Still, Bubba never seemed to lose his cool. He was amazing.
Even though Dr. Bob wasn't able to go on the trip, Rachel and I were really interested in being a part of this and decided to get on board.
We were told the children would cherish even one or two crayons to draw with. We had church members bringing us boxes and boxes of crayons to take along with us.
We pulled multiple teeth on so many patients, probably an average of three to six extractions per patient - and these were surgical extractions.
It was just so hot, and you had these kids you knew were hungry. So we gave our lunches away.
People didn't seem scared. They were just very curious.
These kids were so bright and mature. They had been hand picked by their teachers and were such a help to us.
We weren't exactly fluent, but it did help in communicating with the patients. Thank goodness we had translators, though.
We prayed over teeth. We really did. The services also gave us a time of reflection each evening, which helped us a lot.
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