Wednesday in Jordan

The boy and girl were Barry's first two patients this morning. The girl is about five years old and had obvious decay in her upper front central teeth. Fortunately, these were primary teeth,due to fall out within the year. But the permanent teeth were being pushed out to the side by the baby teeth, so Barry extracted the baby teeth.

The boy needed three restorations. Barry also did one root canal on one of the workers here, other restorations and some cleanings.

The Anoor Sanatorium where we are working is full of amazing people. Today we met Emir from Egypt, Hans from Belgium and Mark from Switzerland. Mark learned English when he was in Australia.

One of the physicians is Jordanian and did a pediatric residency in the US. His English is excellent, of course. He mentioned that the patients sometimes do not realize he is Jordanian and compliment him on his ability to speak Arabic, which is his native language.

These people are all Christians who are here to work in this hospital which is known throughout the Middle East as the place to come for chest diseases and TB treatment. The patients are nearly all Muslim but know that they are coming to a Christian hospital.

Tomorrow the dental van moves to the desert. Thanks for your prayers which are sustaining us.