The normal day (day 4) for our team to Samayac means we had devotions at 5:30 am, breakfast at 6 am and on the bus by 6:30. We made this happen on day 4 and made the short 30-minute trip to the village. It is still amazing to see the people lined up when we drive up in the bus and the fact that they tell us all thank you and welcome upon seeing us. We get to the village and set up again but the second days’ set up is easier as the trucks stayed in the village with a guard or two all night. We open the trunks and set up the triage and waiting areas and set up some crowd control barriers for the day. The patients were let in slowly and we had a few patients that came back from the previous day to pick up their medications. Triage was done a bit after noon and the rest of the teams made it through the day just fine. Lunch was ready at 12:30 pm on the dot and as most of us were just about done with lunch (we eat in shifts as to keep the lines moving through.) a massive rainstorm came. It was pouring rain and this made the run back from the kitchen area to the main courtyard of the school where we were set up quite interesting. It forced the patients under cover to get away from the rain making the crowd control a bit hard again. Things really did go off with a hitch for the entire day and when we were all packed and ready to go the military police and some of the team helped load all of the trunks on top of the bus as the trunks were going home with us since our mission was over. We made it back to the hotel by 5:30 pm and in an hour, we went off to the celebration dinner for the end of the trip.

After doing the math we took care of 1329 + patients, significantly over 150 referrals for surgeries elsewhere, and had more than 168 dental procedures. Without the help from the donors, and the wonderful volunteers these people would not have gotten the help that they needed, so thank you to everyone involved. You made such a difference!