Ann's-Mercy-Africa-Service-Trip

I stepped off the plane after an 11 hour flight from Paris to Antananavario, Madagascar. I immediately felt the much warmer temperature. I met up with the Mercy Ship representative and 6 other people arriving on the same plane to work on Mercy Ships . There was Jodi, a PT and hand therapist from Indiana, Verghese an anesthesiologist and Medical school professor from Pennsylvania, Jenn a 4th year anesthesiology resident from the same hospital, Linda a 4th year surgical resident from Kenya, Elana an infection control nurse from South Africa, Diann an OR logistics nurse, and me. Each was here to serve for a different time period: Verghese, Jenn, Diann and Linda for 2 weeks; Jodi for a month; Me for 3 months, and Elana for a year.