International Rotation/Medical Missions Trip

Here's the scoop (also on our wedding website): We have officially been accepted to go with INMED (Institute for International Medicine) to go to Soddo Christian Hospital next July! We will arrive on 7/1/10 and leave on 7/31/10. We'll both we participating in medical education at the hospital with Ethiopian students and doctors-- this is part of my 4th year clinical medicine curriculum and an additional learning experience for Maggie in nursing practicum and public health. We will learn more in the days to come about more specifics, but we will also be blogging about our experiences!

For those of you curious, I will be academically attached to Dr. Ruth Droppers (http://www.soddo.org/ruthdroppers.asp), a Netherlands-trained internist who has some additional training in geriatrics but usually serves as a general practitioner in both inpatient and outpatient settings. I will be working direct supervision of her and the other physicians there (American, British, and Ethiopian.) My expected clinical responsibilities will be 45% inpatient hospital care, 45% outpatient visits, and 10% operating room. Portions of the inpatient time will most likely involve being on the obstetrical ward. There will be call responsibilities, as well as an online course in international medicine to complete before I start the rotation and several presentations on various medical topics to the house staff while there.

We would really appreciate your prayers for us for the wedding & marriage, but please keep following up to pray for our service in Ethiopia! We are very excited about this opportunity to learn and prepare for a lifetime providing medical care in underserved areas. We are also looking forward to being mentored by strong leaders in the faith from many different national backgrounds who have been serving in cross-cultural medical ministry for a long time. As part of our wedding registry, we are also raising funds for this trip, and you can contribute in three different ways:


1. Go to http://inmed.us/donate/student_scholarships.asp and make an online designation (tax-deductible.) You can also go to this website to print out a downloadable form to make a donation by check.

2. Talk to Matthew or Maggie to get a mailable form to designate your gift so that it can be tax-deductible.

3. Send a check directly to us at 1819 Presstman Street, Baltimore, MD 21217 and just write "missions trip" in the memo line so we'll know.


Thanks so much and God bless! Feel free to contact us if you have any questions.