Home again, home again...

Well guys, I am now living here in Tulsa, Oklahoma for the next few months.

I got here Monday morning and met the the optometrist and the optician(retired) that I will be working with and then took a tour of the lab. Bright and early Tuesday morning I went in and did my first day of training. There is all of this great digital equipment that I will learn to use, but the problem is that all of the equipment being donated to Roca is waaay old gen. Most of it is still manual and takes 3 times as long to do. It isn't too hard, but it takes a while to learn all of the calibrations and stuff. I look forward to seeing what all God does with this in my life and in the lives of others!

The other thing I did recently was attended 3D for the first time. 3D is a young adults (18-28) group that is part of Victory Bible Church. It was a really amazing experience and I got to meet some new people from around here. It's amazing people's reactions when after being asked where you are from, you reply "Southern Mexico" =P

La Base Inundada

Soooo the other day, the river which runs right next to the base waaay overflowed it's banks and we had up to 7 feet of running water in some places! David and Lauras new car doesn't work anymore cuz it filled with water up to the steering wheel. There was a pretty strong current going through the main road, and the pressure was strong enough that it broke down the retaining wall in 5 places! But guess what? We have our own waterfall now! lol well, it will actually go away as soon as the water dries off, but for now we have a waterfall. The office building, guest house, and main house weren't affected, but the gate house (where I live) got 6 inches of water as well as the clinic. The next night the clinic got flooded a little again, but it was only 2 inches. Most of the grounds are still pretty wet and muddy, but we are working on restoring the base to it's former beauty.

Next thing on the agenda is my trip to the states. I was supposed to leave today. But now I'm not. I was supposed to have somebody go up with me, who would then drive a truck back down for the base. This truck, we find, costs 1700 dollars to nationalize, plus the diesel fuel money that it will take to get it down here, and my gas to get up there. So all in all we need about 3000 dollars to get this venture going! As soon as that money comes in, I will be able to leave for the states and start my internship with Dr. Cook. 

Please pray that that money will come in and subsequently for my trip!

Thanks guys! God bless!

Eyeglasses in Tulsa

Hey Everybody!  So I know I haven't written on here in a billion years, but I'm gonna start writing more. As some of you may know, I am at the moment in Mexico. However, as some of you may also know, I am coming back to the states for a couple months.

The Corban Clinic here on the base is working on expanding. Part of this expansion is an optometry unit. However, we don't have the equipment for diagnosing patients, or for grinding the lenses for prescription glasses. Thankfully, an optometrist named Dr. Cook from Tulsa, Oklahoma has decided to donate all the equipment we need. The only thing we would be lacking is a technician that is able to grind lenses. That's where I come in! Dr. Cook offered to train someone to be able to run the equipment, the only requirement being a willingness to learn and an aptitude for math. So Duane and Sue want me to go and become a lense-grinding technician! yippee =P anyways I will be returning to the States next week, and will start training as soon as possible. I will be in the states till December, when I will come back for Festival and resume my internship here at Roca. In the meantime I get to kick it in Tulsa and experience cold! lol there isn't much of that down here so...it will be fun. I'm staying with the ex-state senator and his wife from Tulsa, so that will also be fun and exciting!

Anyways, I'm hoping to be able to come back to Wichita on weekends, so hit me up if you want to do something!