Guatemala 2006 Medical Mission Photos

In August of 2006, Irma and I went along on a medical mission to Guatemala, organized by the Wichita County Medical Alliance, and hosted by Agape in Action. This was my second year to go, and Irma's third. Irma is a nurse, and she's bilingual, so she worked mostly at the clinic meeting with patients. I'm not medically trained, so I mostly washed and sterilized instruments, along with any other odd jobs that needed to be done. We spent 5 1/2 days working in Quiche, one days sightseeing (Lake Atitlan and Antigua), and the rest of the time travelling. Once again, it was a very worthwhile trip to help as many people as we did. Most photos below were taken with a 5 MP Sony digital camera.

Related Links:

Agape in Action Official Website
Agape in Action Blog (Relevant Posts: Day 1, Day 2, More Pics, Day 3, Day 4)
Scott Solomon's Blog Entry on the Trip
Photos from the 2005 Trip
Lake Atitlan Network Lots of information about the area surrounding Lake Atitlan in Guatemala. Buy their souveniers to support the hospital in Solola.

All of the thumbnails are linked to full-size pictures, so just click on a thumbnail to see the picture a little bigger. And don't miss the link to the slideshow version.

Slideshow of Guatemala 2006 Photos

The Photos

View from Room at Hotel Posada de Don Rodrigo	Getting on the Bus in Antigua	View from Highway from Antigua to Quiche	Store in Quiche
Mural in Quiche	Irma at Market in Quiche near Tortilla Stand	Gencha with Newly Adopted Baby	Kathleen, Irma, Jose & Scott at Clinic
Larry, Freida, Flavia & Heidi	Carrolyn with Baby after Surgery	Cancerous Facial Tumor	Man After Removal of Cancerous Tumor
Kathleen, Wendy, Erin & Vicky	Katie & Hannah with Patients in Recovery	Jeff, Freida & Leo, Hernia Repair	Jeff, Freida & Leo, Closing Hernia Repair
Hospital in Quiche	Houses in Guatemala	Lake Atitlan	Monkey near Lake Atitlan
Scott Photographing a Coati near Lake Atitlan	Waterfall near Lake Atitlan	Little Mayan Girl at Lake Atitlan	View of Volcano from Restaurant at Lake Atitlan
Destruction from Last Year's Flooding near Lake Atitlan	House Half Buried by Mudslide near Lake Atitlan	Cooled Lava Flow on Volcan de Pacaya	Jeff & Irma at Day Old Eruption on Volcan de Pacaya
Day Old Eruption on Volcan de Pacaya	Our Guide Pulling Molten Lava on Volcan de Pacaya	Four Day Old Eruption on Volcan de Pacaya	The Arch in Antigua
Ruins of Catedral de Santiago, Antigua	Ruins of Catedral de Santiago, Antigua	Catedral de Santiago in its Former Glory	One of the Courtyards in Hotel Posada de Don Rodrigo
Another of the Courtyards in Hotel Posada de Don Rodrigo	The Entire Crew at Hotel Posada de Don Rodrigo