Hello!! I wanted to write to you all to tell you about the trip to Cambodia! I returned home Sunday afternoon and am almost regulated back to this time zone. The trip was really amazing.

As promised, the medical team traveled to each of the 5 remote villages. We saw over 700 patients total, a little less than the predicted 200 patients per day. Three patients really stand out. On the first and fourth days of clinic we saw a 24 yo man and a 30ish yo female with 2 week old displaced distal radial fractures, that were clearly deformed. It was frustrating to the orthopedist inside me that they were 2 weeks out, because this is past the 'magic' window where a closed reduction is successful. So I did the best I could for them and splinted them with pieces of sawed off wood and ace bandages. The 24 yo male really needed surgery, but his family could not afford gas in their motorbike to get to town to even have a consult, let along afford plate and screws. He had very limited function of his wrist. I pray he will make a better recovery. Thankfully the woman had decent function and should make a good recovery with the splint. The third patient was a little girl who came to us with something up her nose. My colleague looked up her right nostril, thinking she had a stick or rock stuck in her nose, only to find a leach sucking the blood out of her vascular nasal turbinates! The family washes in a leach infested pond behind her home, and somehow she got a leach up her nose. We were able to raise the $100 among the team members to get her a visit with the Ear Nose and Throat doctor 2 hours away who was able to dilate the nostril and remove the leach in 2 minutes! So thankful this was able to happen. 

The other half of the team, the church planting team, had an American and a Native Cambodian assigned to each of the 5 villages, which they returned to each day of the week. They were able to build up relationships and share the Gospel message with the natives. I believe around 120 people accepted Jesus Christ as their savior during the week! We were so fortunate to work with an amazing group of Cambodian believers. The local church we partnered with is also an orphanage. Many of the orphans are originally from the remote villages and speak the native, indiginous Pnong language. We typically had two translators - Pnong to Khmer, then Khmer to English. As you can imagine, this took quite a bit of extra time!

My roommate took over 1000 pictures! So once I get a copy of these pictures, I would like to share them with you. I have one final request from you. Will you each PLEASE email or text me your home address? I have something for each of you that I would like to mail. My email is asmcgarry@dizon.org, and cell is 315-415-2405.

Thank you again for your support and for partaking in this great adventure. 
With love,
Ariel