A note from Thayer
Dear Friends and Family,
After a successful journey last December and
January to Cambodia, I am extremely excited to embark on another medical relief
trip to Indonesia in November of this year. I’ve always felt this specific pull
toward understanding the human condition and desire to help people get better.
The sense gratitude and overwhelming ability to change lives in under
privileged countries, where our teams sometimes see over 500, (yes, 500!)
patients a day, is sempiternal.
The organization I am honored to travel safely
with is International Medical Relief. The Colorado based organization provides
medical, dental, and surgical care to under-served and vulnerable people around
the world through medical mission trips.
We are fortunate medical care options are
available in the US, and my appreciation for what is at our finger tips in has
grown immensely. Though we do not have the ability to treat diseases such as
cancer or HIV during our trip, I have learned despite all of our differences
from third world countries, our need to be loved, accepted, acknowledged,
validated and given kindness remains the same everywhere.
We will see diseases such as malaria, intestinal
parasites, cholera, diarrheal diseases, and tuberculosis. Many
vaccine-preventable diseases such as measles remain endemic and claim lives in
Indonesia everyday. Sometimes we do not have the resources to provide the
care they need, yet donating time, efforts, and energy toward a cause that is
greater than yourself- brings smiles, laughs, and encouragement, and it's
enough for them to keep going and have hope.
The trip and all supplies are funded entirely by
those personally going on the mission trip, and everything used is personally
taken with us in our checked luggage. This includes all medical supplies,
medicines, syringes, bandages, etc. On my last trip, our team quickly ran out
of simple supplies such as ibuprofen, pedi lite, antibiotics, and reading
glasses; items we run to the grocery store to purchase, but cost an entire
months pay in other countries. My hope this time is to raise enough funds to
pay for travel and avoid any shortages to the patients we see in
Indonesia.
It takes a collaborative effort to make this
happen. If after thoughtful consideration, you want to support this medical
relief trip to Indonesia, please take a moment to contribute a donation (which
can be anonymous if you wish). And if you are not able to donate monetary
funds, no worries- please send your thoughts, prayers, and love on my journey;
and to individuals and families in Indonesia who are experiencing
tribulation.
Thayer
http://www.gofundme.com/ah89kc
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If you are a reader of my blog, please consider donating to Thayer's International Medical Relief trip. We are so blessed here to receive proper medicine and care.
If you are in the Denver area, Thayer is offering photography services with donations towards her IMG trip.
I once went on a mission trip to Mexico, it completely changed how I view the world and how fortunate we all are.
Thayer did not request that I blog about her trip, however I felt compelled to share her experience.
xoxo
Molly
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