Hola!!

This year, our Education team has three principle responsibilities. We work together to meet our goals for each day. Some of us work with the health promoters, others work on the mural, and Bruce and Dean complete various maintenance tasks on the grounds of the foundation.

For all of us, including the health promoters, the day starts with a Bible study led by a member of the FOBF staff, Melvin Martinez. Tuesday, after a few songs and prayer we dove right in to the day by playing a name remembering game with the health promoters. We all learned a lot of names.

We then moved to the classroom for a mini review session, asking the health promoters questions about Diabetes, Hypertension, and the Heimlich maneuver, which were the topics we taught on Monday. We incorporated the use of iClickers for this review, so we were able to determine how well the concepts were grasped. The health promoters responded well and had retained a majority of the information we taught Monday. Lindsay, with Stephanie translating, continued with a presentation about asthma. All the health promoters indicated that they were very familiar with the signs and symptoms of asthma and were eager to learn more about how to prevent asthma attacks. Pascuala led a discussion about the role of the health promoter in the community. Lisa taught about menopause and was dubbed "La Reina de Menopausia" (The Queen of Menopause). Then in a horrible accident, Lindsay developed a machete wound. Luckily the health promoters were on hand to demonstrate appropriate wound care before we washed the red sharpie marks off of her leg.

Kaylee, Jennifer, and Tayler continued to work on the mural. Each of the health promoters painted a leaf on the tree. They will also write their names and their community name within the leaf they painted to represent the education they have received and the material they are able to pass on within their community. The staff and education team also painted leaves and we will write our names within a leaf as well.  The children visiting the extended care clinic loved watching the girls paint and were able to participate in painting if they chose to. Paula and Linda painted butterflies, Jennifer, Tayler, and Lindsay painted the balloons and flowers, and we will all chip in to finish the mural tomorrow.

We finished our day with dinner and dessert, followed by The Little Nemo in Spanish with the health promoters. Time is flying and we are deeply blessed. Thank you for your prayers and support.