Long Road

It has been a busy, fruitful couple of days here. We spent Sunday organizing our supplies and holding a clinic for the staff of the mission hotel here, Galina Breeze. It was so wonderful to see all of our patients and to get a little acclimated to the work in such a beautiful, relaxed setting.

Yesterday marked the official start of our rural clinics. We took the 2 hour drive up the mountain to Long Road, and found some very gracious people there to greet us. The personality of every clinic is always a little different, and at this clinic it seemed to me to be all about their gratitude. I was blessed to have 2-3 patients in a row right away in the morning who came off the table smiling so big and who gave me excited hugs because they felt better.

Unfortunately, though, it rained all day, and at times there were really heavy downpours. That is in itself not all that pleasant, but we were working inside a church, and so out of the weather. More so, the problem is a cultural one. In Jamaica, they respect the rain. It's a very cultural thing that when it rains, you stay inside. Period. They have to face long walks and waiting at taxi stands and dangerous muddy roads, so as a rule they go out very little when it's raining. So, our clinic numbers were down significantly, but we did end up seeing 112 patients overall. In chiropractic, Dr. Kent Booher and I saw bout 30 patients total.

Today we're headed to Enfield for another clinic. It's still been raining heavily this morning, but we can see the sun breaking through the clouds now. Here's to a sunshiny day!