Los Flemings

 Ever since she started nursing school, Mame has daydreamed of traveling abroad as part of a medical team to provide free care to the needy. The opportunity presented itself last month. A trauma surgeon here in Asheville (Dr. Arrillaga - to the right in the photo below) was planning to go to Guatemala but the original anesthesia team backed out. He put out a call to the CRNAs in Asheville and in less than a month Mame had a ticket to fly.





She departed last Saturday at the crack of dawn and caught up with the team in Guatemala City. By Sunday she was in Patzun for pre-op interviews (photo above). A day to day narrative and more photos are available at the trip blog at Faith in Practice.

Of the future.

Woke up to a dusting this morning.

Sam just missed the cut to represent Evergreen in the 3rd-5th grade charter school spelling bee on February 22. He will be preparing along with his class's representatives to serve as an alternate.