QT

QT is the abbreviation for the Kyushu University Toastmasters club. We had a great meeting tonight. We meet the second and fourth Friday of each month at 19:00, so if you're interested in joining or observing, come on by.

Tonight we had one speaker who has been a member of various Toastmasters International clubs for over 40 years. He was an excellent, confident public speaker. It made me think of how great we will all be as we continue to practice, improve, and hone our public speaking skills.

I'm looking forward to seeing some of you at a meeting someday!

FT

Interesting You Tube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42E2fAWM6rA

Take a look at this interesting You tube that a veteran Toastmaster told me about. It's very thought provoking.

FT

Where in the world is Nicaragua?

If you're wondering where in the world Nicaragua is, take a look at the map here.

http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/na.htm

You'll find it toward the bottom of this map sandwiched between Honduras and Costa Rica.

FT

People came by the hundreds

 

 

 

 

Hundreds of people lined up for the clinics each day.

They dressed in their best clothes to come and meet the foreign doctors.

Beautiful Baby

 

Health care by flashlight

 

Some of the places we held our clinics didn't have electricity, so when the clinic ran on past dark we had to work by flashlight.

We are the same. You are my friend.

 

 

 

 

My children got a chance to play with the children who waited all day in the hot sun to be seen by the doctors at the clinic. They waited without complaining, thankful for the chance to get much needed health care.

Treatable

 
Fortunately, Dr. Clark was able to prescribe medications that would clear up the fungal infections we saw. He and the other doctors also taught my daughter many things, letting her dress wounds and look into ears through the otoscope. It was a wonderful experience for her and helped her to decide for certain that she wants to become a doctor, like you!

There's a fungus among us!

 

 

 

 

I got the opportunity to see many fungal infections as I worked at the side of Dr. Jim Clark, family practitioner from Washington state. Dr. Clark would check the patients and I would record the diagnosis and prescribed medications at his side.

Volunteer Medical Mission in Nicaragua

 

My family recently spent 10 days in Nicaragua as volunteers for the NPO Corner of Love. We worked with medical doctors and dentists to bring health care to 3,000 Nicaraguans in remote areas of San Ramon. Not only the 3,000 who came to our clinics, but also their family members received treatments. A total of 10,000 Mebendazole treatments for parasites were distributed during our short stay, so we reached even more than the estimated 6,000!