Visit with Bedouin family

The highlight of Wednesday and probably our entire trip was an evening with a Bedouin family. We were privileged to be invited into their home and met the entire family consisting of three generations including a new born baby girl.

The father was treated for TB at Annoor a few years ago. Susan has established a strong relationship with the family which enabled her to introduce us to them. They served us coffee, Pepsi, dinner of chicken, rice, potatoes,vegetables, and tea. Even though I did not understand anything that was said, it was obvious that they are a strong, happy family unit. Susan talked with them during our entire visit (about two hours). They laughed, asked questions to us through Susan and Hans, and I took pictures. The tent was dark as it was after sunset but the pictures inside the tent show more detail than I was able to see when I was there.

This picture was taken early in our visit while there was still some daylight. The women in blue is Maria, Barry's assistant from Brazil. She is fluent in Arabic, and the family was happy to that she was able to come along.

The dental clinic was extremely busy on Wednesday. As this was the last day in that location, Barry's list of patients was a long one. He did a lot of work mostly restorations and extractions. We have some interesting stories. Remind us to tell you about the first patient after lunch.

Today (Wednesday) the clinic will move to another village.