I’m trying to collect and summarize my thoughts while they are still fresh in my mind. Speaking for myself, Papua New Guinea would be a (impossibly) hard place to live, given my life to this point. That fact commands an awesome respect toward Fred Hargesheimer for his vision, efforts, money, and especially the years he [...]
In case you’re wondering, I tossed and turned for a couple of hours due to excitement for the trip home. We had our alarms set for 2:30 am and our 5 jeep caravan left the guesthouse at 3:30 am. One has to be here to really appreciate the roads here. Pavement gives way to gravel, [...]
I had the best nights’ sleep ever last night, as I was so exhausted I don’t even remember my head hitting the pillow.
We are not doing patient care today as our schedule is filled with tearing down our clinic, packing for our early departure (we leave the guesthouse about 3:30 am), learning about Hargy [...]
No earthquakes, no power outage, no rain, and no new bug bites — this day is getting off to a good start. We all shared Ann’s PNG honey on our toast this morning since she learned that honey can’t pass through Australian customs.
We’ve nearly finished treating all of the schoolchildren in the three target [...]
Karen and I were just stirring this morning about 6:00 am and were greeting by an earthquake (5.7 magnitude) that gently but solidly shook our guesthouse on poles. We felt a smaller one an hour later. Others reported feeling half a dozen smaller tremors throughout the night. A 6.2 quake struck at 3:00 pm this [...]
