SPIZZERINKTUM!!!

Ok guys, this is what you have been waiting for, our office. We work at the "CRIC" a rehabilitation center built by the Lions Club.

During the recent political upheaval, all funding and volunteering at the CRIC was sadly lost. We have have seen so many conditions that we never would have seen in el Norte. Brett's first patient had severe low back and he was very nervous to treat him... there was nothing to do but adjust.

(look closely, this boy is laying face up!)

That has been our story at the CRIC, adjust. Polio, severe arthritis, stroke, severe scoliosis, floppy baby, sciatica, C-7 dermatome, diabetic ulcers, herniated discs, frozen shoulder, severe hypertension, carpal tunnel, sprained ankles, broken bones, Legg-Calve-Perthes, adjust, adjust, adjust.

We are learning to speak spanish very quickly, with the help of our translators, thank goodness for them. Nikki has the played the support role better then could be hoped for and is providing much needed objectivity. She caught that a lady had Parkinson's before she even sat down, wow!

It has been amazing to be able to work here. We work three hours a day, three days per week.

We have worked a combined 18 hours and treated just over 350 people and there is waiting list to get in to see us.

Our karma dollars are paying off in the form of gifts, smiles, tears of joy, and offers to wash our dirty clothes.

Our First Two Weeks

Well guys, we finally made it! It only took 3 days of traveling eight separate flights and a night alone for Tina in Tegucigalpa. It was well worth it though, after the 3 hour drive from Tegucigalpa to Comayagua we settled into Hotel Quan which would be our home for the next two weeks. Our roomates were the gekos and our alarm clock was the roosters who didn't understand the concept of crowing at SUNRISE not before. The Quan family has been amazing and have helped us at every step. Coming from snow and winter to a climate of high humidity and high temps we found it necessary to take plenty of siestas. The food is beyond awesome, we have been eating a lot of beans, fried plantains (Tinas new favorite), rice and carne asada (meat), even with the huge portions we have somehow managed to slim down and chisel our already buff bodies.

Things that are different here:
1. There are armed security guards outside nearly every business
2. There is a water shortage so EVERYONE drinks pop - so buy your stock in pepsi or coke!
3. There is no hot water so the shower heads (aka "the widow makers") have electricity hooked directly to them, warning, don't touch the shower head while the waters on! could be a shocking experience!
4. Toilet paper is readily available, however the water pressure is so low the waste paper goes in the trash, so if you run out of toilet paper you always know where more is, recycle right?
5. The rules of the road are as follows, if you are a pedestrian GET OUT OF THE WAY! Cars have the right of way, and the bigger car you have the more 'right of way' you have

That's to sum it up for now, but more to come this week, we'll keep you posted!