About 6 months ago I heard that the church was looking for volunteers aboard a US Navy hospital ship in the South China Sea. Specifically they wanted a licensed environmental health scientist so I eagerly signed up.
Because I couldn't get the whole summer off from work I chose to go on just one leg of the trip--embark in Singapore, travel down the Indonesian Archipelago then north to a remote group of islands near Papua New Guinea, and finally south to Darwin, Australia and then home.
I will be working with a team looking at the water supplies in villages and testing drinking water, we will also teach people about basic sanitation, vector control and food safety.
After six months of anticipation I am just about ready to go.
Hope you enjoy the blog!
Friday, June 18, 2010
I think I have had almost every vaccination that the health department gives out. I am now practically invincible, I could swim in poop and come out with no deadly diseases.
Um, that's kinda gross, please don't swim in poop. I thought you were supposed to be teaching people about sanitation.
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ReplyDeleteWhat is that some kind of Lord of the Rings term?
ReplyDeleteMegan, I am so excited to follow you on this trip. I will live vicariously thru you. So live it up and write in detail.
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