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New Missionaries and Life Update

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It has been a wonderful month beginning with the arrival of four girls and a family of four. After their language school in Antigua on October 5 th they came to the Finca wide-eyed, excited, spirit-filled and ready to learn! From 7 (L to R: Laura, Emily Cook, Selena, Me, Kassidy, Emily Wilson, Melanie not pictured) To 15! (L to R: Selena, Me, Kassidy, Olivia, Eric, Dayelle, Chiara (7yo), Anna, Adelina (5yo), Nicole, Ally, Laura, Emily Wilson, Emily Cook) I am especially grateful to have some fantastic help and companionship in the clinic with Dayelle, the new nurse. Managing things on my own was do-able this past year, but it is so welcome to have another person coming up with good ideas as well as another person mopping the floor 😉  Some highlights of our time in the clinic so far have been:   Killing a tarantula   Organizing all of the neighbor’s health records by birth date instead of last name…(my conversations with patients used to go something like th