Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Ecuador

As many of you know I am going to Ecuador this summer on a medical style mission trip. It won't be as rural as my trips to Honduras, but will still be good to work in under served communities. It will also be great because half of the days we spend there will be in Spanish classes. Hopefully my Spanish will get even better to the point where I will be able to use it more proficiently in the hospital setting.

The trip should be great and being that I will be there for an entire month, I'm sure I will learn a lot that I can take with me in my future medical career.

One part of our job as the students going down is fundraising. The hospital that we will be working at does not have an EKG monitor. It is a standard item found in virtually any hospital in the US and is used to measure the activity of the heart. You all have seen them in use (they are the sticky patch things that they put on people's chest and then the machine shows their heart beat on the monitor). They're virtually crucial for the medical field and it's amazing to think that these people were able to go on without one. They cost about $5,000 and it is our job as the students to raise the money. Now, I absolutely hate asking for money from people because generally I don't like to give money to something that I cannot see implemented. I don't like just throwing money at a cause if I don't know if it is actually doing any good. I also hate asking for money when it is going towards something that I want to do or a trip I want to go on. However, in this case it is going directly to something tangible that these people need and that I will physically be able to show you we used. I am starting the funds "pot", I guess you could call it, with a $100 donation. I would like to, through various means including things we are doing here at school, like to raise about $350. Please please please do not feel obligated to donate any money. I am simply putting it out there that I would take donations if you would like to. I, in no way, will be mad at you for not donating or have any sort of ill will against you, don't worry. I'm just making you aware. If you do decide to donate some money (does not have to be a large amount at all) I will be in your debt. In fact, I would do whatever you wanted if you decide to donate: clean your gutters, mow your lawn, dig up some plants or do some other sort of yard work, test watch a new TV you just bought, paint some stuff you need painted, you get the jist. Anything. Just let me know if you want to donate. You can comment on here or email me at slotz2550@gmail.com if you would like to. Then next time I see you I can get the money or you can just send it to me. Anything works. That's all for now. Sorry its such a needy post

Scott

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