Heidi assisted for her 1st time today.  She did great!  We had this little guy and his Mom as some of our patients and both were amazing patients.  We did some work on this little 4 year old and he handled it like a champ.  The Tongan people are very strong and handle Dental work very well.  Both Mom and her son were grateful for what we did for them today.

     Today, Heidi and Maddison assisted and Logan and Makayla worked in sterilization.  The little kids have been playing with friends outside the clinic.  

     Today was a crazy day.  We had tons of people lining up to be seen.  Sorry, I don't have more pictures.  It was about a 9 hour work day today.  We had a lot of fillings and extractions today.  Both Maddison and Heidi did great assisting.  After work, we went and played some games with the kids and some of our neighbors for FHE.  The Senior missionaries are so much fun!  They are incredible people with a lot of energy.

     Interesting story - We had a patient of one of the volunteers (senior missionary working as the medical Personnel for the Tongan mission - he's a PA) come into the clinic 1st thing this morning and he needed some Dental instruments and a surgical suction to clean out a bunch of build-up material (wax) in the patient's ear.  She couldn't hear and needed it all cleaned out.  There are some different and unusual things going on in the clinic.

    

     

We found another little friend (this time in the clinic).  Only in Tonga do we find these little friends in our clinic.  They are incredible little creatures.  The kids got a kick out of it.  The kids are getting a adjusted to all the "critters" that are out here.  Little Ella, the other day said, "Oh, that's just a little bug.  I'm not afraid of little bugs anymore."  

We hope all is well at home!  Have a great day!