Dear KindSpring Friends,
Yesterday I returned from my kindness challenge in Nepal a better person for having participated in a medical mission to help the earthquake victims with free medical care in the devastated areas around Kathmandu. Even though it was a trip to give medical care to those in need I gained so much from these wonderful loving, humble souls that I feel I came away with more than I gave.
As we all know Nepal was rocked by two powerful earthquakes recently and many of the rural villages were all but destroyed. Many villagers sustained injuries that did not receive proper medical care. Working with the BICOL Clinic Foundation I was able to volunteer to go to Nepal with a medical team of approximately 20 doctors, nurses and students to set up free medical clinics in the most devastated villages. Working with the local teaching hospital we were able to target the hardest hit areas and treated over 1000 people in the first 3 weeks in country.
Funny, I expected this trip to be me giving to others but I actually came home having received so much love and friendship from the villagers that I was bolstered in spirit and a sense of oneness with all souls in the world.
Give and it is given...
Namaste,
Dave
Yesterday I returned from my kindness challenge in Nepal a better person for having participated in a medical mission to help the earthquake victims with free medical care in the devastated areas around Kathmandu. Even though it was a trip to give medical care to those in need I gained so much from these wonderful loving, humble souls that I feel I came away with more than I gave.
As we all know Nepal was rocked by two powerful earthquakes recently and many of the rural villages were all but destroyed. Many villagers sustained injuries that did not receive proper medical care. Working with the BICOL Clinic Foundation I was able to volunteer to go to Nepal with a medical team of approximately 20 doctors, nurses and students to set up free medical clinics in the most devastated villages. Working with the local teaching hospital we were able to target the hardest hit areas and treated over 1000 people in the first 3 weeks in country.Funny, I expected this trip to be me giving to others but I actually came home having received so much love and friendship from the villagers that I was bolstered in spirit and a sense of oneness with all souls in the world.
Give and it is given...
Namaste,
Dave
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- Posted by dhanke1
- Jul 13, 2015
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Readers Comments
swamiji wrote: We need more people like you and we can creste a heaven right here bless you always but will never need for sure in your life time renember god is great!
Swamiji
Swamiji
melnotes wrote: What a wonderful experience, thank you for sharing it sounds amazing!
mish wrote: Bleeds you Dave for helping where the need is so great. Yes, we are so blessed by giving. May all in distress be helped & healed. _/\_
SeaMar67 wrote: Dear Dave, thank you for your service to those in great need and for sharing your story with us. Namaste.
pluto178 wrote: Wondeful x
fairykats wrote: I could do nothing for them...thank you for doing so much. Namaste.
terre wrote: All I could do was give money (which I do know helps), but you gave your time and skill. Thank you so much for going and helping there. I am not surprised you came home with such gifts yourself. Namaste.
mindyjourney wrote: Dear friend, what a gif you received in giving <3. thank you for your sharing of self and lessons learned. Blessings, dear dave.
debbe530 wrote: Thank you, Dave. IT felt so helpless for many of us here - especially those of us with real and virtual friends in Nepal. Namaste.
