{"id":205,"date":"2011-04-10T17:02:17","date_gmt":"2011-04-10T21:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/katie-moore\/2011\/04\/10\/march-update\/"},"modified":"2011-04-10T17:03:36","modified_gmt":"2011-04-10T21:03:36","slug":"march-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/katie-moore\/2011\/04\/10\/march-update\/","title":{"rendered":"March Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-200\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/katie-moore\/files\/2011\/04\/dentist1-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"dentist1\" width=\"275\" height=\"196\" \/><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Dentist Duty<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em>The day after I returned to the tribe, our team hosted a dental clinic for the villagers of Las Moras.\u00a0 In seven days we helped 140 people from our village and surrounding areas.\u00a0 While we left the extractions, bridges, and root canals to the professionals, our team helped out with teaching oral hygiene, sterilizing equipment, and relating to and comforting those who were frightened or in pain.\u00a0 We praise God for another opportunity to meet the people\u2019s physical needs as we build relationships.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<strong><em>Canadian Work Force<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>As the dentist was dropped off at the airport in a nearby city, we picked up a team of workers who had volunteered their services to our team.\u00a0 They added privacy walls to our house, finished our septic system, and worked on a variety of other much needed projects.\u00a0 Our house is now ready to weather another rainy season and the work on Alkire\u2019s bricks continues.\u00a0 Please pray that we will be able to finish their walls and add a roof before the rains begin in June.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_204\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-204\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-204\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/katie-moore\/files\/2011\/04\/dentist21-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Missionary dentist who came to help\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-204\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Missionary dentist who came to help<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<strong><em>A Dry and Weary Land<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>As we look around us in the village, we see brown, brittle grass, fallen leaves, and a creek that is barely flowing.\u00a0 Although a few tough plants and flowers are still surviving, the ground is in dire need of water.\u00a0 There is something about a solid field of browns and tans that makes the soul long for rain.\u00a0 I can\u2019t help but thinking of Psalm where David thirsts after God like a person who is living in a parched land.\u00a0 We know those around us are thirsty and long for the day when they can drink deeply from water that meets those needs. \u00a0Please pray with us towards that end.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dentist Duty The day after I returned to the tribe, our team hosted a dental clinic for the villagers of Las Moras.\u00a0 In seven days we helped 140 people from our village and surrounding areas.\u00a0 While we left the extractions, bridges, and root canals to the professionals, our team helped out with teaching oral hygiene, 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