It is that time as we prepare to leave Chiriqui Saturday for Panama City and then home on Sunday. This afternoon we finished with our last patient about 2 pm and packed up the clinic. We had a “goodbye” session with the patients, clinic helpers, and some of the people of Bongo most of the rest of the afternoon. Then back to David to get ready to leave tomorrow.
Leaving here has always been difficult and becomes more so each year for some of us “old timers.” Over many years here some of us have forged strong friendships with the people we serve as well as the people of Panama who have helped us as part of our team and it is always difficult to say “goodbye.”
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