Baylor Pre-Med in Africa

Day 15

Thirty-one pre-med students, one doctor, one anthropologist and two lab technicians add up to H-O-P-E for a rural community of elders and orphans in Western, Kenya. They’ve treated nearly 700 patients, planted fruit trees at more than 50 homes and installed gutters and cisterns to improve rainwater harvesting for fresh drinking water. One Day 15, this is what we want the world to know (in no particular order):

Two May graduates became engaged during the trip. (see post by the future Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Waller)

We danced for nearly 30 minutes with our Kenyan friends, learning their tribal dance steps.

We butchered and bar-b-cued a ram.

We are afraid to return home for fear we will not be as happy in America as we are here.

We look forward to returning home for the peace we anticipate in sharing with everyone all that’s happened.

We are grateful to have Joell (BU Spiritual Life) and Robbie Rogers (Baylor Photography) with us for the energy and support they’ve provided.

Our goal for this trip was not to fix or change anyone, but to fulfill God’s plan. We are on His time.

We are a limited people who cannot resolve every medical need. Nonetheless, God is in control and omnipotent. His agenda for a life does not always match our own. And we accept that.


- Petra Carey is a dyed-in-the-fur Baylor Bear and serves as coordinator of communications, summer programs and external relations for the Honors College at Baylor.