Where and why am I going?

My medical elective is something I have dreamt of for many years and now it is here. A medical elective is a placement that I can do anywhere in the world. I have friends going to Nigeria, Kenya, Malawi, Sri Lanka, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Nepal etc. The medschool dictate that we have to do a 5 week placement and the rest is up to us.
Some of you will know that last year I went to Bolivia with three of my housemates. We volunteered for an organisation called Bolivian Youth Ministries. It was a great few weeks and God taught me alot.
Before leaving for Bolivia, my church leader came to my cell group and talked about mission. He challenged us as a group to invest in the same place, to ask God for a heart for a place and not to use mission trips as a chance to view the globe. I have always prayed and asked God where he wanted me to go and that has meant going to lots of different places. There was something in what Andrew said that really stirred in my heart and whilst out in Bolivia I felt God saying I was to come back.
My friend Kat and I are doing are placement at the Harry Williams Hospital in Cochabamba. It is a small 25 bed hospital that is involved in maternal and child health and that is about all I know. It is a Salvation Army hospital. For me this is very exciting because I feel I am taking my first steps in the medical mission field. Something I believe I will be more involved in in the future.