Final Preparations

As we finalize our packing, review our checklists, and sit on that suitcase to get it closed, our team is in the final stretches of readying themselves for departure and are extremely excited.

Emotions and Expectations

Tomorrow will be a day of emotion for those reuniting to carry out our mission and for those joining us for the first time. Some may experience anxieties or trepidation, uncertainty of what to expect, but mostly excitement at being able to see our wonderful friends and colleagues in Kenya.

Travel Plans

The first few days of our journey will be long, full days of travel – think planes, trains, and automobiles…well, maybe not trains but you get the idea. We depart at 1835 hours on April 27, 2023, from Toronto to Nairobi. Some of our team will have a longer day as they travel from their homes across the country, with members scattered around southern Ontario and a western contingent coming from Alberta.

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Meet the Team

I will introduce you to the team over the next couple of days, with some interruptions in daily posts as we do some time traveling across the world. My name is Karen, and I have the honor of writing the blog for the 2023 mission. I have participated in two missions, 2018 and 2019, and was all set to go for 2020, but we all know what happened there.

My Background

I am one of the Western contingent hailing from Alberta and have several decades of nursing under my belt. I currently work as a Clinical Development Nurse with Alberta Tuberculosis Services. Mission work had been a lifelong career goal, and in 2018 I was able to fulfill that goal.

Joining CNFA

CNFA came across my Facebook newsfeed when colleagues I had worked with posted their adventure. CNFA is small and personable, where we get to know one another and work together to a mutual end. For someone participating in their first mission, CNFA was the right size of an organization to introduce one to this type of work. This was the group for me.

Stay Tuned

So stay tuned for updates on our mission.

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