Los Llanos Medical Clinic

God continues to do great things as His people strive to be Jesus incarnate!!! What a privilege to be His eyes, hands, feet, mouth and heart!!! The Southern Hills church in Abilene, Texas sent a great team to meet the medical needs of 250+ people who live in an impoverished area in the state of Guerrero. This is the third medical mission that La Comunidad de Cristo has joined working hands with Southern Hills. People have come to expect our appearance every six months or so. We are coming to know many of our "regular" patients.
Southern Hills supplied us with Bobby and Gail Lawson, our excellent Dr./Nurse team, as well as two other nurses, a pharmacist, and several other helpers. This team included a special treat for us all--a team chef!!! John, who lovingly became know as "Juancito" (little John) makes the best salmon you have ever eaten. We enjoyed the evenings of gathering together, enjoying John's armadillo eggs (stuffed jalapenos wrapped in bacon..hummmmm), and mulling over God's marvels of the day of which we were privileged to witness. Jack Walker, of Southern Hills, has been instrumental in putting the clinics and teams together. God continues to develop this outreach, we hope, to the point that Los Llanos could very well be our first church plant from La Comunidad de Cristo. We are sowing seeds of helping others physically so that we may be put in a position to help them, more importantly, spiritually. Bernard and I again had the opportunity to pray with some of our patients, as well as guide some with godly counsel from God's Word. It's always a joy to sit and chat with the patients in the waiting area. Logan helped package the vitamins when he was not busy at play with the neighbours behind the clinic. The girls were tickled that Logan was back again to play with them. AND THIS TIME he was able to speak almost as well as they can!! We were glad to again have contact with Colleen, an American who lives in Los Llanos who has been instrumental in first getting the medical clinics coming, as well as arranging our housing and making appointments with the patients. What a gift she is to us!!! La Comunidad de Cristo was pleased to provide one of the two doctors. Dr. Carmi, who began attending with us about two months ago, dusted off her stethoscope and took on the challenge of working with us the four days. It was an excellent experience for her, as well as a sharp learning curve as she has not been practicing for fourteen years!! She did a great job of caring for her patients. Enjoy a few of the photos from the clinic.
Until next blog,
Bernard, Alicia and Logan Krosgsgaard

Colleen's organizational skills help the clinic run smoothly.

Little Aseret entertains the patients while Mommy makes all the appointments.










Nurses Alice and Monica, along with helpers Jitti and Jordan, check blood pressures and measure weight and height.

Logan, Nedia, and Roger help dispense the medicines and vitamins.





Bern chats with our two doctors.




Nedia translated for the nurses and loved on the patients.








Pharmacist Heath chats with Bernard about the finer points of something...

Nurse Gail gets in her finer points, too, while she gets a breath of fresh air between patients.





John makes a mean fajita!!!

Our day ends around a common table. Good food, good conversation.