Shed some light in San Jose?

A new group of 22 people arrived in San Jose today for a 2 week medical brigade. Travel was pretty uneventful, except for trying to get 42 checked bags out of San Pedro Sula airport wihtout leaving anything...or anyone, behind.

Sunny and mid-nineties until we arrivedin San Jose....up here it's been raining of and on and the air temperature is a pleasant 70 degrees.

it's been about three years since I was last here and there have been so many changes! On my last visit the clinic building was nothing more than holes in the ground for a foundation, clearning rubble to make space for the building to be.

The new clinic is just amazing. It's spacious, clean and pleasant inside. All the floors are tile and easily cleaned. It's spotless inside adn very comfortable feelign for patients to be seen, whether medical, dental or OB/Gyn.

The breezeway in the middle of the building provides a cool draft while patients and families wait to be seen. I'm speechless at how much progress has been made. the entire clinic area has solar paneling and a bank of batteries to store enough power to run lights in the clinic, a refridgerator and a computer, all without the generator

But the most amazing thing that has changed is ... are you ready for it? There are streetlights in San Jose! STREET LIGHTS! The electricity comes up the mountain from El Progresso and the lights go almost to the middle of the town. But so far, none of the residents has lighting...no one can afford to get the electricity to their houses.

RIght now a little boy, David, is watching me type this, he is fascinated with teh iPad machine. He said he can't read though and that makes me sad. Well it's been along day and tomorrow will come soon. Buenes Noches