Today, we are traveling to the second village we are helping on the brigade, La Questa! Our leaders told us that La Questa is a larger village and a tad bit better off than Ojachal, so I am excited to help a larger community! However, La Questa is by no means luxurious. We had an early breakfast and headed off for La Questa! La Questa is a farther drive than Ojachal, about an hour down a long, winding dirt road. When we travel to the villages, we take two buses and a few pick up trucks to transport all our medications. While we the trucks were driving down the dirt road, the ground collapsed underneath them and one of the trucks fell in a ditch! After a couple minutes of panic and confusion, our brigade team worked together to get the truck out of the ditch and we continued onward to La Questa. When we approached La Questa, there were many men on horses and children around. We pulled in and I immediately saw the difference between the Ojachal and La Questa. La Questa was much more spacious with multiple classrooms. La Questa provided their community with high school level of education, which Ojachal did not have. It was very impressive for us to see drawings of cells and electrons on the chalkboard. So, we unpacked our supplies and started grinding out the long line of villagers. The first day at La Questa was very quiet because we were just getting to know the community and also working hard to get as many patients through as we could. Overall, it was a pleasant day continuing our dental care and assimilating ourselves into the community of La Questa. The fun starts tomorrow on our last day!
Here are some shots of the village of La Questa!
Here are some shots of the village of La Questa!
This is a part of our dental station where cavities were filled!
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