Author: Michelle Boucher

Our day started at 8:00 am in Antigua with breakfast and a quick trip to Casa de Fe for our morning devotional and orientation. Sister Colleen reminded us how important it is to “unplug” while we are here and to take in the experience while we are on this Mission. While I do see the irony of blogging about this message, we all did take to heart the reminder to live the experience and to enjoy each other’s company.
At the orientation we learned that Casa de Fe not only houses the offices for Faith in Practice but also serves as a recovery center for patients from the hospital in Antigua. It is here we met up with the last two members of our team, Mark Koenig and Aimee Khuu from the Providence System Offices in Seattle. They were fresh off another volunteer Mission where members of Providence Health and Services from Washington and Oregon just finished a trip where they put in stoves for needy villagers. We were able to meet some of the Mission members and they expressed their joy at being able to participate in such an endeavor and encouraged us as we embarked on our own Mission.
After orientation, we embarked on the 4 hour bus trip to Reu, where we learned our driver Patty is a physician who heads the Woman’s Cervical Cancer Screening Center for Faith and Practice as well as running a transportation company with her husband.
Upon our arrival at Hilario Galindo Hospital, the energy within the group completely changed as everyone was back in their element. Excitement was in the air as we took a tour of the hospital, and checked out all of their equipment. To a layperson, it was exciting to finally see the medical facility but mostly very interesting to see how everyone’s demeanor changed, as they were finally where they were meant to be. Fortunately for me, Scrub Nurse JC Chop took the time to explain to me what all the machines were that are used to perform a Lap Choley. For those of us who wouldn’t know what to do with a scalpel if they had one- a Lap Choley is the Laparoscopic removal of the gallbladder.
Planning for tomorrow’s prescreening continued on the bus and also at dinner as the team prepares for the surgical procedures which begin on Monday.
Author: Michelle Boucher

Our day started at 8:00 am in Antigua with breakfast and a quick trip to Casa de Fe for our morning devotional and orientation. Sister Colleen reminded us how important it is to “unplug” while we are here and to take in the experience while we are on this Mission. While I do see the irony of blogging about this message, we all did take to heart the reminder to live the experience and to enjoy each other’s company.
At the orientation we learned that Casa de Fe not only houses the offices for Faith in Practice but also serves as a recovery center for patients from the hospital in Antigua. It is here we met up with the last two members of our team, Mark Koenig and Aimee Khuu from the Providence System Offices in Seattle. They were fresh off another volunteer Mission where members of Providence Health and Services from Washington and Oregon just finished a trip where they put in stoves for needy villagers. We were able to meet some of the Mission members and they expressed their joy at being able to participate in such an endeavor and encouraged us as we embarked on our own Mission.
After orientation, we embarked on the 4 hour bus trip to Reu, where we learned our driver Patty is a physician who heads the Woman’s Cervical Cancer Screening Center for Faith and Practice as well as running a transportation company with her husband.
Upon our arrival at Hilario Galindo Hospital, the energy within the group completely changed as everyone was back in their element. Excitement was in the air as we took a tour of the hospital, and checked out all of their equipment. To a layperson, it was exciting to finally see the medical facility but mostly very interesting to see how everyone’s demeanor changed, as they were finally where they were meant to be. Fortunately for me, Scrub Nurse JC Chop took the time to explain to me what all the machines were that are used to perform a Lap Choley. For those of us who wouldn’t know what to do with a scalpel if they had one- a Lap Choley is the Laparoscopic removal of the gallbladder.
Planning for tomorrow’s prescreening continued on the bus and also at dinner as the team prepares for the surgical procedures which begin on Monday.


Our day started at 8:00 am in Antigua with breakfast and a quick trip to Casa de Fe for our morning devotional and orientation. Sister Colleen reminded us how important it is to “unplug” while we are here and to take in the experience while we are on this Mission. While I do see the irony of blogging about this message, we all did take to heart the reminder to live the experience and to enjoy each other’s company.
At the orientation we learned that Casa de Fe not only houses the offices for Faith in Practice but also serves as a recovery center for patients from the hospital in Antigua. It is here we met up with the last two members of our team, Mark Koenig and Aimee Khuu from the Providence System Offices in Seattle. They were fresh off another volunteer Mission where members of Providence Health and Services from Washington and Oregon just finished a trip where they put in stoves for needy villagers. We were able to meet some of the Mission members and they expressed their joy at being able to participate in such an endeavor and encouraged us as we embarked on our own Mission.
After orientation, we embarked on the 4 hour bus trip to Reu, where we learned our driver Patty is a physician who heads the Woman’s Cervical Cancer Screening Center for Faith and Practice as well as running a transportation company with her husband.
Upon our arrival at Hilario Galindo Hospital, the energy within the group completely changed as everyone was back in their element. Excitement was in the air as we took a tour of the hospital, and checked out all of their equipment. To a layperson, it was exciting to finally see the medical facility but mostly very interesting to see how everyone’s demeanor changed, as they were finally where they were meant to be. Fortunately for me, Scrub Nurse JC Chop took the time to explain to me what all the machines were that are used to perform a Lap Choley. For those of us who wouldn’t know what to do with a scalpel if they had one- a Lap Choley is the Laparoscopic removal of the gallbladder.
Planning for tomorrow’s prescreening continued on the bus and also at dinner as the team prepares for the surgical procedures which begin on Monday.
Author: Michelle Boucher

Our day started at 8:00 am in Antigua with breakfast and a quick trip to Casa de Fe for our morning devotional and orientation. Sister Colleen reminded us how important it is to “unplug” while we are here and to take in the experience while we are on this Mission. While I do see the irony of blogging about this message, we all did take to heart the reminder to live the experience and to enjoy each other’s company.
At the orientation we learned that Casa de Fe not only houses the offices for Faith in Practice but also serves as a recovery center for patients from the hospital in Antigua. It is here we met up with the last two members of our team, Mark Koenig and Aimee Khuu from the Providence System Offices in Seattle. They were fresh off another volunteer Mission where members of Providence Health and Services from Washington and Oregon just finished a trip where they put in stoves for needy villagers. We were able to meet some of the Mission members and they expressed their joy at being able to participate in such an endeavor and encouraged us as we embarked on our own Mission.
After orientation, we embarked on the 4 hour bus trip to Reu, where we learned our driver Patty is a physician who heads the Woman’s Cervical Cancer Screening Center for Faith and Practice as well as running a transportation company with her husband.
Upon our arrival at Hilario Galindo Hospital, the energy within the group completely changed as everyone was back in their element. Excitement was in the air as we took a tour of the hospital, and checked out all of their equipment. To a layperson, it was exciting to finally see the medical facility but mostly very interesting to see how everyone’s demeanor changed, as they were finally where they were meant to be. Fortunately for me, Scrub Nurse JC Chop took the time to explain to me what all the machines were that are used to perform a Lap Choley. For those of us who wouldn’t know what to do with a scalpel if they had one- a Lap Choley is the Laparoscopic removal of the gallbladder.
Planning for tomorrow’s prescreening continued on the bus and also at dinner as the team prepares for the surgical procedures which begin on Monday.