On January 25th the Iowa M.O.S.T. team for 2009 met at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City to be briefed by team leader, Gary Pacha, on their upcoming trip to Huehuetenango.
The team has spent the last two months collecting supplies and equipment and readying the 7 skids of materials in a frigid warehouse in Coralville for shipment to Guatemala.
The shipment arrived in Guatemala on Jan. 22nd and has been making its way through customs. Today we heard from our contact at DHL, who has been a partner in this project, that the delivery to Huehuetenango in the western highlands of Guatemala was expected by this weekend.
And just in time, as the team takes off next Thursday to arrive in Huehue on Friday, Feb. 13th!
Set up will occur in the Hospital Nacional on Friday and Saturday, and the pandemonium of screening patients will begin on Sunday. Until then~~~
Nice job – won’t have to send you an e-mail to remind you to get “blogging”.
Gary
A wonderful entry from Monday concerning the educational component of Iowa MOST.:)