This post is for my beautiful wife Kelly. She noticed that I am not in a lot of the photos (because I'm taking them) so I compiled a few of myself just for her.
Kelly, I miss you and can't wait to see you! I am blessed by your love and patience and I think about you everyday!
All my love!
J
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Friday, February 20, 2009
We are all OK
Hey everyone! Just a note to tell you that we are all OK. There is news of a Tamil Tiger air strike near the airport but we are a good distance away from there. We are all up working on posters and teaching material for our health fair tomorrow. Keep us in your prayers and we will keep you updated.
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Colombo
Hello everyone! I just want to catch everyone up on our progress this far. We have been staying at Samudra Sri about 20 kilometers outside of Colombo at a leadership academy for girls. It is BEAUTIFUL here. We are righton the beach and have some of the best sunsets I have ever seen. We have completed our first week of clinical at several different hospitals including Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Pediatrics and a womens hopital. We are seeing patients in the NICU, PICU, Cardiac ICU, Burn unit, ortho clinic, out-patient clinic, and many more. It has been a great learning experience. The culture is very difrent from what we are used so everbody has lerned so much! The main religion here is Buddhist and it has been both interesting and challenging to incorporate Buddhist spiritual practices in to a plan of care.
The people here are warm and accepting. They ffer a smile and a way no matter where there are. They are accomidating and hard workers. We hae attended a small Christian church in Colombe that has an amzing minister and congregation.
Our days start at about 6:00 am and end around 3:30 pm for the most part. We travel everywhere we go in a minibus with A/C which is really nice.
The food here consists of chicken, fish, and lots of Chinese food. There are Pizza Huts, Dominos, and McDonalds too! The host missionaries are taking extremely good care of us and we are blessed to be a part of what they are doing here Sri Lanka.
I am going to attmep to post some slide shows for you all to enjoy. We think and pray for you all often andmiss you all vvery much. Conitue to pray for our safety and that we will truly make a difference while we are here.
Talk to you all soon.
Jeffery
The people here are warm and accepting. They ffer a smile and a way no matter where there are. They are accomidating and hard workers. We hae attended a small Christian church in Colombe that has an amzing minister and congregation.
Our days start at about 6:00 am and end around 3:30 pm for the most part. We travel everywhere we go in a minibus with A/C which is really nice.
The food here consists of chicken, fish, and lots of Chinese food. There are Pizza Huts, Dominos, and McDonalds too! The host missionaries are taking extremely good care of us and we are blessed to be a part of what they are doing here Sri Lanka.
I am going to attmep to post some slide shows for you all to enjoy. We think and pray for you all often andmiss you all vvery much. Conitue to pray for our safety and that we will truly make a difference while we are here.
Talk to you all soon.
Jeffery
Friday, February 6, 2009
We made it!
Here we go! We left Seattle at 7:30 pm on thursday night and arrived in San francisco at 10:00. We changed planes in san Francisco and headed out for Hong Kong. We arrived we in Hong Kong a couple hours early and wondered/rested whle waiting for a friend of a classmate who agreed to show us around. We purchased Tram tickets in the airport and rode the Tram to the city. We had a really nice tour and then ate an authentic Dim Sum lunch! Pretty chaotic! There were twelve of us sitting around a table with a huge lazy-susan in the middle. They brought out dish after dish, placed them on the lazy-susan, and the feast began! Yummie! After we gorged ourselves we reboarded the Tram and headed back to the airport. After two hours of waiting we left for Singapore. We arrived in Singapore, had a two hour layover, and left for Sri Lanka. At this point I wasn't sure if I was going to make it!
Well, we made it! After two days of flights and a huge layover in Hong Kong we arrived late last night. One of the missionaries Adam and his gang picked us up from the airport around 11:00 pm. We loaded all of our luggage into about four different vehicles and made it to the Goldi Sands hotel around midnight. Jeremiah and were given a room key and headed straight for the room! It's amazing what a shower can do for a person! I slept great and look forward to a free day today to rest and catch up on some much needed sleep. Jeremiah and I are going for a jog on the beach in a little while...Much love to you all!
Well, we made it! After two days of flights and a huge layover in Hong Kong we arrived late last night. One of the missionaries Adam and his gang picked us up from the airport around 11:00 pm. We loaded all of our luggage into about four different vehicles and made it to the Goldi Sands hotel around midnight. Jeremiah and were given a room key and headed straight for the room! It's amazing what a shower can do for a person! I slept great and look forward to a free day today to rest and catch up on some much needed sleep. Jeremiah and I are going for a jog on the beach in a little while...Much love to you all!
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Sri Lanka 2009
Well this is it...My first official post. I have included a picture map on my page so that you will have visual reference to where we are, and a clock so that you know what time it is as well.
I love you all very much! Be sure to check in for updates a couple of times a week. I will blog and post pictures/video as often as I can.
See you soon!
Jeffery
I love you all very much! Be sure to check in for updates a couple of times a week. I will blog and post pictures/video as often as I can.
See you soon!
Jeffery
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