man who had a granuloma that Tom helped me removed. It was pretty neat and I will post a picture of that later today.