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Team Jarni Update April 2011:

Thanks to all of you near and far for playing such important and meaningful roles in our lives.  Your friendship, support and encouragement have helped make us who we are today, as we prepare to embark on the next chapter of our lives…

We at “Team Jarni,” (which is what we call our very exclusive rural street gang) are excited to announce that Joni will be starting a 3-year residency in Family and Community Medicine at the University of Missouri in Columbia July 2011!  It is likely that Joni will then get additional training through a one year fellowship in International Family Medicine, with extra obstetrical, general surgical and trauma training here and abroad.

And then the real fun begins.  Our working model is to live in Columbia six months of the year and in rural Third World countries for the other half of each year.  Joni will be Doctoring home and abroad, and Arnie will be living out his dream as a “trophy husband.”  At home, Arnie is looking forward to unleashing more of his boundless creative energies, and seeing to it that Joni’s every need and whim is met.  Abroad, Arnie will be hanging out with the local witch doctors and shamans, starting micro-businesses, and helping to implement clean water and sanitation projects.  He will also administrate Joni’s practices, making sure that we are paid the correct number of chickens per procedure.

We are excited to combine our love for the town and people of Columbia, family and friends, with the excitement of exploring other lands and cultures and making a positive difference in their lives and futures.  Selfishly, Arnie is secretly hoping that some indigenous tribe one day makes him King.

For the month of April, Joni will be in Honduras working at Clinica Esperanza in Roatan, Honduras.  To reach a wider audience with her limited free time, Joni is trading in her long-standing practice of postcard writing for a blog, which can be found at:  www.jonibramon.wordpress.com.  We will always welcome visitors to our Kingdoms, domestic and international, but realize that the quality of the accommodations will vary widely!  We would love you to join us in, or follow along on, our adventures!

Our permanent mailing addresses will always be:  Joni Bramon & Arnie Fagan, 810 E. Broadway Apartment D, Columbia, MO 65201.

Our permanent email addresses will always be: jonibramon@gmail.com and arniefagan@gmail.com.

Please note: Joni is a liberated woman and, as such, has retained the last name of her birth.