Interim Visitor Coordinator

That’s me. I live in fear of hearing “Kimmie, adelante” on the radio. Not really. Since the school year is over and I’m back from El Sal, I’ve been asked to step into Marie’s shoes while she’s on vacation. I decided that would be a good change of pace from teaching and preferable to vacation courses down at the school. My job involves andaring with a radio and two cell phones, escorting visitors to and from the airport, showing them around and orienting them to the Ranch, arranging transport, being in charge of Agua Azul (purified water – muy importante), checking my e-mail and organizing (yay for Internet access during the day), and basically being pendiente of all visitors here. It’s not too bad, actually. All the directors have my back and are really excited to have me helping out. I’ve already won over the founders of the surgery center who are here visiting and are bringing a medical brigade in January that I’ll be helping with before I head home for a short visit. We’re currently planning room assignments, schedules, and meals. This week, there’s been a newscaster here from Germany. She’s filming in order to pitch a project that would potentially air on a telethon and could get us a lot of money for NPH, so she’s a VIP. She’s really laid back and nice. I took her to the airport yesterday, and she invited me to come visit her in Germany. She said I could stay with her and she’d take me on a tour of the country. Definitely some perks to this job! I’ve been working pretty much non-stop since El Salvador, so I get Wednesday and Thursday off. All the volunteers have the 17th-21st off since we’re on lockdown at the Ranch after that for Christmas. Some of us are heading south to Amapala – really looking forward to it!