We've been really encouraged these past couple of weeks by people asking us about our plans for Zambia. It was fantastic to share with Hope Church, Bangor about what we will be doing and to receive prayer - thank you guys. We've also heard from people working at Kalene which has been very helpful. I had an email today from Becs, one of the nurses there, giving me loads of information about all the paperwork and documentation I will need to prepare in order to register with the Zambian Nursing Council! It will cost a mere 1 million kwacha (about US$200)! I will also have to sit an exam in June and also one for midwifery - just when I thought I was done with exams!
I have two more days on the post/antenatal ward this week and then will have a week or so off which will see me writing my final essay (supposedly!) I'll then be back on delivery suite till the end of December, trying to learn as much as I can in my last stint there.
Thanks for reading this. Don't have much else to report at present but it's good for me to get into the habit of updating this - I wasn't sure I could remember the password!
Love Emma (and Christopher) x
Sunday 14 November 2010
Friday 15 October 2010
A few preparations!
Welcome to our blog! We really hope you will enjoy reading our posts and we are looking forward to sharing our experiences in Zambia with you.
Preparations are well under way. I (Emma) have had my first three injections - only three more to go! Christopher is yet to have had any of his (I think he is scared of going to see the nurse!) Hilary has been fab at organising all our vaccines and we are very grateful to Bron Derw for letting us have them at cost price. We will book our flights to Lusaka at the end of the month.
Last weekend we travelled down to Dorchester to clear out our garage there ready to store everything while we are away. This was a big and exhausting job so we were really pleased to get this done.
While down south, we had the privilege of speaking at Street Baptist Church about what we will be doing in Zambia. It is so important to us for friends and family at home to be involved in what we are doing - thank you all for your support and interest.
We hope to be able to post photos and videos later on so you can see what we're up to.
In the meantime, I have a degree to complete so I better get off to the library!!
Love Emma and Christopher x
Preparations are well under way. I (Emma) have had my first three injections - only three more to go! Christopher is yet to have had any of his (I think he is scared of going to see the nurse!) Hilary has been fab at organising all our vaccines and we are very grateful to Bron Derw for letting us have them at cost price. We will book our flights to Lusaka at the end of the month.
Last weekend we travelled down to Dorchester to clear out our garage there ready to store everything while we are away. This was a big and exhausting job so we were really pleased to get this done.
While down south, we had the privilege of speaking at Street Baptist Church about what we will be doing in Zambia. It is so important to us for friends and family at home to be involved in what we are doing - thank you all for your support and interest.
We hope to be able to post photos and videos later on so you can see what we're up to.
In the meantime, I have a degree to complete so I better get off to the library!!
Love Emma and Christopher x
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