Saturday, September 27, 2008

The Adventure begins...

Wow. Its saturday night and the packing has begun. I think i have enough meds to personally support a small medical clinic on my own and enough antibacterial hand wash to literally drown someone. The mosquito net and spray are set out and the scrubs, neatly folded.... the excitement is building and the nerves have yet to come. My flight leaves at noon on Monday, Sept. 29th. I will meet Emily Wilkens (a great girl who I first met while studying abroad in France while she was teaching in Prague. She will be spending six months at the Bere Adventist Hospital in Chad doing similar work to what i will be doing in Cameroon...) here in Denver and together we will voyage our way across the world. Denver. Washington DC. Rome. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. N'djamena, Chad. 36 hours later our trek ends and our adventure begins. I will part ways with Emily there and stay the night at the Catholic Mission. The following morning i will be met by a driver from the Koza Hospital who will take care of my papers and deal with getting me (hopefully safely :) across the border. Together Adama, the driver and I will travel six hours into Cameroon where the adventure truly begins.... Until then.....

Allison

6 comments:

Terra Schwartz said...

Hey there beautiful! The very beginning!!!! Yikes! Oh how those feelings are so similar... it is great to get out. Let me know when you finally get there.

Miss you!

julie said...

Allison - I am so very eager to hear how you are. Wow...what an adventure! We love you!

Nanna and Grandpa said...

Allsion, We think of you every day,and remembering our India "adventure", we pray that you are safe, and healthy, and having the adventure of your life!
We love you lots,
Nanna and Pappa

Gray said...

Al you know this but I deeply miss you and love you... be safe as I worry about you every day. I am severely jealous and I wish you nothing but wonderful experiences and Joyous days. With all the love in the world (enough to reach all the way over there)
Grayboy

KARI!!!! said...

Allison!! I finally figured out how to get on here. Read all of your posts and I am the most jealous person in the whole world right now!! I'd give anything to be working and running right next to you and seeing all of these incredible things! I can't wait to hear more! Check your email, I wrote you... I miss you more than you know friend!! Love you miss you bye!

Kari

Nanna and Grandpa said...

Allison,
We love reading your blogs! You are a gifted writer!! We are so very proud of you, and the work you are doing. I'm glad you are having fun times, too.
We wish you a very blessed Christmas, and can't wait to see you!
Love, Nanna and Grandpa