I just wanted to mention how proud I am of my mom. She left for Haiti over a week ago with Medical Teams International. She's an emergency room RN who loves to travel to countries in need. Over the past decade she has been to Honduras and South America several times, Afghanistan, Mozambique, Nigeria, and to our own southern states after natural disasters. She's slept on dirt floors, delivered a baby in an African hut, and was hustled out of Afghanistan after killers murdered men in the adjoining village.
I don't know how she does it. Her most recent email said they were traveling to those makeshift displaced persons camps where there is no medical help. Can you imagine the smells? She plans to spend a month on the island. She's probably living on Power Bars and water purification tablets. Here are two blogs I've been following by the doctors from MTI.
5 comments:
WOW! That is sooo cool! What a great lady! If there was a way I could go and help, I would. However, I have no medical training or skills to help those poor people! At least one can always pray.
More power to her and all the other volunteers. They're heroes. :)
My hat's off to your mom, Kendra!
Wow, what a mom! I envy her having the skills to help and strength and determination to use her skills. You must be very, very proud. My best to her and the family the left behind (for awhile...)
Kendra-- Your mom sounds amazing! That's so wonderful of her to be so selfless. What a woman! If I went over there they'd end up having to take care of me. *sigh* But, like Katie said, we can pray and send good thoughts and vibes to everyone and donate time and money from here to send needed things their way.
I'll pray for her safety while she's there and that she'll have energy and strength to do what needs to be done. Big hugs to your mom!!
That is SO cool, Kendra. What a great thing she's doing.
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