Day Two

Today my group went to El Lugar (the place) church in San Jose. We arrived and were greeted by the pastor and his wife and some friends that worked at the church. We hooked up my iPod and played worship songs all day- it helped us stay motivated and encouraged us as we worked. I started triaging patients and we saw many people who needed dental cleanings and many that needed extractions. I was able to remove #32 (lower right wisdom tooth) and it was pretty stubborn. We elevated and tried to luxate with forceps but couldn't get a good grip on it since it was partially erupted and impacted with fully formed roots. I grabbed the #301 elevator- Tommy Murph style- and tried to roll it out. Eventually after a lot of presure it rolled out to the distal. That was my most exciting extraction today. I was also able to remove a retained root of a maxillary premolar for a lady who was in a lot of pain. The patients were all very appreciative and glad we shared with the the love of Christ.

During our lunch break we went to a nice park nearby and hung out for a few minutes before our afternoon patients (picture below).

I was able to talk with Earl about sharing the Gospel and we had a great chat. We were able to encourage a few brothers in Christ and I was able to share the Gospel in Spanish to another guy. We were also able to pray for our patients that we saw and show them the love of Christ. All in all it was a great day.

There are pictures from the day below! Enjoy!



-Richard