MMI who?

So, hopefully after reading Kaitlyn's post you have a little bit better of an idea of WHERE we're headed, but I thought I might let you in on WHO we're headed there with. 

As I mentioned before, Dr. Imperial connected me with the Quartermonts last Thanksgiving. It has been such a pleasure getting to know them. Dr. Quartemont is a family practice physician in College Station who received extensive surgical training while in residency. He and his wife Velvet felt called to ministry from the start and actually lived in Nigeria for a few years after Dr. Quartermont finished residency. They returned home and founded medical missions international in 1991 and have been traveling to Nigeria for over 20 years. Last year they were able to perform over 150 surgeries and see over 900 patients. Kaitlyn and I are SO excited to be apart of it this year. We're going to have a team of 10-15 people this summer. Here are a few pictures from Medical Missions International's facebook, which you can visit here: https://www.facebook.com/MedicalMissionsInternational?fref=ts

Typical OR in Nigeria

This is one of the best stories I heard when I first met the Quartemonts last November. This baby was resuscitated for over 15 minutes by their son and survived. Seriously, miracle child!

And of course, we're really looking forward to playing football with the locals, who will undoubtedly school both of us.

It's been a great week at the HSC for us. Last night Dr. Clark was kind enough to come in and show a few of us how to perform some surgical ties and sutures. Here is a pic of some of our classmates attempting to suture chickens. 

To top it all off, I am SO happy to announce that TAMHSC awarded me a partial International Education Scholarship that will help fund the trip! I'm still not fully funded yet, but that is going to help in a huge way. Thank you guys so, so much for praying for that for me- and for your continued prayers! I know I couldn't have gotten it without you.

Stay tuned for more information on future fundraising events...a garage sale, profit share, and pancake dinner are in the works! 

Love you all!

Katie

"This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins." 1 John 4:10