The decision to do volunteer work abroad that Susan Walsh, MSN, RN, CPNP, made in 2005 forever changed her life and that of her husband Brian. After spending a year considering many worthwhile locations, she and Brian chose Haiti. They began by volunteering a week with a medical mission team going to Haiti in February 2006. During this first visit, the team treated more than 1000 people in desperate need of the medical care they offered. Although Brian is not a health professional, his carpentry skills proved invaluable in maintaining the clinic. Adopting the Haitian proverb that “Little by little the bird builds its nest,” the group became known as the Little by Little medical mission. Sue, Brian, and the Little by Little medical mission team went to Haiti again in January of 2007, and they began making twice-yearly trips in 2008.

 

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