Screening at Villa de Los Ninos Catholic school

The young men waited so patiently for an hour and a half to
complete the screening.  So polite and respectful!

Sister and Elder Spendlove getting ready for the screening

After the dental screening of over 200 young men ages 12-15, the Ville de Los Ninos Catholic school provided us with a nice lunch.  The children in the younger classes gave us the wooden toys you can see on the table

February 11, 2020, the Tio Juan Dental office together with John Wetterer, (blue shirt in back) who is the Tio Juan/ Mi Casa Foundation Director went to the Villa de Los Ninos Catholic school to do dental screenings.  The student body of this school is comprised of orphans and/or very needy children from across Guatemala.  They are chosen on grounds of showing scholastic or other aptitudes. Fishers are lower left, Sister Spendlove behind them, John Wetterer, opposite John are three older young men from Tio Juan, Donny in white is the Villa de Los Ninos nurse, and Leity, the office manager of Tio Juan.
A little over 200 boys were screened. (Total student body of the boy's section of the school is 1,200) We were so impressed with their comportment and good manners. Generally, their teeth were in pretty good condition considering their backgrounds.  We graded their condition on urgent, moderate, or good and we will see them all in our clinic.
This is when we are so grateful to have extra help from our dental friends back home who are willing to provide humanitarian service by offering their time and talents with assistance from some of their office personnel.  Next week two dentists with their sons will be with us at the clinic for two days. We hope to work long and hard and put a big dent into the mountain of treatment that needs to be accomplished.

We have seen other instances of missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints working with other faith groups in serving the Guatemalan people.  A couple of weeks ago the missionaries were providing translation services for a non-Spanish speaking medical team from another faith near the town of Cuilapa.

This work pays handsome wages, none of which are monetary.