It is a rainy Sunday - 3 days before we depart.  The packing day went well on Saturday - Reynaldo has photos.  The bagels and coffee kept us awake long enough to pack about 20 bags of medicines and supplies for the trip.  We will be donating $1000 for eco-stoves for the community and we will of course be seeing patients every day from up to 11 villages around Las Mercedes where we built a clinic a few years back.  We understand that the clinic is staffed all the time now - which is exciting and we are looking forward to seeing how it is working out.  We are an additional resource to the local people - not THE resource.  And we hope to leave behind both our spirit and our support for their community and their people.  Las Mercedes here we come.

Dennis