Panama so far!: June 25 & 26

June 25th

Today we went to a school in Las Minas. Las Minas is also up in the mountains but its not as nice as El Valle. This are is actually very poor and you could tell instantly by looking at the kids and the area. Kids get to school by horse in this area and there is no AC in the schools. The bathrooms were outside and there was also a chicken coop outside! We taught the children the same things we taught the children at the other school on friday. However, this group was different because they were a little slower than the other kids. Its interesting to see the differences in development when you compare this school to the other Panamanian schools and to the US schools. We collected shoes before we came to Panama and this was the day we actually got to give them out to the children. It was a very rewarding experience and it was nice to see the smiles on the children’s faces. We also were able to give them tooth brushes and tooth paste too. The cooked us chicken and rice and sang cultural songs to us which was also really interesting. This is definitely the most “third world” status that I have seen in Panama aside from different areas we drove by. We headed back home after that and we were able to do laundry and work on school work. We only have 5 more days left so were approaching the finish line! Tomorrow my group gets to go to the nice hospital and see the ER, OR, and ICU so I’m very excited for that and I will update soon

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view from the top of the school

the kids waiting for us

bringing up the supplies

they waited in lines for us

bathrooms and chicken coop

view from the top of the mountain

the shoes for the kids :)

the classroom

leslie trying the "creme" that the kids eat

look at the roof :/

with the panama nursing students

the little ones shared a desk

playing the germ game

bringing in the shoes

waiting in line for their shoes

exctied about their new shoes

cute little girls :)

most kids take the horse to school

chicken coop

the bathroom

Ray our bus driver

the food they made us

the food we actually ate

the kids saying bye to us

little boy singing a song for us

kids playing our water game

kids washing their hands and sharing the water

playing the germ game :)

June 26th
I thought to today would be more exciting than it actually was lol. We got to go to the new nice hospital in Chitre and I was able to go into the Operating Room. We woke up at 6 and got there at 7:30. I had to change into their scrubs so I could be in the surgical room. I watched a procedure on a fractured clavicle but it got pretty boring when I couldn't see it anymore and just had to hang out in the room doing nothing lol. I went into the OR room that leslie was in and watched a prostate tumor get removed and that was pretty cool. After that it was time to go because the procedures take a really long time in Panama. Right now we don't have anything else to do for the remainder of the day but its raining so I can't go to the pool or do laundry :( we go back to the hospital tomorrow and maybe thursday but we leave Friday morning for
Panama City and we fly out Saturday! I am very excited to go home I miss America so much!!!