Adventures in Guatemala
How nursing in remote jungle villages revolutionized my life
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter One
Culture Shock…My Adventure Begins August 1977
Chapter Two
Settling In At The Mission In Poptún 1977
Chapter Three
Jungle Life in Poptún, pop. 6,000 1977
Chapter Four
Sleeping By The Rat Pile…My First Visit To The Villages 1977
Chapter Five
Living Together: Disunity In The Community 1977
Chapter Six
The Joys Of Rural Travel…An Exercise In Frustration November 1977
Chapter Seven
Our First Trip Out…To The Other Los Angeles April 1978
Chapter Eight
Massacre at Panzós May 1978
Chapter Nine
The Gift: Winning The People May 1978
Chapter Ten
A Birthday Like No Other June 1978
Chapter Eleven
Fast Pace In La Tortuga July 1978
Chapter Twelve
El Comandante…Dancing With The Devil December 1978
Chapter Thirteen
The Good Christmas…The Tender Turkey December 1978
Chapter Fourteen
Living In The Aldeas…O Pioneers 1978-1979
Chapter Fifteen
Living In The Aldeas…What A Life! What A Hoot! 1978-1979
Chapter Sixteen
Jungle Medicine…Improvising A Blood Transfusion February 1979
Chapter Seventeen
Loving Baby Maria March 1979
Chapter Eighteen
Encounter With The Policía…Fear and Forgetfulness On The Road March 1979
Chapter Nineteen
Los Angeles And Its Promoter April 1979
Chapter Twenty
From The Outhouse…Come Dreams Of The Future September-November 1979
Chapter Twenty-One
Mud…A Lesson In Love And Community Spirit December 1979
Chapter Twenty-Two
The First Graduation…Beginnings And A Sad Ending June 1981
Chapter Twenty-Three
Another Trip, Another Massacre January 1989
Chapter Twenty-Four
Life Goes On In Poptún February 1989
Chapter Twenty-Five
Life Goes On Everywhere Else February 1980-2009
Chapter Twenty-Six
Coming Full Cirlce…Back to Poptún April 2009