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In case you were wondering, we did in fact choose sleep last night. Anywho, another wonderful day in the beautiful Dominican has come and gone. We had a great start to the morning with worship and then delicious empanadas for breakfast. We then ventured on over in our handy travel buses to a village school where we did a speedy setup for the day. The morning shift was rocky as we had many difficult cases. There were a few defeated students and dentists, but as always, the Lord provides. We were blessed to have an Oral Surgeon, Zach, to truly be so helpful. Cleanings and simple extractions also came and went throughout the day, with Hunter and Jennifer getting their first ever extractions completed!!! One special aspect that we have found on this trip is that helping these people can be as simple as holding their hand during an extraction. The trust that you can give to a child who is shaking with fear or even an adult with tears in their eyes is something not to be taken lightly. It may seem like we are just taking out a tooth in that moment, but to them it’s much more than that. We are thankful for the words of encouragement from each other as we go through these moments with patients together. It can be difficult to keep emotions in check when your emotions are hit high in some of the more difficult procedures. One patient today asked if he could pray over his dentists that had helped clean his teeth for him, and that was special to see the Lord working to bring his act of faith to us. It is humbling to see people who have so little be thankful for such simple acts such as a cleaning. Another shout out to our two wonderful optometry students, who we found out saw 53 patients yesterday…the dental students (with 9 chairs) saw 55, if that tells you anything! We are so grateful for another day of being vessels for the Lord’s work and cannot wait to see what tomorrow brings!! Over and out for today, Halle and Sarah Jordan
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