Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Itemization of the Financial & Medical Supply Needs

Personal Financial Needs:

2000     Round trip tickets from LAX-Manila-LAX (for both)
1000     Round trip tickets from Manila-Palawan-Manila (for both)
1350     Visas for both ($150/month)
    70     Exit fee from Manila (for both)
1350     Food and Necessities ($150/month)
1350     International Medical Insurance (for both)
  210     Portable solar panels + battery
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$7,330  approximate total for nine months


Medical Supply Needs for the Clinic:

-Pulse Oximeter
-AED (automated external defibrillator)
-Doppler (for distal pulses)
-Syringes
-Sutures
-IV rate control dial + Primary tubing
-Clotting Agent
-Antibiotics IM/IV/PO (Amoxicillin, Rocephin, etc.)
-Toothbrushes/toothpaste
-Any dental equipment
-Dopamine, Epinephrine, Atropine, etc.
-Portable suction machine with canister+tubing
-$1,000 for vaccine refrigerator (keeps vaccine for 2 days if power goes out)
-otoscope
-$200 for Oxygen tanks
-digital thermometer
-lab/diagnostic equipment

Donation Details

After much research, phone calls, and emails, it seems that the best way for us to raise funds for our mission expedition will be to use two methods:

1) Gospel Ministries International (GMI)--a non-profit organization we will be working with in the Philippines has agreed to be used as a conduit for tax deductible donations via mail-in checks.
2) For online donations, PayPal has proven to be the easiest and most convenient way for non-tax deductible donations. So, donors have a choice in how they want to give. If there are any questions, please post them on this website. To donate, see the left sidebar. Thanks for the support!

Friday, August 20, 2010

Recent Mt. Rainier Climb

This July, Becca, Mom and Dad Miller, and myself climbed Mt. Rainier. It was an awesome experience. We all made it to the top and no one got hurt. It took us three and a half days to complete the full trip. Thanks to warm hospitality of friends in the Washington area, the trip was quite enjoyable and made for great pictures. Here's a picture of Becca and me near the top! The other picture is us with Mt. St. Helens in the background.        ~Jon

Sunday, August 8, 2010

NEW WEBSITE

So, we've never had our own blog site before, but we're going to attempt to keep people updated on our activities with this website. We didn't do too well at FaceBook. Maybe this will be better!