My wife and I wanted to do a mission together for some time.  She had been on one in the past to Cambodia setting up an orphanage.  I had never been on one before.  We were looking for one where we could go  back to the same area and see how our past work had benefitted the people and see how the mission has progressed.  I have been a CRNA since 1995 and was ready for a challenge.  Where I work I have to put in for vacations a year ahead of time.  I received an email from a fellow CRNA that Steve James was looking for a CRNA for a mission trip to Kenya, I just so happened to have the time off.  I read the story of how the mission had come about and new that this was meant to be.  My wife is an RN and had experience in OB and was able to go as well.  I wasn't sure how things would go or what to expect.  We put in long clinic days and Steve and I set up and gave the anesthesia for the first "surgical cases" (other than cataracts) at the clinic.  I pulled from my past experiences and had God by my side throughout the experience.  It moved me in ways I can't describe.  I left there planning the next time I wanted to go back.  The surgeons I worked with were great.  The Kenya people were wonderful.  To me this was a pivotal point in my life, it took me to a different point in my relationship with God.  I plan to go back in 2011 with my daughter if able.  This is an experience I don't want her to miss

God Bless, John Masserant CRNA.   Saline, MI