Today we spent a full day treating patients. We started the morning bright and early at Las Obras helping serve breakfast to the residents. We saw many of the residents and staff that we met yesterday and started forming relationships. After breakfast we began physical therapy! We broke into the same groups as before, helping with older adults, young adults, and pediatrics. Some of the same residents returned from the day before and there were many new patients. The adults group had a great day and even learned a new way to make a hand splint!

We had so much fun working with all of the patients today and they seemed to enjoy working with us. I made friends with one of the residents as we walked around the common area and talked about his life. We even got a picture together!

The staff and residents then invited us to join them in a ceremony that was full of music and song.

After lunch we drove to Pastores which is a town outside of Antigua to treat patients at the Clinicas Medicas San Jose. We were thrilled to see fliers promoting our services around town!

We are excited how many people came to receive treatment. We treated individuals of all ages from 9 years old to 80 years old with various conditions such as sciatic, low back, arm, neck, and shoulder pain.

After we returned for the night, we organized for the health fair tomorrow and exchanged amazing stories from today. Everyone had a great day and shared how much they learned and expressed gratitude they had for a wonderful day.

Anna VerMeulen