Today our medical delegation visited the community of San Isidro. San Isidro is the partner community with my church Covenant Presbyterian. This was my third time visiting San Isidro and each time I have been impressed by this communities organization and compassion. We had the privilege of having our clinic in the local medical building. This medical building is conveniently located for the people of San Isidro but is only open a few times a month and usually doesn’t offer all the services and medications that are needed. It was nice to be able to see some familiar faces during this clinic and to follow up with some of the people and families we have cared for during the past two delegations. One of these individuals is Omar. He is a 16 year old boy that was born with some physical handicaps but has a smile that can make everyone feel good. 4 years ago we were able to purchase a new wheelchair for Omar but I was informed by the family that the wheelchair only lasted two years. The conditions here in El Salvador are just to extreme for the equipment to last. I had a nice visit with Omar. We talked about the challenges of being a teenager in a wheelchair. I learned that the thing that makes Omar happy is music. Omar and I have that love in common. We are taught to never make promises to the people we serve but in my mind I hope that we could someday supply Omar with another more durable chair and a radio so he could enjoy his music. It was a very successful clinic day in which we served over 150 people. For the first time on this trip we returned to the pastoral house before dark. We were able to enjoy some ice cream to celebrate another successful day.
Peace, Mark Hilliard
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