Nov 27 - Dec 3, 2017 Dental complication, goats on sidewalk, jury duty? US fast food

Dental follow-up
Missionary dentist Richard Jergensen was going to fill a cavity in one of Larry’s molars today, but, upon examination, decided that the tissue next to it was too tender where he had extracted a molar three weeks earlier. The dental work was rescheduled for mid-January.



While a taxi carried Larry to his dental appointment, he spotted something he hadn’t seen before in downtown Guat City... goats!
What are farm animals doing in the city? Aren’t there laws against that? The taxi driver told Larry this was a common sight. People prize the nutritional value of their milk. 





Uh oh... complication!
Larry’s jaw swelled shut and it became painful to eat and swallow. What happened to him at the dental clinic? It was Friday and the clinic was closed, so Dr. Jergensen wouldn’t be getting Larry’s message. Missionary Dr. Robert Frampton prescribed penicillin for the obvious infection. 
Larry came home early from the temple on Friday and skipped working his Saturday shift. Despite taking painkillers, pain was ever present, at one level or another. 



Larry selected for jury duty 
in Calgary!


Larry wrote his reasons for being excused from jury 
duty and emailed the above to the Court of Queen’s 
Bench in Calgary.




Some of the American businesses operating in
Guatemala, within walking distance of our apartment.


Break the Fast dinner...


That’s all I ate at the regional get-together on Sunday with other seniors missionaries. I usually eat 10 times this much. But I only had a tiny slit to poke food into through my teeth and it hurt to chew.








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  1. Unknown18 December 2017 at 08:06

    Welcome to Canadian citizenship (jury duty). They sent me one a few years ago and I'm not even a citizen.

    I found McDonald's expensive when I was in Brazil (same prices as home but our allowance was low due to a very low cost of living). Do you find the same in Guatemala?

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