Many people have asked about how they can send care packages and *where. Here are a list of items that are not available in Malawi and that would also make this missionary nurse VERY happy!
Comfort Foods:
- Oreo's
- Nutter butter cookies
- Chips Ahoy!
- Tea~ Celestial Seasonings, fruit, zingers, Chi, mint (they only have ONE flavor here...)
- Australlia's Darrell Lea Liquorice (apple, strawberry, or mango flavor...from World Market)
- Trader Joe's pumkin butter
- Crasins
- McKay’s vegan chicken seasoning
- Braggs Amino Acids (16 oz or less)
Medical/Health:
- TED hose!!!!!!!!! (2 pair)
- anti-malaria pills ( Doxycycline)
- Multi-vitamins
- Blood pressure cuff, 5 cuff system (amazon.com $69.99)
Media:
- Disney & Pixar (pediatrics)
- Vegi Tales (pediatrics)
- Torchlighter Series (pediatrics)
- Jillian Michaels fitness videos (kick boxing, 30 min, etc.)
- Grey’s Anatomy
- How I Met your Mother
- Scandal
*Address:
Julie-Anne Satterfield
C/O Dr. Tiffany Priester
P.O. Box 51
P.O. Box 51
Blantyre, Malawi
(Mind you, mail can take up to 3 to 6 weeks to arrive from the US)
Places to See & Things to do!
With my love for travel and adventure and my intrest rural global health care, there are a few places I'd like to visit and get my hands dirty!
- Malamulo Adventist Hospital~ it's a more rural hospital. I'll be working mainly in the city.
- Village/home visits
- Rural clinics
- NAPS Malawi
- UN Malawi (UNAIDS)
- Lake Malawi/Nyasa National Park
- Mt. Mulanje, Blantyre, Malawi
- Cape Town, South Africa
- Durban, South Africa
- Johannesburg, South Africa
- Zambia (visit friends :)
- Namibia
- Tanzania
- Nosy Be, Madagascar
- Angola
- Zanzibar
- Mazambique
Spiritual Goals:
- Spend more time in meaningful prayer & Bible study~ 1 1/2 hrs Qday
- Memorize one Bible verse Qweek
- Increase my faith to ask, believe, & receive at God's Word!
Mind & Body Goals:
- Healthy & Fit by my 30th birthday (it's just the beginning)
- Display self-control over food choices, portion size, & frequency (BIGGEST weakness!!!)
- Drink 9 to 10 glasses of H2O Qday (2.2 to 2.3 liters, http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/water/NU00283)
- Learn Chichewa
- Perfect my Spanish
- Learn Portuguese
PRE-MALAWI—Do Not Worry
“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. "
~Matthew 6:25 & 33~
Before I leave for Malawi, there a few things I would like the Lord to work out. I call it my list of little miracles.
Airline ticket & Sponsorship of a least $500/mo.—June 4, 2012, AHIHealth Insurance—June 4, 2012, AHI My Honda InsightSchool Tuition & Botswana Bill paid in full ($8,347.59)December 18, 2012. Diversity Loan ($8,000) & GHI check ($347.49)Summer practicum on PICU—June 20, 2012, 5700 nightsPass NCLEX the 1st time—July 3, 2012, I am officially Julie-Anne Marie Satterfield, RNMy father’s blessing—August 1, 2012An opportunity to visit my family prior to departure (Dad, sisters, mom, & granddad)—September 26- October 23, I was able to visit most of my sisters and dad living in Florida with a $10 airplane ticket!!! Thank God for sky miles! Though, I don’t have the extra funds to visit my grandfather, mom, and other sister living in Maryland and Hawaii, God still is faithful and answers prayer.- New laptop computer
(w/DVD/CD, internet, video camera capacity)November 1, Erica P. $270 to repair screen of friends borrowed laptopNovember 1, Erica P.Canon G 12 10MP digital camera ($379-$450)b I got a Nikon S6300 instead... on sale for $119! Next time :)Moving/packing expenses & storage,Praise God for wonderful friends :)Rent, utilities, & food, etc for the summer/till departure taken care of—June 11, July 23, August 1, September 3, October 1
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