Saturday another wave of missionaries was coming in. Leonard and I went on the bus to get them, and to get the medicines held by customs. The First Lady had explained to us on Friday that they have rules requiring prior notification and approval before medicines are brought into their country (not a really unreasonable request). Since there had been no such request it was rather embarrassing, but she agreed to help us, and late Friday afternoon the request was approved. We were told about medicines coming in from other countries which were not only not effective--they were harmful. Thus the health department tries to limit incoming meds to those they can trace to a reputable supplier and those with proper expiration dates.
We got the meds long before the arriving missionaries came out of the airport. Most of their checked baggage did not arrive (and still has not). We were quite late arriving in La Palma that night. The photo shows dinner time at the hotel.