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!

Thursday, July 1, 2010

For someone who prides herself on being a minimalist traveler, I am ashamed to admit that my suitcase was 3 pounds over weight. Luckily I packed two 3 lb bags of dum-dums for the little Indonesian children. One of the security guards was delighted to accept one of them. It was either give him that or my 3 lb bag of female toiletries. Poor children.
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  1. mikeJuly 2, 2010 at 12:40 AM

    Poor children.....lucky security guard!!!!!!

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  2. MargJuly 5, 2010 at 1:13 PM

    Megan called us on the phone on July 5th at about 1:00 P.M. She has not been able to establish a working internet connection. She is now on the ship enroute to Jakata. She may not be able to add to this blog for a week or so. As soon as she calls and gives us an update, we will add another comment. Megan's Dad

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