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
Hong Kong
The Golden Bull!
Nursing in Seattle
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Hi Sweetie,
Good to hear from you and see the slide show presentation. It looks like an interesting place and we're sure offers much as a learning experience. Keep up the good work...we're praying for all of you and the work you are doing there.
Love you, Mom & Dad
Fabulous photos and good to hear you all made it there safely. You are in our thoughts and prayers. Thank you for creating the blog and including us in your journey. ~Jen Towner
Love the photos!!! Really great to see the range of them all... really interesting. So is that public health care then? Take care!
We are actually working in Maternal/Child and Pediatrics settings at three different hospitals as well as a lot of cultural/community types of environments. I am learning so much!
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