Things I'll Miss about Shell, Hospital Vozandes and Ecuador

• · Everything within walking distance.
• · Living across the street from the hospital.
• · Getting into a car maybe once a week or less.
• · Little kiosks where you can interact with a human when you buy something.
• · Serving the very poor.
• · Shaking hands with everyone you meet.
• · Saying hello to everyone every morning and again in the afternoon.
• · So little car traffic that you can walk or jog in the middle of the street.
• · The big crime wave: some lawn chairs stolen from a porch.
• · $1 lunch, $1.30 if you go to the expensive place.
• · Knowing most everyone I deal with daily.
• · Praying at the start of every work day and whenever a patient has a crisis.
• · NO INSURANCE FORMS
• · No malpractice claims, lawyers, or threats.