7-16
Woke up at five thirty waiting for the sun to rise. Had a children´s service again at 7:30 like we have every other day. Then I went back to the Pharmacy, telling people how to take their prescriptions and how to use Ibuprofen. After lunch I ended up talking forever with Pastor Horacio and Pastor Jairo. Pastor Jairo misses his kids and wife a lot. But he is driven to tell people who have never heard the truth the Gospel of Jesus. IT was a great conversation. His son Jairo was in VBS with us, in the group a year older than my group. He was such a good kid. It was great conversation to get to know the both of them better. I have known them since the first week I was here but never really had the chance to sit down and talk. It is a very important thing in Shuar culture to just sit and listen. Then they wanted to know all about my family in the US. It was so cool. Too soon it was time to get back to work in the Pharmacy. Kathryn showed me how to give shots. I was too nervous
to do it though. SO Whitney jumped in and wanted to do it. The kid who received the shot was only six years old. When he walked in he looked so scared. His name is Domingo. THen he bent over and they gave him the shot. And do you know who started crying? ME!! I couldn´t believe I was crying! Shots are not my thing. I can get shots but to GIVE them?? No way José. We finished up the clinic pretty early, about 4 or 4:30. We saw over 400 people in all. We had three doctors and a dentist, not to mention the ppl who worked in the pharmacy and did other stuff. After we finished up, they invited us to go to the river again. 
We went a different way but it was still a MUDDY hike. I had SO much fun though. Joil, Seth, Me, and Jonathan went on ahead with the rest of the Shuar kids and people who were going. Joil was so much fun. We played king of the rock. The river was swift moving but pretty shallow all of the way across. There is a huge rock right in the middle that we all swam to and piled on. It was a blast. All of the kids were screaming and laughing in Shuar and we of course couldn´t understand a thing but had a great time anyway. After a while, the guys went on a head and left, but I stayed and hung out with the kids. It was so much fun. One of them caught a tiny caracha and was throwing it at me. Above 
the river was a basket set on lines to cross the river. We swam across and then crossed over the river in the basket. It was amazing. Then I whipped out my soap again. Everyone of course used it. We hightailed it back to Paantim as fast as possible. There was a Despidida Service for us. (Goodbye Service) THe cheif and I think his sister did a dance for us in their traditional clothing. It was so neat. I videod it. Afterwards, everyone wanted their picture taken. It was so much fun.
to do it though. SO Whitney jumped in and wanted to do it. The kid who received the shot was only six years old. When he walked in he looked so scared. His name is Domingo. THen he bent over and they gave him the shot. And do you know who started crying? ME!! I couldn´t believe I was crying! Shots are not my thing. I can get shots but to GIVE them?? No way José. We finished up the clinic pretty early, about 4 or 4:30. We saw over 400 people in all. We had three doctors and a dentist, not to mention the ppl who worked in the pharmacy and did other stuff. After we finished up, they invited us to go to the river again. 
We went a different way but it was still a MUDDY hike. I had SO much fun though. Joil, Seth, Me, and Jonathan went on ahead with the rest of the Shuar kids and people who were going. Joil was so much fun. We played king of the rock. The river was swift moving but pretty shallow all of the way across. There is a huge rock right in the middle that we all swam to and piled on. It was a blast. All of the kids were screaming and laughing in Shuar and we of course couldn´t understand a thing but had a great time anyway. After a while, the guys went on a head and left, but I stayed and hung out with the kids. It was so much fun. One of them caught a tiny caracha and was throwing it at me. Above 
the river was a basket set on lines to cross the river. We swam across and then crossed over the river in the basket. It was amazing. Then I whipped out my soap again. Everyone of course used it. We hightailed it back to Paantim as fast as possible. There was a Despidida Service for us. (Goodbye Service) THe cheif and I think his sister did a dance for us in their traditional clothing. It was so neat. I videod it. Afterwards, everyone wanted their picture taken. It was so much fun. L-R the pharmacy, Pastor Jairo. Up- Down Some of my friends from the river, the cheif and his family, and me and the cheif and his family.
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