Sunday, February 22, 2009





The Hospital in Butare. Great bunch of people very good anesthesia personal. A real pleasure to have met them all.



WOW the gorill's were amazing! The scenery, the people, the animals everything absolutly fantastic. Here are a couple of friends of ours.

Thursday, February 19, 2009

Patty and Gen who got the privilege to sit in the DEATH SEAT next to Terry??? WE take turns depending on how brave we are feeling.
This is the Big Brother House. Great bunch of people having a terrible time as you can see. Meeting people from around the world.

Monday, February 16, 2009


Our faithful and helpful guide. No we didn't get lost
Fantastic trip to the Park in South West Rwanda. Spent most of the day climbin through the bush that waqs being cleared by a tracker with a machete. Remind you of anyone you know???
These lovely people are the anesthesia assistants at the CHUK hospital. They are still smiling even after a lecture by us!

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

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The mosquito's don't stand a chance

Where we live.







This is where we live. Very nice place but a BAAAAD neighborhood!!! We come home to Anthony everynight. Always the highlight of the day!!

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Went to the Genoside Memorial. Very Very moving. Cannot put it into words! As you can see from the photos We really don't know where we are going but some serious teaching once we get there. Yes still water problems!

Friday, February 6, 2009


Our Friends at the house.

2 girls from Belgium and 2 others from Kenya. Great people.


Teaching with the residents Dr. Alfred,Dr. Theo and an Anesthesia Assistant. Talking about volume and pressure ventilation on the Glostavent.

Water can be an issue at times in Rwanda, Ask patty and Gen about the exhilerating showers!!

Hello everyone . We are suppose to eat with our hands. Food was excellent I think it was goat, potatoes, and corn. Tom and I were having a great laugh. We are walking around with $170,000 don't know our phone number, don't know our address or where exactly we live!! Teaching is good, everyone very friendly, The nurses are tring to teach me some other language. Between Tom and I we are bilingual. We seem to be able to finish each others sentences when the other person have a mental lapse. Great experience.

Wednesday, February 4, 2009


We are here. Spent our first day in CHUK hospital. The staff are great, the hospital is under repair everywhere. Very different circumstances here. We cooked our first meal. It was fantastic but remember Tom and I are cooking. Our first teaching session went well. Quite a language barrier however, On travail plus far. Keep in touch via e-mail. Fantastic experience.

Thursday, January 29, 2009

This is our good friend Beata. She has given us very valuable information regarding Rwanda. For example how to exchange money, you will lose weight, food is different, what to drink, what to eat, and even relative connections to go and visit. She also stated that I probably will not be a very good cook! Thanks for all your advice Beata.
It is the day before we leave. All is packed and ready to start our adventure. Thanks to all who made this possible and for those who donated to buy pulse oximeters for the residents.