Es tiempo para la dentista!

Today, I spent all day helping Mrs. Gruca while she cleaned some of the kids teeth! She was able to get 17 of the boys' teeth cleaned today! She's awesome! I was in charge of going and finding the boys when it was their turn! I also did a little bit of translating and took a picture of each kid in the cool dentist chair! We thought that the little boys would be really scared of getting their teeth cleaned, but they were all excited about it! It was the older boys who were nervous! But I don't blame them; for many of them, this was only the second time they had ever seen a dentist/dental hygienist in their life (and for the others, this was their very first time!!)! I was impressed with how brave they all were! We're hoping that we can get finished with some of the older boys tomorrow! And at the rate Mrs. Gruca is going, she should be done in no time!!!
Photos: Mrs. Gruca with Sammy; Mrs. Gruca in action...cleaning Rony's teeth; Giovani with his cool shades on in the dentist's chair (we had the kids wear glasses so the dentist's lamp/light wouldn't bother their eyes);Mrs. Gruca with Ruben; Josue and I waiting in the Dentist's office