Andy Walker is one of the two people who led Oasis Kg in the nine months before we arrived. He is married to Sofia, who was with us in Mozambique for a year. We have really enjoyed getting to know Andy and being with Sofia again.
A month ago, just before we arrived in Kyrgyzstan, Sofia gave birth to a beautiful baby boy, Joshua. Unfortunately, over the weekend Josh was admitted to hospital with diarrhoea and vomiting and after a day it seemed that his condition was worsening and it was clear that he needed to be evacuated. For various reasons this has been extremely difficult and it has taken three days to pull this together; as I write, the medical evacuation company are scouring Turkey for a hospital that will accept him, after which a flight will be dispatched to collect him.
Josh seemed a little better earlier today; Andy is exhausted and has been on the phone almost constantly for the last 48 hours. Sofia is also extremely tired. They also have a three year old son, Alex.