Last Saturday morning the group met on campus to pack all of the medications and hygiene products we will use in the Las Mercedes clinic! Yes, it was early (especially for the med students who were matched on Friday) BUT it was a great time with music, friends, bagels and yes.....COFFEE (a Honduran staple if you didn't know)! One of the highlights of the day was receiving the generous gift of over $5,000 worth of lotions, shampoos, conditioners and chapsticks from Burt's Bees!!! Now the good people of Las Mercedes will have everyone's favorite brand of chapstick and the much needed medications and hygiene products we will use to treat medical problems and promote health. Here are a few pictures from that day:
Packing meds in ziplock bags and making inventory lists!
Sorting empty syringes while listening to Latin Pop Pandora
Each of these bags held close to fifty pounds of meds and supplies!
A few of the many boxes from Burt's Bees!
We are very blessed and excited for this trip! Texts are flying around about last minute packing details and designating who will bring the toilet paper, who will bring bug spray and who will bring wipes! Stay tuned for more updates as this will be our mode of communication over the next ten days!
It’s good to see that an ordinary packing day for medical supplies could turn into a day filled with fun and enjoyment! Packing could be quite tedious in itself, especially when you’re doing it alone, but packing with friends, along with having fun conversations and listening to relaxing music, could really help in easing the burden and stressfulness of packing.
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