with just about one month's notice, she received her assignment that she would be sent to rural India for a year...lynn has traveled the globe sharing her medical expertice in haiti, australia, africa, and along the arizona/mexican border. and now she's packed up her life and just arrived to start saving lives in india...
we took the family for a great going-away gathering at her mom's house in mid-february...
here she is with her dog that will be cared for by her mother for the year she is gone...
through the beauty of the internet, it looks like we'll be able to communicate while she's gone...which is great, to say the least!
she has been updating her friends and family on her adventures via her facebook page, and after reading today, i thought i'd share a bit of her story - as it is so easy to forget what life is like in other parts of the world. and while our economy is struggling, which is no small matter, it is not what other countries and the citizens have to face.
we live in a world with clean water. grocery stores. health care.
and so throughout this year, as some of her stories strike me, i will include them here. i hope you enjoy...
Woah! Delhi is nuts. Don't get me wrong; I like it, but it's busy, crowded, dusty, and full of honking horns. People here have been fantastic. No sigh-seeing yet, maybe tomorrow. More briefings - and in a nutshell, my job is to help start an MSF hospital, including outpatient and inpatient pediatrics, and inpatient maternal health. No hospital building yet, but lots of plans. I'll keep you posted! We also do 5 mobile clinics a week, walking about 40km a week total, carrying 10kg of stuff (mmm..Plumpy Nut pre-fab kid food) and hacking through a jungle. Can't wait! :)
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