Ashley in Hondo: Medical Brigades

We have already had two medical brigades this year! They both went really well, both groups were great, and I'm going to update about both right now.

In January, we hosted a group from LaVergne, TN, but it was far from a normal brigade week for the MUR team. Instead of leaving from Santa Rosa each morning, we traveled with the group to Puerto Cortes. I enjoyed being in the hotel/eating with the group, and I really loved traveling with the MUR gringos for "work"!

The brigade itself went really well. We saw 770 patients in 3 days. LaVergne was a fairly small group, but you wouldn't have known it based on the way they worked.

It was fun to be a "tourist" with them. For their free day we went to a Spanish fort, which was really interesting. We ate some decent seafood, visited the "beach", and had a medical brigade. Great week.

Stacy kids working hard

In February, we had a brigade in El Limon with the group from Longview, Texas. It was the third time I've been here for their medical brigade, so it was nice to see many of them again and to have a pretty experienced group to work with.

In 3 days they saw 904 patients. They also were checking eyes and giving out glasses, and they had a dental area with teeth pulling. Of course, the week went really well with them also.

Both groups were a blast to be around and were incredibly encouraging for those of us who live here. As always, by the end of the weeks I was left loving my job even more than before!