Weekly letter

June 11, 2005
Dear Family and Friends,
A lot has happened since I wrote my last letter. From May 24 until June 3 we had a group of nurses from Union College. Their work was a blessing; seeing almost 1500 patients in 7 day of consulting. In total their 10 days were well spent with the Miskito people and in the Miskito culture.
At the same time the group was here, Bob and Ingrid Hirschi (TRAC board members) and Bob's mother, Deedee came to help. Bob was able to replace the clutch in the deuce and it was used for the remainder of the group's visit. A big Thank You to Bob and Ingrid for their work on the deuce and shuttling the group around to all their mobile clinics. Dee Dee was a wonderful help back here at the base. It takes a lot of people working at home to keep the nurses on the front lines. She was instrumental in helping to repair our treadle sewing machine, which she promptly put to work mending Clint's pants. She repaired many items while she was here that I had not had time to mend. She also sewed a curtain for our community guest room, by hand before the sewing machine was working. Thank you Dee Dee for all your work.
This week Clint finished our part of Rigaberto's house. They poured the top bond beam. Now Rigaberto (our Miskito teacher) is ready to put on a roof and move in.
Clint started building a rack for the truck this week. The old rack is rusting out and falling apart. He hopes to be finished this next week.
The clinic is running well and smoothly as we recover from having a group here. Thursday the Catholic Clinic and the government health agency presented a program on diarrhea to the whole Tasba Raya Region. All of the leaders from the other villages were invited to Francia to attend. The Adventist Clinic staff had a special invitation. We were also able to help by lending our sound system for the conference. It was a good conference and everyone had fun and seemed to learn a lot.
We are starting to get ready for our trip north. We will be leaving Francia on July 5. I am excited to be able to see friends and family in America. Our trip will be about 15,000 miles of driving. If you would like to see a copy of our schedule it is posted on our web page at hanleymissions.blogspot.com . My sister Evelyn has also started posting pictures on the web page. So for updated info and pictures please check out the web page!! As always it is a work in progress.
Sincerely,
Marilyn, Clint, Brandel and Bethany