“Home again, Home again,.. jiggety jig…..” I’m dating myself, I know, but for those who
may not know the reference,… its from an old Mother Goose tale,… again, dating
myself. U.S.A we’re headed your way. But anyway, we’ve crammed a lot into 3
weeks. Hitting the ground and immediately visiting a major organization in the medication
supply chain, through talks at Gatando Girls School, at Huruma Orphanage (along
with a medical camp at the orphanage) and the Hospital Pharmacist Association
of Kenya, making rounds at St. Mary’s Missions Hospital, to meeting with the
Pharmacy and Poisons Board and establishing potentially enduring relationships
with two pharmacy schools at major Kenyan Universities. An
impact has been made. The team’s parents relatives and friends should be proud….
We all should be proud.
These guys do not know fear. They know being careful and being
thoughtful. But they do not know fear, and that’s good because fear prevents you
from reaching the world. And their minds are set on doing good, and doing it on
a broad scale. And isn’t that what we want? Don’t we want to ensure leadership
in healthcare, justice in healthcare and teamwork for it all to get done? On
our shores, definitely, but also globally. Being afraid prevents that. Having
fear prevents connection. And when that happens, hope dies. Idealism, which
these guys have enough of to sell, dies. And we’re supposed to help them hold
onto their idealism, lest the future would look bleak, indeed. So let’s not
teach or encourage fear even when it means searching for purpose in places like
Nairobi, Kenya.
So we've had a grand time, ...a memorable time,... a meaningful time. Perhaps most importantly though, an impact has been made on us. We wish this team well. They can now, with great truth, testify that they've been Proven Everywhere. See you soon.
