End of the Mission and Roatan

Hey! Sorry for the lack of updates, we have been busy enjoying Roatan!



Our last day at the clinic was Friday. At the clinic we treated over 80 patients
 and performed over 160 fillings, 60 extractions, and 15 root canals. Overall the trip was very successful and we were able to provide the community with much needed service.  We were very proud to be able to save many teeth through root canal rather than extraction.


On Friday, Sister escorted us around the town and the bario.
It was an eye-opening experience to see a community so much in need. Most people live on less than two dollars a day and over 50% of the population in unemployed. Due to lack of jobs, drug trafficing has become a large problem in Guaimaca. We met with one of our patients who welcomed us into her home. It was a moving experience to understand how blessed we are versus the neediness of these people.Father Craig also took us all out to a local resturant for lunch and the food was great!



After the tour. we packed up the clinic and got ready to leave for Roatan. Dr. Arriola compiled a slide show of all the photos
from our trip, which we watched while recounting the good times shared and
the differences we were able to make in the lives of the people.

The next morning we woke up at 4am to drive to the airport and fly to La Cieba. We landed in La Cieba around 9am and had to wait for a 4:30pm ferry to take us to Roatan. However, we found a flight at 3:30pm that cost the same as the ferry ride so we decided to fly instead. While waiting for our next flight, we took a van to a resturant on the beach and relaxed and had great sea food. Our flight over to Roatan took 10 minuets and we were at our hotel in Roatan by 4pm. We saw a beautiful sunset that evening and enjoyed cooling off in the beautiful warm water here in Roatan.



On Sunday, half of the group started their scuba certification. The rest of us just relaxed on the beach and did some kayaking and snorkeling. Today the rest of the group did a Discover scuba dive while the othe group worked on finishing their scuba certification. It has been so nice to relax after a hard, long week of dental service. We were sad to leave the mission and we are now enjoying the much needed vacation! We are still planning to do some more scuba diving, snorkeling, and zip lining.



Don't have my camera with me now, but I'll add more pictures later.  Sorry
for the lack of photos, but the internet at the mission was too slow to
upload.  I will definitely share more later.

 
-Ryan