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• 2008-May-26 - Go Nepal

Hi yal. The day is finally here. Nepal... watch out, here we come. For everyone who is reading this, here is a quick description of our trip. Bryan, Richard, Shweta and I (Wesley) are embarking on a 5 week medical volunteering mission to help serve Nepalese citizens in villages and communities in rural Nepal. We just finished our first year in medical school at The University of Texas San Antonio School of Medicine and are really excited to be able to get the chance to interact, help and serve the people to the best of our abilities. We are volunteering with the non-profit organization INFO NEPAL, a non-governmental organization dedicated to the well-being of their fellow country men and women. If you would like to read more about the organization, their website is www.infonepal.org. As of now, we are getting ready to start our journey and board our planes. We all arrive in Kathmandu, Nepal in the next couple of days. Our trip begins with a 4 day instruction and language class in Kathmandu, as well as visiting the local hospitals. We will then travel to the villages soon after. I hope everyone reading this is doing well and are as excited about our trip as we are. We will not always have access to the internet depending on our location, but will continue to update this blog when we get the chance with pictures as well as stories and experiences of our amazing adventure. We would like to thank our family, friends and the school, as well as everyone who has helped make this trip a possibility, especially the Boerne Rotary Club, Dr. Minnette Son, and Mary Ann Franzke of the Alamo Heights Rotary Club. We could have not done it without you. Until then, I hope everyone is doing well and we will keep you posted.