Alright, we're still in Victoria (meaning we're down to chisling Internet access from Starbucks) and because the laptop we brought decided to break on day number 2, you'll have to bear with me, Starbucks connection, a latte, and my iTouch, which = short poorly composed blogs typed with one finger. More details to come after arriving back in Winnipeg on Friday, or after getting back into Montreal next week. But until then...
- We fly to Quito June 5th, 2010... Yes, that's a month away.
- We'll be in there for 6 weeks
- We'll be working with HCJB (http://www.hcjb.org/) a phenominal Christian based humanitarian organization that has 2 main ministries: radio and medical
- Tom will be working with the engineers on transmitters and cool stuff like that, while my work will focus on nutrition and health aspects working in their hospitals.
- We will primarily be based out of Shell. Shell is a rural town on the edge of the amazon. It also has an interesting history (http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_Mera?wasRedirected=true )
- We are VERY excited about this opportunity to put our professional skills to work, in a full time manner, in the mission field. We have been in dialoge with HCJB for a few years and are thrilled to have worked things out to take this opportunity now. So are the people on the ground, apparently.
- I will be back in Spanish lessons, via Skype, starting in about 2 weeks, to focus on medical Spanish. I really want to hit the ground running.
- Any questions???!
Let me know your thoughts! If you have any. You are more than welcome to call us nuts.
8 comments:
not nuts....blessed - with all these opportunities and time to pursue them! I am so jealous because we have been planning to do 'away' work as well, it's just that pesky school that's still in the way!
more details! where exactly will you live (hospital accom? home stay?) What sort of nutritional issues are you going to be dealing with? How is this set up different from the one in Costa Rica?
Sounds exciting! Keep us posted!
You ARE nuts! But a good nuts, not an "I'm gonna skydive without a parachute" nuts.
Hopefully you have some time to decompress a little between now and then!
Oh yeah, and we definitely need to have a blogger get-together or a girls' dinner out or something before you leave us again!
Great idea, but outta time :(
We're off to Montreal tomorrow, but we'll be back in late summer/early fall for a wedding!!
Drat, I should have said something earlier!
That's okay, I know you're super busy and stuff is hopping along at an amazing clip.
I wish you all the best as you plan and prepare, and we'll see you at the end of summer!
Besides, then you can meet Petunia!
how is home sweet home?
i checked out the history of shell and also the history of hcjb, that is an intense story and also an organization with strong ministries...wow. and you've been in contact with hcjb for a few years, so since you started dating/engaged then?? lol...not that it would surprise me :)
Yup! We went to MissionsFest in Winnipeg in 2007 as one of our first dates!
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