The time is 22:49 on the evening of Tuesaday, June 26th, 2012. Tomorrow I head out for Mexico. We will meet at the Nashville airport at roughly 04:30 in the morning, and hopefully be in the air by 06:15. We will stop in Dallas, TX to switch flights and also to pick up another member of our crew, and then we are off to Mexico City. From Mexico City, we are taking a bus to Puebla, and thence to Juxtlahuaca (hoosh-tla-wakah) Oaxaca (Wa-Ha-Ca). Interesting how close these pronunciations are to Cherokee language. This is a good introduction for me into this life-style: traveling with medical personnel on trips to regions that do not get much, if any, medical attention. When I was last in Mexico, Reynosa, I saw so much need there. I traveled to Cambodia and that is when the lightbulb went off inside of me. Well, the lightbulb has led me here. Thank God for divine appointments, eh? All I have to do is show up.
I have to admit that I am more than a little nervous. I am given much responsibility, and I hope that I can live up to all of this faith that Mick seems to have in me. Shari, one of the RN's, and I are in charge of the team's health. Angie, another RN, and I are in charge of the pharmaceuticals. I know there are not many options as far as medical staff on this trip, so I know that I am the logical option. I am involved in everything medical. Exciting, but I am would be lying if I said that I am not nervous.
Here is a map of where we are going http://www.mexico-cities.info/Juxtlahuaca,Oaxaca. I am told it is the 'Land of the Cloud People' and I assume it is because they live in such high elevation. Juxtlahuaca, Oaxaca, Mexico.
Peace
