Written by Belinda Hernandez
Parliamentarian, FANA

Sometimes we are called to give our time, commitments and comforts.  Sometimes these things are not as comfortable or rewarding as we would like.  Poverty is one of those circumstances that allow one to either help the situation or ignore it.  This brings to mind the two primary choices in life:  “To accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them.” This saying has always been my guiding principle that brought me to get involved with a medical mission project through the Far Eastern and American Nurses Association (FANA) of Great Lakes.