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Thursday, July 06, 2006


Class to day was super fun. I got to pull some teeth! The hardest part was giving the anesthetic injection, pulling the teeth was pretty easy. I can't believe people are willing to be our practice patients. This wasn't an official outreach, we just went to the nearest community and asked if people would let us pull their teeth out. They needed to be pulled anyway, but there is no way I'd let somebody with no training pull my tooth.

Here are some pictures from our weekend off. This is the first phase of my sunburn before the shoulder tops burned. The sandcastle was built by some guy that morning. Every morning he builds a new sandcastle, it takes him nearly 8 hours.




Tomorrow we are going on outreach to one of the native tribes. It requires a one hour hike in the mountains. I'm really excited. Outreach is my favourite part of being here. But there is a small problem, a few of us might not be able to go. Some of us have caught a pretty serious case of "the ring of fire". And seeing as there is no bathroom there it would be extremely awkward for us. It could also be a health risk to them as they do not have proper waste disposal. Please pray that it will go away by tomorrow, we are quite unwell and the outreach was planned to include us. Ironically, we have prepared posters, a puppet show and a skit on how to prevent diarrhea.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi Chantal;
Nice to hear from you again,and view your pictures.

We hope you are all feeling better soon,and can do your outreach.

We know how important that is to you.

Love:Mom and Dad

Anonymous said...

Hey Chantal! I'm so excited for your excitement! Hope the fire's out by tomorrow.

Anonymous said...

Where's the pepto bismol when you need it?? Take care of yourself and hopefully you can make the outreach, it sounds exciting!!You look pretty competent with that needle.
Uncle Gale and Aunt Sharon

Kim said...

I can't believe you're pulling teeth! That is so scary! But so awesome - you are literally changing people's lives - you are!
Hope the fiery issue resolves itself-or you'll be going, down, down, down...

Jenn said...

Sorry to haer about the runs, how ever thats so funny what the skits and stuff are about just that. Hee hee