Ready for Departure – Mission 2023: Post Pandemic

As we finalize our packing, review our checklists, sit on that suitcase to get it closed....our team is in the final stretches of readying themselves for departure, and are extremely excited. Tomorrow will be a day of emotion...for those who are reuniting once again to carry out our mission and for those who will be joining us for the first time. Some may be experiencing some anxieties or trepidation, uncertainty of what to expect, but mostly excitement at being able to see our wonderful friends and colleagues in Kenya. Some will be able fulfill some life long career and life goals, to provide some measure of help and hope to those who do not have the ability to obtain the necessary care that they need. The first few days or our journey will be long full days of travel... think plains, trains, and automobiles...well maybe not trains but you get the idea. We depart at 1835 hours April 27, 2023...at least that's what my ticket says, from Toronto to Nairobi. Some of our team will have a longer day as they travel from their homes across the country. We have some members scattered around southern Ontario and a western contingent coming from Alberta. I will…

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2023 Mission

The final countdown is on for our 2023 Mission. Merely 3 more sleeps until we depart. Are we excited??? Heck yes!! Some trepidation? Probably. After 3 years of not being able to provide care to the people of the Vihiga District what is in store for us remains a mystery. I anticipate that our clinic numbers will be over 1000, but we will have to wait and see. As we travel to our location the first few blogs will be an introduction to our 2023 team. We have 12 nurses participating this year, all very experienced, willing and excited.

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