Heather and husband, David
What did I do over the holidays? I joined my husband on a medical mission to Honduras. For the past 27 years, he has traveled to Central America with Sharing Resources Worldwide to help crippled children for a week by giving them the orthopedic surgery they need.
This year, the team screened more than 500 kids and gave 36 children (and their families) live-changing care. I--being non-medical--washed and sterilized LOTS of instruments to keep the team rolling.
But eventually, I was able to scrub in to help! In all, it was an incredibly exhausting but compassionate and loving experience! Here's a snapshot-- in my hat (while my husband is wearing his University of Wisconsin one).
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Liz shares a glass of champagne with an elephant in Elephant World in Thailand.
It is a sanctuary for old, sick, abused, retired or rescued elephants. Most of the elephants have lived very hard lives and t come there to retire in peace. They offer the unique opportunity of interacting with these gentle animals, while learning about the Asian elephant. Their motto is “We work for the elephants, the elephants do not work for us!”
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Liz getting ready to give a bath to an elephant in Thailand.
I have my fears but apparently it is not of elephants! I had no fear. I loved them.
They loved the mud baths we gave them. It was the best of the trip
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Liz actually bathing an elephant in Thailand
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Liz petting a real baby tiger in Thailand (cute as it may be, it's NOT a stuffed animal....)
Deana in Antarctica
Jayne at her summer home in Michigan
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Joan and Archie in Machu Picchu
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Archie kayaking on The Amazon(a)
Carolyn, Nitsa, Betsy, Kimberly, Nancy in Greece
Corinne in Akureyi, Iceland
Liz and Lorna ready to take a trip on the Rio Grande in Jamaica while working on The Shelton Project, a humanitarian Project spearheaded by Lorna.
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Liz, still in "uniform," the next day
Bubber and Susie in Berlin
Regina at the Dead Sea in Israel
Carolyn in Volendam clog factory in the Amsterdam country side. Gotta LOVE the hat!
Carolyn in a cute little chocolate and coffee shop (and lamp) in Prague
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Nancy, Teri, Susie, Archie at The Royal Ascot. More pictures found in Table of Contents
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Archie, Pablo Picasso, Joan in Malaga, Spain
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Joan, Susie, Archie at Hat Shop in London
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Archie and Joan at Hat Shop in Lisbon
Carolyn and iguana on Isabela Island. in the Galápagos Islands.
Joan in Barbados
Joan in France
Joan in Kruger Park, South Africa
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Yes, that's an airplane she's standing under
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Going somewhere few of us hatted Ladies have gone before
Liz at Machu Picchu, Peru
Joan and Archie next to the world famous fountains of Peterhof Palace, known as the Versailles of Russia, in St. Petersburg, Russia. To view all the rest of the photos of their Grand European Tour click HERE
Renee in balmy Antarctica (wonder why she's not WEARING it???). It soon WAS warm enough! In fact, it became warmer than it was in Charleston! Go figure.
