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Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Praise God for our small group
They are awesome. We had a wonderful time again tonight, and we love all of them.
Monday, January 25, 2010
Mission Trips and Boards
Ah, it is so nice to be finished with boards. I feel like I have my life back! I studied from August until the end of December, (yes, even Christmas Eve and Christmas), but it was worth it in the end. Tara had to work on Christmas Eve and Christmas, so it worked out for us both. Now I can help around the house with chores again! School is going well this semester, and our course load is much better than last semester. It is nice to not have to worry about the basic science courses anymore, and to be able to focus on dentistry. We are learning about removable prosthodontics including removable partial dentures and complete dentures. We are also taking Periodontology II and Oral Pathology.
My Bible Study that I started at lunchtime has been going well, and we are learning a lot. Just today, a friend from a campus ministry offered to sponsor our Bible Study by providing us with food for the whole semester! Needless to say, I was very excited, and I hope we will have even more people come now to the Lunchtime Small Group. Our small group with Brook Hills has been amazing to be a part of as well. Tara and I are leading / facilitating the group, and we love getting to know all of the couples in our group. Our leaders Jim and Betty are wonderful role models, and truly display the love of Christ to our group through their relationship and their actions.
I also, just decided to go on the Spring Break mission trip to Costa Rica with CMMA to extract teeth and share the Gospel with the villagers we will meet. We are going with an organization that will maximize our impact by ensuring that we make a lasting difference in the community after we are gone. I am excited to see how God will work through our team in Costa Rica. If you want to help with the trip, you can donate through Paypal with "Richard Baxter" in the line. I don't think many people will read this, but it's worth a shot!
Also, Tara and I will go with our small group to Peru in June to spread the Gospel among believers and un-believers in Chosica, a small town outside of Lima. We will be interpreting for the group and helping teach in churches. We are very much looking forward to this opportunity as well.
Last Friday, I was able to rotate through the M-Power clinic in Birmingham, and I really enjoyed helping the people in need of dental care. I was able to help three patients. The first one had dry socket from an extraction from last week. She had been up all night for the past few nights with throbbing pain. I was able to anesthetize her, apply some Alvogyl (iodine, eugenol etc.) and suture her up so that it stayed put. She was very relieved and I was glad to help. The second patient needed an extraction on #14 (maxillary 1st molar) and I assisted one of my classmates. As we were trying to get it out, the crown broke off. This same thing happened to me earlier that morning and I had to ask the OMFS resident for assistance. This afternoon, I decided to give my classmate a hand, and we were able to remove all three roots without any help! She also had dry socket in another area (#6 max. canine) and again I applied some alvogyl and sutured her up. Lastly, the patient I saw had only her lower canine - canine left and all were badly decayed and in pain. She said she wanted to have them pulled and get a complete denture. So I pulled the teeth and she was out of the pain that she was in for almost a week. It's amazing the amount of pain a dental infection can cause. It's also amazing how by God's grace I am able to remove a patient's tooth and instantly they are happy because the cause of the pain is gone and they will be able to sleep again. It's wonderful to be able to serve those less fortunate in this way.
My Bible Study that I started at lunchtime has been going well, and we are learning a lot. Just today, a friend from a campus ministry offered to sponsor our Bible Study by providing us with food for the whole semester! Needless to say, I was very excited, and I hope we will have even more people come now to the Lunchtime Small Group. Our small group with Brook Hills has been amazing to be a part of as well. Tara and I are leading / facilitating the group, and we love getting to know all of the couples in our group. Our leaders Jim and Betty are wonderful role models, and truly display the love of Christ to our group through their relationship and their actions.
I also, just decided to go on the Spring Break mission trip to Costa Rica with CMMA to extract teeth and share the Gospel with the villagers we will meet. We are going with an organization that will maximize our impact by ensuring that we make a lasting difference in the community after we are gone. I am excited to see how God will work through our team in Costa Rica. If you want to help with the trip, you can donate through Paypal with "Richard Baxter" in the line. I don't think many people will read this, but it's worth a shot!
Also, Tara and I will go with our small group to Peru in June to spread the Gospel among believers and un-believers in Chosica, a small town outside of Lima. We will be interpreting for the group and helping teach in churches. We are very much looking forward to this opportunity as well.
Last Friday, I was able to rotate through the M-Power clinic in Birmingham, and I really enjoyed helping the people in need of dental care. I was able to help three patients. The first one had dry socket from an extraction from last week. She had been up all night for the past few nights with throbbing pain. I was able to anesthetize her, apply some Alvogyl (iodine, eugenol etc.) and suture her up so that it stayed put. She was very relieved and I was glad to help. The second patient needed an extraction on #14 (maxillary 1st molar) and I assisted one of my classmates. As we were trying to get it out, the crown broke off. This same thing happened to me earlier that morning and I had to ask the OMFS resident for assistance. This afternoon, I decided to give my classmate a hand, and we were able to remove all three roots without any help! She also had dry socket in another area (#6 max. canine) and again I applied some alvogyl and sutured her up. Lastly, the patient I saw had only her lower canine - canine left and all were badly decayed and in pain. She said she wanted to have them pulled and get a complete denture. So I pulled the teeth and she was out of the pain that she was in for almost a week. It's amazing the amount of pain a dental infection can cause. It's also amazing how by God's grace I am able to remove a patient's tooth and instantly they are happy because the cause of the pain is gone and they will be able to sleep again. It's wonderful to be able to serve those less fortunate in this way.
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