CHANGING OF THE GUARD

Fillmores getting ready to see patients at Tio Juan
You can see the first patient in the chair....

We are so thankful to have Paul and Joanne Fillmore here for a couple of months before we go home. It has been fun being able to show them the things that we have been doing here....and watching them take over and do it their way!!!

Boys waiting their turn for checkups...with Leidi
She is our contact at the orphanage who arranges all the dental exams

One of the most rewarding things we have done is to go to the Tio Juan boys orphanage and do dental exams. We were able to take Fillmores there for this experience. We were able to do visual exams on about 50 boys....getting them in a "bank" for work to have ready for visiting dentists. We take along the portable x-ray just in case someone needs to have a closer look.

Getting an x-ray

While we were there it was the Easter season. The orphanage had a great display of what the Semana Santa processions look like. It was complete with people outside the cathedrals as well as carrying the huge displays. We really enjoyed looking at it.

The lobby at Tio Juans
with their Semana Santa display

Close up of the display