So, maybe a step back is in order. For instance, how did the four of us find ourselves planning a project to deliver medical care and build sanitation infrastructure in the hills of Thailand?
Like most things, it started in a moment of brilliance conceived during a soul crushing period of studying. We were still in biochemistry at the time, and you know how much your mind begins to wander trying to escape from the nightmare that is the Kreb's cycle. I actually wasn't there at the time, but as I understand it, Tim broached the subject, stating that "We need to do something this summer." Naturally, whatever we did needed to provide a service to the world somehow. But where to go? What to do?
We wanted to go somewhere that neither Tufts nor the world at large gave much attention to. Searching on Idealist.org, Chris found Where There is No Doctor. A small, grassroots organization run by one man: Dr. David Mar Naw.
It's around this time that I came in. Like a mercenary, I didn't find the team of Greg, Chris, or Tim, they found me. After minutes, and minutes of harsh questioning, I decided to join them.
There were some questions about WTIND. Who was this Dr. Mar Naw? Was he legit? Were we going to fly to Thailand, head into the hills, and be set upon by some weird ethnic version of the hillbillies in Deliverance? All excellent questions, and all ones that I am going to answer another time.
-Mitch
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