Introduction

This blog will follow me through my travels and experiences working at a clinic in Quetzaltenango (Xela), Guatemala. The clinic sees primarily indigenous (Mayan) patients in a rural mountain community. More than half of the patients are children, and the clinic is expanding its population even more to include more adults. Much of my struggles actually come from the rather universal theme of being a new healthcare provider, in my case, a new nurse practitioner. I'll also try to post plenty of travel stories to keep people entertained, and share some more cheerful stories. I apologize if there's an overkill of clinic stories. Sometimes it helps to tell the stories, even if only for my own sake.

Thursday, December 16, 2010

Goodbye Dinner with Friends at Cafe R.E.D.


I wrote about Cafe RED in a previous blog post. The owner, Willy, offered us to have our goodbye party there. Cody and I both left the clinic at the same time, so we decided to do an event together. Neither of us wanted much of a party, and we didn't want to make it into such a big deal. Willy offered that we could buy a bunch of food and cook it there for our friends. It turned out really well, and we had 6 people cooking and doing food prep! It was great to get people involved, and have a nice place to hang out all afternoon while we made dinner. My favorite kind of party! We had indonesian coconut pineapple rice, and a tofu peanut sirfry. I also made a chickpea spread for an appetizer, and we had homemade bread and some tasty cheese. It was some good eating!

At the end of the dinner we had a little moment of thanks from the clinic. They kindly made us these certificates honoring us for the work we have done at the clinic. This is Margarita (and her son), presenting them to us. Margarita is the clinic's director.
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