{"id":729,"date":"2012-05-11T08:19:32","date_gmt":"2012-05-11T14:19:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/?p=729"},"modified":"2012-12-26T12:43:59","modified_gmt":"2012-12-26T18:43:59","slug":"729","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/2012\/05\/11\/729\/","title":{"rendered":"Mission to Guatemala – Day 6"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mission to Guatemala 2012
\nby Allison Toole<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Today we woke up in beautiful Antigua!\u00a0 Its safe to say we all got an amazing night of sleep after a hard day of work yesterday in Tecpan!\u00a0 I was part of the team that spent the day at the JT Children\u2019s Foundation and it was such a rewarding experience! We saw 5 patients in the morning and 4 patients in the afternoon.\u00a0 It was amazing to see the teamwork between us and the clinicians there in Tecpan.\u00a0 The parents of the patients we saw were so open and wanting to understand how they could help their children out even more at home. We started out by assessing their children and ended each session with educating the parents on exercises and strengthening techniques they needed to do at home.\u00a0 We stressed to the parents that most of their children will not get better unless they continue doing their exercises at home.\u00a0 Overall, the teams had a very rewarding experience at the JT Foundation and felt very blessed for the opportunity to work with such beautiful children.<\/p>\n

After our team finished at the JT Foundation, we got on the bus and headed over to the where the other team had spent the day building steps and installing a rope.\u00a0 I was completely in awe when we pulled up and saw the numerous amounts of kids that lived in this part of the village! They were SO loving and immediately hugged and greeted us as we got out of the van.\u00a0 After talking with the other team for a while, I was told that the kids were very eager to help out with their project and were an integral part in helping build the steps.\u00a0 It warmed my heart to know and see how hardworking these children are\u2026 that isn\u2019t something I am used to seeing every day.\u00a0\u00a0 It was a very humbling experience to see how grateful these children were for all the work we did.<\/p>\n

I can\u2019t believe how fast this week has gone by! I feel like I have learned and grown so much in such a short amount of time. My heart is completely on fire for this beautiful country and I cannot wait for future opportunities to come back and hopefully continue these projects we have started here this past week.\u00a0 Today is zip lining and shopping in the market and we are all very excited to explore the market and get some good shopping in (including the delicious coffee!!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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