Dear friends,
It is with a mixture of excitement and anticipation (mixed with a portion of fear and unknown) that I welcome you to this blog and our journey to Haiti. I am a faculty member from the School of Nursing at Notre Dame of Maryland University (NDMU), and I am thrilled to co-lead an upcoming trip to Jacmel, Haiti with my dear friend and colleague, Dr. Mary Packard. Along with 10 nursing students, we will be joining with the Community Coalition for Haiti (CCH) to offer live-giving medical care to persons living in the southern region of the country. We look forward to working with Dr. Wayne Reichman (Medical Director, CCH) and other medical professionals at the Jim Wilmot Surgical Center, Pazapa Center for Children with Special Needs, Angel Wings Orphanage, and the L'Universite Notre Dame d'Haiti nursing school.
We have been preparing for this trip for many months. In upcoming posts, the students with unfold their unique journeys leading them to go to Haiti, share experiences, interactions, and photos while we are in Jacmel, and offer continued reflections after our return . We welcome your thoughts and prayers as we begin our travels this Friday, October 24th and plan to return on Saturday, November 1st.
If you would like to join us, we welcome you to join us for a brief Commissioning Ceremony with the School Sisters of Notre Dame in the Marikle Chapel at NDMU this Friday at 1:30pm before we leave for the airport.
Thank you for your prayers and support,
Bethany Correlli
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