Another trip to Santo Domingo to a maternity hospital

This week we took a trip to Santo Domingo, a city to the west of us about 2 1/2 hour thru the Andes.  We hired Edison, our taxi driver to take us there.  He has taken us to other places in the city.  It costs about $10/ hour for a taxi.  He was always cleaning his windows when we stopped.  He is very interested in learning about the church.  We have given him a Plan of Salvation pamphlet, a Liahona magazine and a Book of Mormon to read while he waits for us.  We haven't given all this information to him all at once but over the last few weeks.  He and Dad talk the whole time we are together.  It is good practice for our Spanish.

We visited a small hospital and looked at the maternity room as well as the pediatrics area.  Our bosses in Peru want us to focus our projects this year on helping those hospitals that work with expecatant mothers and children.  This delivery bed was very wide and short.

The place for the baby after delivery.

A bulb and mask to use when the baby is having trouble breathing.  This one was very old and the seal on it was not good.  During our NRT training the church donates this kind of bulb and mask to many doctors and nurses to be used in the delivery rooms.

A very old ultra sound machine.

An old incubator. 

The name of the clinic is ASMECXS.   Don't ask me what it stands for!!

On our way home our taxi driver stopped at a waterfall by the side of the road and took our picture!!

Another shot of the young missionary couple!!!!!

Another shot of the waterfall.  It had been raining so the waterfall was beautiful!

An outside shot of the hospital.  You can see Dad talking to Edison on the right.  Sorry the pictures are out of order.  I'm still learning how to do this blog thing!!!