Okay, so here's the latest news. Organization within our group has been running incredibly smooth and the Father and Evan and our new "Executive Committee" have all combined to make sure things get rolling. I am part of an Advanced Medical team consisting of our ER doctor and 4 nurses who are heading to Hikkaduwa on Thurs. to stay for about a ( Read more... )

Just when I think that we are getting organized and ready to really work, we end up back at the beginning again. Father Tissa Balisuriya arrived today. He is the head of the CSR and has dedicated his life to serving the poor. His style of leadership is a breath of fresh air and the first thing that he did was rearrange our seating from classroom ( Read more... )

I'm a little confused about whether or not my last entry actually made it online, but since it's Sunday and I have lots of free time and we now have high speed internet, I'll do another one. We had the option of going to Kandy, which is reportedly one of the most beautiful cities in the world, however, it happens to be about 3.5 hours away from ( Read more... )

Things have settled down here at the Farm....the group dynamics have been ironed out and the group is better bonded as a result. We've also smoothed out our set up and take down aspect at the camps. The medical teams had a fantastic discussion/meeting with the local hospital two days ago and learned some really valuable stuff about how the Sri ( Read more... )

Today has been quite and intense experience. We visited two refugee camps so far--one yesterday and one today. Yesterday I felt incredibly useless as all we did was drive for massive amounts of hours in a small bus that actually had seats that folded down in the aisle to accomodate everybody, and then once we got there we handed out toys and ( Read more... )

Here's the setting: It's absolutely pouring out right now, but it's so warm I could go swimming in it. The weather has been amazing and I can't even imagine the cold and snow and ice that I left. I've pushed it out of my head for right now. The trip was long and exhausting, but relatively smooth and I'm glad that it's over. Our accomodations ( Read more... )

I'm here..I'm alive..more later..having a good time!

I just discovered that I have an amazing opportunity in front of me. There's a private group of doctors and nurses who are going over to Sri Lanka for a month to work in clinics, hospitals, refugee camps etc and I can go if I can scrounge up enough money for the airfare. They pay the rest. It's not through anything in particular--not sponsored ( Read more... )

"If Buffalo be the food of love, play on." ---Joe Ribar. So I and two friends are hosting this "buffalo night" where each guest is supposed to bring a poem or excerpt or song to offer up to the interest of the group and I'm a bit nervous how it is going to turn out. We've invited a rather eccentric group of people, not people with whom we usually ( Read more... )

I keep telling myself that keeping a daily journal would be good self discipline, but I never quite do it. Because I'm currently at a quasi fulfilling job, I need another outlet in which to feel satisfied and writing in general has become It. I think though, at this point in my writing career--after having attended college and not majored in ( Read more... )