The set up of our room.. 2 extraction stations and 1 filling station

The girls in the community who kept me company while I was sick just doing data work

Pulling my first tooth!

The first tooth I pulled!!

Filling Tools

Extraction Tools

Delicious sangria we made with the fresh Honduran fruit!

Elevating the man's teeth.. separating his gums from his tooth so it's easier to pull the tooth

Giving anesthesia for the first time!!!

Solo shot above a gorgeous view

UNC Dental Brigades, our global brigades leader, our bus driver, and the 3 dentists in a community on the last day.

A group shot of the UNC dental crew on top of a valley!

Day 7- Friday

We had to wake up at 3:00am, which was so miserable. We just packed everything up and left Rapaco for the last time at 3:30am. The kitchen staff made us fruit bags to take on the road with us. We all went to sleep as soon as we got on the road and I slept till about 6 or 7. The ride was fun once we all woke up because we had gotten so close spending the whole week together. When we got to the airport we had to get our bags checked in and go through security, which was a lot more slack than in the United States. My flight left at 1:00pm and arrived in Atlanta at around 4:00pm. When we got to Atlanta it was raining and foggy so the airport was MADNESS with all the flights being delayed or cancelled. We first had to go through customs which was very packed with people so that took about an hour. Then we found out about all the flight crazyness. It was pretty frustrating to deal with all that without my parents, but I survived! Whitney ended up having an earlier flight than mine so I put my name on the standby list for hers which was supposed to depart at 8:00pm. Mine wasn't scheduled to depart until 10:30pm. At around 12:30am they finally started boarding Whitney's flight and they called some standby names, but then stopped. They started calling a few more names and mine was called! I was so relieved. The flight was about 56 minutes and then we landed in Raleigh. Whitney and I were waiting for our bags and I couldn't find mine at all and then we realized that I switched planes at the last minute so my bags probably didn't make it on the flight. My mom came and picked me up from the airport and when we got back to my apartment it was 2:30am. I had traveled for 23 hours and was absolutely exhausted. My mom said my bag arrived at around 6:30am with the guy delivering it banging on the door. I had an amazing trip and I'm glad I got to end my week with my mom in Chapel hill for a few days!

At the orphanage playing futbol


Americano futbol


This girl was so sweet and I hung out with her for most of the day


Such a precious boy!

Rapaco! I miss it soo much :(


There were hammocks everywhere, so relaxing!


Where we ate our delicious meals!


Beautiful view from Rapaco

Day 6- Thursday

Today we woke up at 6:00am, even though originally we were going to wake up at 4:00am to see Sister Santa Rosa speak in person (she is like the Mother Theresa of Honduras). We didn't go see her because the kitchen staff would of had get to Rapaco at 1:00am to make our breakfast and lunch, and we didn't want them to have to do that. We had watermelon, omelettes, and cheese for breakfast. I woke up feeling terrible and ended up being sick for the rest of the day. The brigade was about 1 1/2 hours away, even though originally we thought it was 3 hours away. Since I was feeling sick it was a great surprise to not have to be in the van for 3 hours. When we got to the brigade I saw the doctor the medical staff brings with them. He told me it sounded like I had food poisoning so he gave me some medicine to take. I felt a little better, but I had continuous stomach pains for the rest of the day/night. I was supposed to do extractions and cleaning this day, but since I wasn't feeling well I just did data and post op for the day. I had PB&J for lunch. We had to be very careful with what we touched and wearing our masks and gloves even when we weren't working with a patient because this community had lepercy and scabies.. very scary! While I was working at the desk by the door I made friends with some of the children who were so precious! I was being a pushover and the kids kept asking for toothbrushes so I gave them a lot even though I wasn't supposed to do that lol. We left the community around 3:30pm and did our typical stop at the gas station. I got back to Rapaco and read on a hammock for a little while. Dinner at 6:30pm was steak, pineapple, rice, and tortilla. After dinner we had a meeting and unpacked the bags because we were done with brigades. At the meeting we all reflected on our experience and it was really sad to realize we were leaving Honduras and all of the wonderful people we met and helped. We then all packed our bags so we wouldn't forget anything. There was a fiesta for the last night that I had to miss because I was still feeling bad so I went to bed around 10:30pm even with the blaring loud music and people yelling.. I was very tired.