Today was our last day on safari. If the weather is good tomorrow morning, we may go out one more time for an early morning one. We'll have breakfast and then head to the airport in Nairobi. It's a six hour drive from here. I'll post some pictures of our safari today and then a few more of our team tomorrow. This has been an opportunity of a life time and I mean that. In so many different ways. God opened so many doors and placed so many people in my life to create an incredible journey. I miss the OR...but not in America. This OR nursing opportunity was the purest form of operating room nursing. Calling a 'time out' before surgery to check that we're doing the right surgery on the right patient is the norm. Then praying over our patient? Let me rephrase that. The surgeon taking the lead and praying over our patient? This brought me to my knees. Brought me to tears and changed my standard of care as a nurse.
The children. Their smiles and their eyes and their laughter. Their stories. Above all...their stories. Swinimer washing the OR laundry by hand. The Kenyan people. Kenyan food....and the landscape.
The safari. I have no words right now for this. Except that I am changed. Forever changed. So very thankful that I am changed. I hope I touched the hearts and lives of the people I have come to know.
Many thanks to all of you who prayed for and financially supported this journey. More on that in a later post. For now, here's today's safari...❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
The picture of the stone is the border marker between Kenya and Tanzania. The first pictures are of a lioness and her four Cubs. It was a magical day...❤️❤️❤️
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