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North America » United States » Arizona » Douglas June 11th 2015

Distance driven today: 226 miles / 364 km Cumulative distance driven: 4,116 miles / 6,624 km (13,000 miles to go) Today’s trip: Phoenix, Arizona to Douglas, Arizona Schools with donated Kindle e-readers visited: 0 – the principal got a medical emergency and we had to cancel Preparations for entering Mexico: lots Today I was scheduled to meet with Principal Tiffnee Hurst, at the Cholla High School in Tucson, Arizona. We were going to go through the Kindle e-readers we have donated to the school. However, she had a medical family emergency, and so our meeting didn’t happen. Not much to do about such a contingency. The southbound drive from Phoenix this morning turned out to be ridiculously hot. It’s not just the fact that the temperature got to 100F / 38C, but that the air was ... read more
I am definetely on the right road
Mexico next
Tombstone main street

North America » United States » Arizona » Douglas May 4th 2007

Så blev det også min tur til at lege Angelina Jolie/Moder Teresa og rende rundt og redde verden. I hvert fald en lille smule. Sidst jeg skrev, var jeg i trygge rammer i Colorado hos Ron og Karen - nu er jeg i trygge rammer i Arizona hos Dottee, en kvinde, som Ron arbejder sammen med i Wings of Angels-organisationen. Wings of Angels kører en lille klinik i Mexico, der er baseret på frivilligt arbejde fra læger, sygeplejersker og andre hjælpende hænder, og lægeudstyr, medicin osv. får de enten doneret eller køber med de penge, der bliver doneret til organisationen. Deres klinik ligger i Agua Prieta ('mørkt vand' på spansk), nabobyen til Douglas, og de fattigste beboere, der ikke har råd til læge eller hospitalsbesøg, besøger i stedet Wings of Angels. For en uge siden havde ... read more
Wings of Angels - foran klinikken
Mona leger tandlaegesekretaer
Artemisa, der bor i Agua Prieta, kom forbi og viste sine nye taender




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