I thought I would let everyone know that we're home safe and sound.  It was an amazing trip!  We had a lot of struggles, from before we arrived, when we got to the Toronto airport all the way to when we arrived back at the Toronto airport.  I don't have time to tell you about them all; it would take far too long.

Despite all the difficulties we were able to give medicine and care to 3144 people in 5 days.  We heard some incredible stories and gave medicine, food, clothing, sandals, and even the boxes containing these things to people who needed them.  We treated scabies, lice, arethemia, diabetes, asthma, STDs, colds, aching bones, rashes, terrible coughs, and more.

I was deeply affected by the standard of living these people deal with.  Shacks made of metal siding, with no windows or doors, holes in the ceiling and walls, and a dirt floor.  Most of them had open cooking fires inside their homes. Even with the beans and rice we gave them, they probably wouldn't have lunch. 

I had to see the doctor when we got back and all it took was a phone call and I had an appointment the next day.  My daughter gets to choose what she wants on her sandwich and my son wears good diapers, not underwear because I don't have diapers.  We live in a comfortable home, where we can keep the bugs out easily and we aren't causing asthma in our kids whenever we cook.  We really do have so much to be thankful for.  We take so many things for granted.  It's terrible how demanding we can be when we have to wait in line at the bank machine to take our money out.  These people waited all day just to see a doctor!  There is no bank holding their money, although I'm pretty sure they'd wait all day for that, too.

I am so grateful for the chance to go and share God's love with these struggling people.  I couldn't really speak a whole lot to them so I made sure I smiled at every person who handed me their prescription sheet.  And you know what?  Every one smiled back at me.  It's a universal way to communicate. 

So I'm sending a smile to each and every person who reads this.  I hope it brightens your day as it does mine.

I'll try to post some photos in the near future.  I've taken so many it may take a while to sort through them all.  Stay tuned!