Open AccessNicaraguan Homeowner Showing Gratitude for Concrete Flooring as Part of a Public Health Mission Trip
Author(s) -
Breonna Kinnison
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
hca healthcare journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2690-3830
pISSN - 2689-0216
DOI - 10.36518/2689-0216.1047
Subject(s) - gratitude , dirt , painting , crying , visual arts , public health , psychology , sociology , history , engineering , art , medicine , nursing , social psychology , mechanical engineering
Description I'm Bree Kinnison, a fourth-year medical student and aspiring psychiatrist. When I'm not studying, I enjoy painting using acrylics. This painting depicts a very fond memory of mine. After completing the medical portion of our mission trip in Nicaragua, we began our public health portion. Along with fellow students, I laid concrete flooring in this woman's house. For all 76 years of her life, she had never experienced anything other than a dirt floor in her home. Traditional dirt flooring in Nicaraguan homes is responsible for many preventable illnesses. When shown the final product, she reached out and hugged the first person she could get ahold of. She began crying and thanking God for placing us in her life. We were equally grateful for this life-changing experience.