My name is Dawn Jackson, and I am excited to be volunteering for Interplast on a surgical voluntter trip to Loja, Ecuador, where we will perform free reconstructive plastic surgery for poor children. With the trip to Loja, Ecuador only days away, team members from around the globe are busy preparing for the upcoming weeks. Many of us are leaving children, spouses, jobs and other responsibilities at home to spend two weeks trying to make a difference doing something we believe in. Being that this is my third trip with Interplast, images begin forming in my head about the children and the families we will meet. I envision clinic day full of parents desperately seeking help for their children from us who are complete strangers.
I know that although we will help many there will also be those that we have to turn away because of underlying health problems or other reasons. Because of this and other heartbreaking moments, I know I have to muster up much strength before the trip. But I also know that in just a few days I will see the warmth in the childrens' and parents' eyes as our team arrives to help change their lives. A simple smile is all that is needed to know we have made a difference, to know that the trip has been worthwhile. But I am also a true believer that with every trip the volunteers' lives are changed just as much as the patients.
Have been a huge advocate for this movie and evynrthieg it stood for since I first saw it at our local drive-in theatre. I was apx 12 yrs old. Also still crazy crushing on Tom Laugh in nearly 40 yrs later..:-) . Would care to know more about your fanily's views on how best to help better this planet of ours. Therevarevso many organizations, don't know which ones are creditable or not. Very interested in helping the poverty stricken and women and children in Africa, helping to educate the women on preserving their health, and helping with the sick who get no help, (especially the women with HIV, or wherever the need is greatest there. Thpyght you might know a good place for this one humble Hoosier to start. I will most likely never be in a position to ever actually make it there to help in person, which is a life long dream, but there has to be something I can do. Even if it's just making one day, in one life a little brighter. Need a reputable place to begin. Also want, want, want a soundtrack to Billy Jack, and a hat (someday maybe $600.00 is a bit rich for my income) will settle for the soundtrack. I apologize for all the to, my android tablet is crap, and I was on a roll, and am not willing to go back and correct. Thanks for your time, and someone please give that still oh-so-sexy Tom a kiss for me please. (Another life long dream:-)) Apologies to the Mrs., I can't help it. Sincerely,DeeAnna SheetsCurrent score: 0 (Please enable JavaScript to vote.)a0a0(vote for this entry)
Posted by: Daylin | January 29, 2013 at 03:26 PM