Joe at Salud y Paz clinic helping out wherever is necessary ( don't be fooled by the stethescope...Joe does not do surgery, just provides comfort and keeps the machinery going) Here is a little girl who had a cancerous eye removed and then was given a glass eye. The surgeries were done by a group of optical surgeons from the states.

Camanchaj is the location of a medical and dental clinic named Salud y Paz (health and Peace) and hosts volunteer teams of surgeons and dentists. Joe has gone there several times to keep the machinery going during surgery, do satellite work and electrical work. This picture shows a group of Guatemalans and American volunteers who helped connect the generator for emergency back up power.

A screw put in the wrong place on the other side of the wall can do some damage to pipes . Joe is looking for and repairing a hole in the plumbing at William Cornelius Technical school. This school has been built by Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada and Joe has been enjoying working with Canadians and Americans who have come down to work on the school. This beautiful facility which has been a work of faith, we believe God will use to change generations of Guatemalans. (it has just been opened,see following picture)

This Photo shows Joe enjoying the grand opening of the school that he is working on in the previous picture. The school will be taking students now in these areas of study : computers, dental hygiene, engine rebuilding, manufacturing of dentures and other technical skills.

These are some of members of a team from Seattle that came down to do dental work in the village clinic where Karen volunteers. They were a wonderful team and did an incredible amount of dental work in just a few days. Susan is in the driver's seat and she is the Nurse Practitioner at the clinic. In the following photo you will find Joe's contribution to their time here.

Here is our star fixer-guy with a suction machine that the dentists needed for their work at the clinic. Before Joe got at it, it had been spewing its contents (results of extractions and you can imagine) on the floor. Joe got it up and working and now it drains properly and is ready for the next team of dentists.

Joe and Micah have been helping with the electrical and satelite installation at this Christian school that is being built near Xela.

This is a Christian school being built near Xela by various groups. Can you find Joe talking with the project manager? Micah was along for this trip but he is not in the picture because he was the photographer. The two of them did some pretty severe physical labor on this trip and came home with sunburns.

Here is Joe contemplating the job at Caminos which required two separate buildings to be connected by a bridge(see photo following). Joe designed and welded the bridge between the first part of the building to the part of the building that contains the church sanctuary and offices.

This picture had to go in because it shows that Joe is not afraid to get a little dirty when he is working (a LITTLE dirty?)
He is working here at Caminos, a church and outreach center in Antigua, that reaches out to the Guatemalans through English classes and a small cafe and book store.