Where's the Blog?

This blog has been silent for three days, and the word from those down here who are AT&T customers (the only ones with cell phone service) is that folks back in the States are wondering What's going on?

So here are the major headlines as of Monday morning:
1. Everyone arrived safely

2. Everyone's luggage and all the medical and dental supplies and equipment arrived safely

3. The weather is hot and muggy, but not miserable; no rain so far

4. The mosquitoes aren't nearly what I feared; most of us are still without a single mosquito bite (although some say mosquitoes can bite here without you're knowing it and without even causing an itchy blister)

5. There's ample water to drink; and much of the time we have enough water to flush toilets and wash off the sweat and grime

6. For the past 24 hours everyone has been devoted to one task: getting the clinic set up and ready for this morning. Being part of an effort that, in a single day, converts a small mountain of loaded suitcases, cartons and packing crates into a modern working clinic is something never to be forgotten.

One last note before the details of the past couple of days. Even as I write this (5:00 am Monday), no one is exactly sure the nature of the service at the local Internet Café. Yesterday morning the rumor was that it was dial-up only. That would mean no uploading photographs to the blog site. Yesterday afternoon, the rumor changed to "service is not blazing fast but may be adequate to transmit photos."

So with luck, you'll be able to see as well as read about what we're all doing here in San Marcos. If not, please understand. And understand, too, that news from us may lag a couple days behind the calendar, because everyone here is busy -- busier even than at home – and this is, after all, Honduras.

Now onto the daily journals of a CURE newcomer...