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A Letter and Pictures from the Bangaluru 2012 trip

 

Lena, Lyn, Linda and Lori

Sent January 4th 2012

Greetings from Bangaluru,

God has blessed our efforts in Bangalore, India. The trip and our interaction with nursing faculty has exceeded our expectations. The Bangalore Baptist Hospital is a beautiful example of reaching out to people in need. On New Year’s day we attended worship in the hospital chapel. The mission of the hospital is “To provide quality wholistic care to all people and train others to do the same, sharing the love of Jesus Christ, drawing people to in and growing together into a mature community.” The chaplain shared that to achieve the mission every single patient hears about the love of Jesus Christ. We have been told that even though the patients could receive free care from a government hospital they choose to come here in part due to the kindness shown them by hospital employees.

A Sari Store in Bangaluru

Working with the Principal, or Dean, of the Rebekah Ann Naylor School of nursing we planned a workshop to meet learning needs. It has been a period of change at the school and the timing was right for this workshop. One change is that it has been less than a month since the school added computers and internet access for the students. Another significant development is that a baccalaureate degree in nursing has recently been approved and the first class is progressing through the program. These changes have altered the teaching expectations of faculty and created an ideal time for our workshop.

Workshop for Nurse Faculty

Today is the third day of our faculty development workshop at the Rebekah Ann Naylor School of Nursing and the faculty have been attentive and interested with many questions each day. They have been active in discussion and group activity. The first day of the workshop the faculty were asked to choose a topic that would be relevant to their teaching. The faculty will develop a brief presentation incorporating information from the workshop. It has been gratifying to see the efforts they are putting forth; this morning our team member / librarian Michele Malloy arrived early and a few of our Indian colleagues requested assistance with their online searches. We are looking forward to seeing how they apply what we have taught.

 

Lyn logging in donated books and journals

 

We have been blessed by our work here. Our colleagues have greeted us with grace and kindness. We have been impressed by their professionalism. As in all cooperative efforts we have learned and grown and we have gained knowledge that will help us be better teachers.

Lena and Lori

We have identified areas for future workshops and potential research topics. We hope that this is the first endeavor in an ongoing relationship between Baylor University Louise Herrington School of Nursing and The Rebekah Ann Naylor School of Nursing.

Michelle, Linda, Lyn and Lena in nursing school practice lab

 

The Rebekah Ann Naylor Faculty

Preparation for Ethiopia and Sierre Leone

December 3, 2009
December 3, 2009

This is a photo from our last team meeting. We are currently meeting every other week so that we can pray together, work on the details of the trip and grow together as a team. All on the team have a have a a team member prayer partner so we can learn how to support and personally lift each other in relevant prayer. Each student is presenting a topic to the team on a health problem common to the countries where we will work. We are becoming more knowlegeable on diagnosing and treating many interesting things. There is much work to be done and it is a busy time of finals at the semesters end. I am pleased at the dedication of the team.
   It is a wonderful team and I am blessed to be a part of it.

In His Name,

Lori

James 2:17 In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.

Ethiopia 2009

 

A beautiful Ethiopian tukul

Striking young woman waiting to be seen in the clinic.

The Nutrition Center

Hello from Ethiopia 5 March 2009

I hope you guys are doing well. So far the trip has been great. The weather is hot and dry during the day but gets cool at night. The place we are staying has a new cook and great food so we are all well nourished and get to eat as a group with our missionary hosts. The coffee (Buna) is hot, strong and wonderful.

The wildlife noises are amazing and we get too see all sorts of amazing birds. Colubus monkeys are common and on our walk in the morning to the dining hall we pass by a tree with 5 or 6 baboons. The baboons sometimes throw leaves and sticks.

The clinic is busy Continue reading

FNP Africa Capstone Trip Letter

  

The Africa Capstone in March of 2009 is an annual trip for the Family Nurse Practitioner Students who will graduate in May. The students will travel to areas of great poverty to help the outreach of resident missionaries. We will not only provide hands on health care but we will work to provide education to improve health for the long run after the team has returned to the United States. This year the team will work in rural Ethiopia and Malawi. The need for this kind of trip is so great and every contribution is appreciated. Each of the students must raise the cost of their travel, food, lodging, visas and a share of the team expenses such as malaria tests, medicines and first aid supplies.  Your gift not only helps the most needy of God’s children but it also provides important experience in the mission field for future short and long term missionaries. We have an ongoing fund to help make this trip more affordable for students who will have to pay their own way to work in the mission field.  

All contributions are tax deductible. Checks can be written to Baylor University and with ‘FNP mission’ on the memo line. These can be mailed to the Louise Herrington School of Nursing, Attention Lori Spies, 3700 Worth Street, Dallas, Texas, 75246.  

We also now have a way to receive on-line gifts. This is a secure site and of course it is still tax deductible. To make a donation go to this web site  https://www.baylor.edu/give/index.php?id=49837&a=2&c=850    Click on “Missionary Family Nurse Practitioner Program”. I hope you will pass this along to friends and family. Thank you for helping us to show God’s love to those in need around the globe.  

In Christ,Lori A. Spies