The day started with the 7 nursing students rushing off to their nursing stations at 6:45 AM. They need to be at their respective nursing stations by 6:50 AM. The preeps (premed + pre-PA) played a card game, recited the morning declaration and then went off to “morning report” by 7:45 AM. Morning report is…

To fuel ourselves for our first day of shadowing at United Mission Hospital in Tansen, a tasty nutritious breakfast was made at the crack of dawn! Nursing students were among the first to head to the hospital to receive morning report at 7am. Nursing students were grouped into pairs, except Anneke, to shadow nursing students…

This morning we were gifted a very late breakfast at 7:30! Following breakfast, a group of us participated in a stretching session where some of the group could touch the ground with ease while others including myself were almost as flexible but could barely reach past our knees. After our morning stretches, we got a…

Today was a long travel day. We started the day popping dramamine and loading up our van a little before 6:00 this morning to leave Kathmandu to go to Tansen. Professor Sinniah told us the bus ride would be anywhere from 8-16 hours long of windy, bumpy roads through the mountains. Super fun! We made…

We woke up for our second full day in Kathmandu to a colder, rainy morning – much needed to beat the heat! Following a similar breakfast to yesterday, many of us played Cockroach Poker, a new game Jon introduced to us all. A fellow Calvin student, Reeja, showed up to the Goshen House at nine…

We woke up bright and early this morning to roosters and birds outside. We enjoyed eggs and toast with peanut butter or guava jam for breakfast! After breakfast, we headed out on our first trek. We had about an hour long bus ride to the starting point of our trek. Tyler and Jon did a…

We arrived in Nepal at 11 am on Wednesday, May 8. We were greeted at the airport by Anish Joshi ( Calvin student Aishwarya’s dad.) He was very helpful in helping us navigate through immigration and customs areas. Greeted by our travel agent, Suraj. Kelly, Amelia, and Renee taking a stroll in the garden area…

Please return to this site on May 6th, 2024 to read blog posts from our visit to Nepal.