Last week a drug dealer visited Victor

Earlier last week a drug dealer knocked on the door of En El Corazon de Jesus.  He was angry at Victor and told him in a very threatening way that he was  taking away his customers and it was to stop.  He then left.  Two days later he came back and knocked on the door and asked for Victor.  Victor told the man answering the door that he did not need to talk with him. The man told Victor, i think you need to talk with him.  Victor again said I don't want to talk with him, obviously fearful.  The man again said I really think you need to talk with him.  Reluctantly Victor came to the door, and the drug dealer said, I apologize for my actions.  I am a user myself and I know your way is the way. Victor was not able to convince him to join the clinic, but it may still happen.

Mario works in the operating room.

This week we had a doctor from Boston, Richard Goodenough, MD FACS who is chief of vascular surgery at North Shore Medical Center in Boston.  He was to work in the local hospital assisting with surgery, but needed an interpreter as he speaks only a little spanish.  Mario Estrada is one of the senior residents of En El Corazon de Jesus and also does a lot of cooking.  I asked if he could interpret and he agreed to do so.  I asked Mario if he was going to be bothered by seeing a person cut open and he said no.  I will report that Mario did a great job and really looked the part of a doctor in his scrubs.

Next week he is going to repair some sheetrock, so he is really a jack of all trades.