In July 2011, Together in Hope was asked to bring a medical team to El Salvador to provide treatment to five of the most marginal communities in San Salvador, of course we said YES, and we began preparing. It has been a long road since July we over came many obstacles and we even wondered at times is it all going to fall apart? Can we do this? Luckily for us, we met an amazing group of individuals who wanted to come with us and volunteer on this medical mission! We gathered our team together and wow what a great bunch, we are also very lucky to have two native Salvadorans participating on this trip with us.
Our flight left Houston at 9:30am on Sunday morning. We learned who likes the morning and most importantly who doesn't, always good to know when getting to know people :) We arrived in San Salvador, El Salvador three hours later, flying over the wonderful landscape below us, full of green fields and volcanoes. Our team got most of the medicine through except anesthetic that is essential for our Dentist, Dr Tammy to work. We argued back and forth for a couple of hours but to no avail, our anesthetic was taken. One glitch in the otherwise grand entrance to El Salvador.
Sunday was all about getting to know each other, there was some quality team bonding over Pupusas, a Salvadoran tortilla filled with beans or cheese...delicious! At the end of the day we had our orientation giving our team some essential background about Salvadoran culture and how we were going to work. After a delicious first meal, we all, I think it's safe to say....fell into bed!
Sunday was all about getting to know each other, there was some quality team bonding over Pupusas, a Salvadoran tortilla filled with beans or cheese...delicious! At the end of the day we had our orientation giving our team some essential background about Salvadoran culture and how we were going to work. After a delicious first meal, we all, I think it's safe to say....fell into bed!
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