I had no idea how difficult it would be to fulfill that
promise. I had lived in Swaziland, Africa, for 15 years, where
I worked and raised my children, at times achieving nearly
impossible things. But nothing in Swaziland had prepared me
for what I was about to embark upon in Sudan.
I returned to Alaska and immediately started recruiting
friends to help. Incredibly, people that I had never met also
came to help. An amazing team of tough and persistent Alas-
kans was put together, and the Alaska Sudan Medical Project
(ASMP) was born.
Plans were drawn up for building a clinic, but obtaining
building materials, supplies, generators, welding equipment,
and fuel would be a challenge. There was absolutely nothing
in the village, not ev