Day Three

7-14
Up at the crack of dawn once again thanks to the roosters and the speaker system installed about a half a yard from my head. But I didn´t really mind because I went to bed so early. The doctors and medical team started arriving in planes about nine. Met a really nice gentleman named Carl and several doctors and medical personel. The team is all very nice. Looks like we´re going to have a good week. We were served yucca, platano, papachina, and ARMADILLO for lunch. It actually was very good. I think it tastes like pork. We opened the clinic about 1:30 or so. We started with a short church service. It was very good. After the day was almost over, Pastor Horacio and his wife invited us to come to his father in law´s house. So the team from Sucúa went to his hut. Pastor Horacio and his family are very special to me. His father in law made me a special belt just like the Shuar ladies wear when they dance. I was so touched. It was SOO cool. They passed around chicha and we visited for a long time. IT was sooo sooo soo cool to be in a hut and meet people who still live the old traditional way. It was amazing. After we got back, it was of course dark, and Whitney and I took showers in the pump. Ricky had fixed up a shower head. It was sooo nice.