Greetings from Capt. Bob Lineberry, Mission Commander of Continuing Promise 2009!
What an incredible start in Tumaco, Colombia! The Colombian officials, US Embassy and the people of Tumaco were very ready for COMFORT and our humanitarian team. The first few days here we have been extremely successful seeing many patients and have scheduled 215 surgeries onboard COMFORT.
We were honored to have the coolest US diplomat of all time Ambassador Brownfield onboard COMFORT. A proud Texan and icon in Latin America, he had the crowd and media going full speed all day. His good friend by his side was Juanes, a true humanitarian and superstar, Juanes performed two concerts on the first day of the medical operation at the opening ceremony and for the crew onboard COMFORT that evening. Juanes was gracious enough to lend his support for the CONTINUING PROMISE mission and accepted donations for his organization Mi Sangre Foundation to help victims of anti-personnel mines and is a Goodwill Ambassador for United for Colombia, a non-profit organization that raises awareness about the impact of land mines within Colombia.
Our hard-charging Seabees are building three school buildings and a kitchen in Exporcol neighborhood, working with local residents the school rising is going to provide much needed space for children to attend school without doing it in shifts. This is our biggest engineering project for CONTINUING PROMISE 09.
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