TEAMworks Guatemala - Saturday, October 17, 2015

God is so good! We have been blessed by many great connections in Guatemala, all who share our mission. Today, we met two more, Steven and his daughter Catherine. Steven had reached out to Anita for connections who could help with his last class for translator certification and we are always willing to meet new potential translators. Knowing our ministry, Steven arrived with two wheelchairs that had been sitting in his garage for the past two years. We, on the other hand, were only able to bring wheelchairs for specific children we had met on previous trips. Once we loaded up these new chairs, we headed out to Santo Domingo Los Ocotes. Anita's friend, Cecy, serves in this area and mentioned TEAMworks to the local official. He offered to help all the individuals in the area with special needs assemble at a local's home. It is so amazing to see God's hand in orchestrating this impromptu “community clinic.”

Steven and his chairs were a huge blessing because today we met a sweet girl who was affected as a young baby by meningitis. She was very involved physically and needed many supports for good positioning. One of the chairs provided was perfect! It provided a good seat and upright posture for feeding and comfort. Additionally, we met a young man who, we can only guess, had muscular dystrophy. He was dependent for mobility and was carried to the location of our “clinic”. We were able to fit the second chair Steven brought for this young man along with a wheelchair tray (also provided by Steven) which we were able to fit to eliminate some gravity for self-feeding. Kelly was able to fashion a hand splint to assist with holding a fork or spoon and Paige was able to give nutrition advice for improved caloric intake.

All three of us were able to help a four year old little boy who had significant weakness throughout his body. Paige was able to give advice for safe feeding, Nicole provided braces for ankle support, and Kelly provided a hand brace to promote open hand use. Kelly and Nicole were also able to provide positioning for strengthening. When Nicole arrives in Guatemala, the children named Rosa with leg length discrepancies flock to her! She was able to help another young lady with stretches and will likely provide a lift on a future trip.

We are so excited to see what the future holds for this area! Tomorrow we head out to Mama Carmen farm!

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