Monday, May 14, 2007

Can't wait to get back to Vietnam!

Hi, Team Vietnam! My name is Charlotte. I'm one of the speech therapists on the team (speech therapist a.k.a. speech-language pathologist in the USA and "am ngu tri lieu" or "ngon ngu tri lieu" in Vietnamese). This is my 11th time in Vietnam for a mission or an educational exchange for Operation Smile's Speech Therapy-Viet Nam Project. Elisabeth Ward and I will be your "speech therapy team." along with Miss Van Anh of the Odontostomatology Institute (Vien Rang Ham Mat) in Ho Chi Minh City. There might be others helping with speech therapy, too. I live in New Orleans (Hi, Kristie from New Orleans!). I'll be flying into Hanoi the weekend before the mission starts to do some things there for Operation Smile before going down to HCMC and Bao Loc. Looking forward to seeing you in Vietnam, one of my favorite places in the world after New Orleans and home.

Sunday, May 13, 2007

Hello to everyone on team Viet Nam.My name is Christine and I am one of the recovery room nurses.This is my first mission and I am very excited.I can't wait to get there and meet all of you.I am a traveling nurse and work NICU,PICU and CICU.Presently I am working at DC Childrens hosp in the CICU.Safe travels to everyone.
Christine