Hello VOSH Southeast….
My name is Kirk Thomas, here is a picture of just one corner of my house with items I brought back from VOSH/Minnesota missions. I’m out of wall space in my whole house. I started with VOSH in 1986, my brother was an Optometrist and asked if I was interested in going on a VOSH mission to the Amazon River in Columbia to serve the Mysya Indians on Monkey Island. I told my brother I didn’t know anything about Optometry! and as a true brother, he said to me; “We need a dummy to carry things”. To make a long story short, from that moment and into the next 36 anni, I worked and lead missions into 29 paesi. Became Vice President of VOSH/Minnesota and also Vice President of VOSH/International. And yes, I still was not in the Optometric industry. All things in life come to an end, my Optometrist brother passed away nine years ago….. I retired from VOSH three years ago. Right now I’m 80+ years old and on a number of heart medications as with a lot of old folks. I didn’t feel it was very safe working in a third world foreign country with a heart issue, so I retired from my wonderful life’s ventures I loved to the next generation so they can enjoy their mind blowing experiences.
The very best to all.