Rekong Peo 2nd attempt & Kaza

We left at 5 AM with 2 dentists, 4 nurses, 2 teachers, dr. bazliel, and 2 handyman on our second adventure up the himalayans for a 12 hr trip. India is so beautiful i cant get over the mt and the rivers. The towns that we pass are all different, some small others big but they all have in common are cows everywhere and the woman carring big loads of hay, sticks, or water jugs on there backs or heads. The indian woman deserve an award with all the work they do while it seems the men just sit around but i bet they work when im not looking. We had to traverse over some small landslides but all in all the roads were better with all of our prayers. We stayed in a guest house right by the hospital where four of us shared a room, bathroom, and had no hot water to take a bath so we had to get it from another room. Rekong Peo has the 5 star hospital in the state and this clinic was a sore sight nothing was very clean and most equipment did not work but we made it through with hard work. Our dentists Dr. John and Dr. Ashish worked around the clock doing restorations and extractions as well as root canals. They saw patient after patient never taking a break while us nurses could at least sit down every once in a while. Anna and Jim both got to extract teeth and were very excited while doing it and there not dentists, i did not want to pull for sure. I would assist the dr. with what ever they needed by getting them gauze or holding there teeth. The power would go out freaquently so i sacrificed my personal torch (flash light) to the cause and had it stuck in quite a few mouths. We had alot of fun and hard work and helped alot of people. We stayed there for three days and saw hundreds of school kids. Our next stop is kaza another 12 hours up in the mt. We traveled up to kaza leaving at 5 AM and started working the next day in the hospital. This hospital again was not up to the US standards at all but we had willing hard workers and again God blessed us in helping alot of needy people. I have seen so many teeth that are rotten i am sure i wont ever need to see again. People here dont brush there teeth everyday, there is a branch from a tree that the people use to scrap the fuz off there teeth maybe once a week so alot of them are rotten away to just stumps. The people are so thankful here they always bow there head to us after we just yanked out 4 of there teeth. I got so much out of this trip that has made me a better person i will be always greatful to the people of india, as well as the others on this trip with me. I have made lifelong friends with: Anna, she was a trooper she is pregnant and came through all the tough hikes and long days with out complaining, Janet she is so hallarious the girl from canada who is staying till january with me, John a rare kind of guy but found the laughter in everything, sue my adopted mother who always looked out for me and gave me comfort, jim my adopted dad all the time was joking and made us laugh when we were dead tired and always made a jib about jersey when ever he could, ashish a great dentist can do anything with just the simple things and has a great faith in God, joyce the life long traveler that has been in any situation as a nurse and loves to share her stories, nater my favorite driver he would always be laughing and smiling and i never knew he could understand and speak english untill the end of the third week, khyali an amazing cook a guy that never complains when put in the uncomfortable seat, and dr. bazliel he would always be paying attention when we talked about wanting somting and he would try his best to get it for us with out our knowing. This was a great group to spend three weeks with and i will have a place in my heart the "chello, chello, bus gang."