Hello to family, coworkers and friends here in the States and abroad! Thank you so much for taking the time to read this blog on my brief but poignant experience as an interpreter with the El Salvador Health Mission in February of 2012.
As I feel a bit of a loss on how to answer the quick questions you ask me (How was it? Did you have fun?), I have attempted to put down those ten days in words. All of these entries were written after returning, due to how busy we were (I also forgot paper to journal but you don’t need to know that). Maybe after reading this blog you will understand why I struggle with answering those “quick” questions. More importantly, I hope you can take something away from reading this, whether it be a more informed mind on women’s health, Salvadorian Spanish, or just a greater respect for those who live in El Salvador.
This medical mission is run by Kathy Garcia of Peacehealth and Sister Susan of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace. Please see the mission’s website for more general information:
They are in their eleventh year of leading trips down to El Salvador. This particular trip was a general medicine clinic with eye care for the town of San Jose de Villanueva. The volunteers from this trip are from all over the Pacific Northwest and most are Peacehealth employees.
To finish this introductory post, I want to give a shout out to my family, coworkers, and the lovely ladies with PEO who donated vitamins! You have no idea how excited EACH patient was to get their vitamins. Their faces would light up when the docs said “And we are going to give you some vitamins....” (more stories to come about patients getting their vitamins)
Que Dios les bendiga y nos vemos pronto!
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