Clinica MAXEÑA 2018

                YOUTH PASTORAL, OF OUR PARISH OF             SANTO TOMAS, CAME TOGETHER TO                                   CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAYS! OVER 150            YOUTH OF FOUR COMMUNITIES CAME.            TOGETHER, WITH MUSIC, DESSERT, GAMES                     AND SHARING.  THE PASTOR, PADRE TOMAS,              IS THEIR SPIRITUAL LEADER AND WENT             DOWN TO SHARE PRAYER AND ANIMATION            OF THE HOLIDAYS!                        OUR FOUR MAYAN PRIESTS, CELEBRATED             NEW...

                           A BLIND FRIEND,WHO TAUGHT ME                              HOW     TO LIVE A FULL, JOYFUL LIFE,                   AND DO IT ALL, OVERCOMING ALL                   HARDSHIPS IS DIEGO LOPEZ, 52 YRS.                    DIEGO IS BLIND FROM CHILDHOOD,                    BECAUSE OF POVERTY AND MALNUTRI-                    TION, HE SUFFERED SINCE AN INFANT.                     WE BEGAN BY PROVIDING ADVICE,                      NUTRITIONAL, AND EMOTIONAL  ...

                      OLDEST DAUGHTER BECOMES A MOTHER!               MOTHER DIED IN CHILDBIRTH, FATHER               ABANDONED FAMILY! 7 CHILDREN A                FAMILY NOW!               MANUELA WAS 16 YEARS OLD; SHE BECAME               MOM TO HER SIBLINGS WHEN DAD LEFT!               "THE FATHERS´S" DAD GIFTED THIS FAMILY                 HOUSE HE DID NOT NEED.  THE MISSION                HAS HELPED TO FIX HOUSE, PROVIDE                FURNITURE, AND HELP PROVIDE THIS               FAMILY FOOD NEEDED.  THANK YOU       ...

                              GOOD NIGHT FROM ALL               US FURRY FRIENDS AT CLINIC!           WE ARE MANY FURRY ONES WHO            ARE PART OF CLINIC! "MASCOTS".            FIVE DOGS! TWO CATS! ONE            ROOSTER AND ONE HEN, AND           THIRTY TWO BUNNIES!!!            SHEILA IS GIFTING A PROJECT            OF ORGANIC PONEDORES AND             THE EGGS ARE FOR THE MAL-             NOURISHED CHILDREN IN OUR            PROJECT OF MALNOURISHED             CHILDREN! NO CHICKENS YET!         ...

                HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM THE                             MISSION!!                           GOOD EVENING.  MUCH JOY AND        LOVE FOR THE HOLIDAYS!  WE         ARE ALSO CELEBRATING THE        FEAST OF SAINT THOMAS, PATRON           SAINT OF OUR PARISH AND TOWN!        I HAVE PUT UP CHRISTMAS EARLY!        I LOVE THIS TIME OF YEAR.  THIS         IS MY HOME.  THE TREE I BROUGHT        FROM BUTTE, MONTANA.  IT WAS        MY MOM´S. THIS IS MYSELF AND        COCO, MY BEST FRIEND,  A COCKER        SPANIEL, NOW 10 YEAR...

                                                                 OUR MISSION IS     LOCATED, IS SANTO TOMAS LA                    UNION!  FEAST DAYS ARE                                CELEBRATED WITH  GREAT PRESECE.      THOUSANDS COME  FROM THE                    MOUNTAINS.  OUR PARISH  CHURCH IS      SAINT THOMAS APOSTLE. THE STATUE      IS PLACED IN NEW ATTIRE, WITH                FLOWERS AND SATIN ROBE, IN THE          FRONT OF THE SANCTUARY.              ...

                   PASTORAL SOCIAL, PARA EL ELDERLY!                       CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION           TODAY, WAS THE CELEBRATION OF THE DAY,            CHRISTMAS PARTY, GIFTS, BY PASTORAL                           SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY.  A DELICIOUS                           LUNCH,  PLUS A TAMALE TO TAKE HOME.  IT                     ALSO  INCLUDED  MANY CHRISTMAS GIFTS,                       AND A FOOD BASKET TO TAKE HOME.  THE                       ELDERLY CAME ALONE, SOME WI...

                            A BEAUTIFUL TALENT OF THE WOMEN            THE TALENT OF WEAVING ON HOME MADE                       IS TAUGHT FROM MOTHER TO DAUGHTER.             MANY OF THEM HAVE NEVER GONE TO             SCHOOL.  MOTHER TEACES DAUGHTER!            MANY ARE FOR THEIR OWN WEAR BUT            THERE ARE SOME WOMEN WHO SELL THEM             IN THE TOWN MARKETS  IN THIS TOWN             MARKET DAY IS SUNDAY, AND HUNDREDS CAN                BE FOUND.  THEY SELL THEM FOR MUCH LESS                THAN THEIR WORTH.    ...

                                                           BUE N VIVIR                           THE GOOD LIFE        WE FIRST MADE OUR BOOTH FOR         SELLING SNACK FOODS A FEW                        YEARS AGO.. IT WAS MADE FROM                 BAMBOO AND BANNANA LEAVES        I T IS LOCATED IN FRONT OF THE                     CLINIC.   SNACKS ARE  NATIVE AND        ORGANIC.  WE ALSO USE THE SPACE        TO EDUCATE AND ANNOUNCE WHAT        SNACKS WE ARE SELLIN...

                                                  CHRISTMAS IS IN THE AIR!      TODAY THE CLINICA MAXEÑA HAD        ITS FIRST CHRISTMAS FIESTA IN                    OUR CLINIC MEETING ROOM.  OVER         150       MOTHERS AND INFANTS CAME!       THEY WERE PART OF A PASTORAL         HEALTH PROGRAM THAT OUR NURSE        MAGALI STARTED.  THERE WAS            LAUGHTER, A SNACK, CANDY AND               SMALL TOYS.  ALL WENT HOME                     HAPPY.  THANK YOU MAGALI FOR        ORGANIZING THI...

                        THIS INFANT CAME A LONG DISTANCE TO SEEK HELP FROM                         THE EYE SURGEONS, WHO RECENTLTY TREATED PATIENTS IN                         OUR CLINIC .  THE CHILD WAS AN INN PATIENT SOME.TIME. IN THE                                    CLINIC IN THE CITY BUT LEFT BEFORE EVALUATION COMPLETED                                                  THEY  HAD BEEN  SEARCHING DIFFERENT CLINICS FOR CARE .                          HE DID SPEND A FEW WEEKS IN THE CHILDREN´S CANCER CLINIC IN ...