July 2009
151 posts
Our medical brigade had a successful week. They saw over 1200 patients in only 3 ½ days. Either they picked up a bug during the brigade or they brought it with them from the US. Either way a bug worked its way through most of the group, making for a few miserable days for some folks. Then finally 2 days ago it hit me. I have not had anything substantial to eat in 2 days now, can’t keep anything...
This morning San Marcos awoke to the news of another 12 hours of government imposed curfew, this curfew is ONLY for 4 towns in the entire country and ours happens to be one of them. The curfew is a measure that the government has taken since Friday at noon to prevent protestors from going to the Nicaraguan border to support the ousted president. The reality is that Zelaya is a few hours north at...
With only a few remaining groups this summer I wanted to write you all and give you and on the ground idea of the political situation at this time. The large military road blocks that were around the country 3 weeks ago are all gone, the military presence on the border is all gone, the protests in the capital are occurring, perhaps once a week and they are small and insignificant. In our region...
I was asked where Duyure is located. It’s in the middle of nowhere! If you have Google Earth on your computer you can search for “Duyure, Choluteca, Honduras”. If you don’t have Google Earth go to http://earth.google.com to dowload it for free.
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