Jamaican-American Navy chaplain serves compatriots
From The Gleaner:
Lt Com Devon Foster was a picture of fulfilment as he spoke to The Gleaner aboard a vessel in the Kingston Harbour yesterday.
Having migrated to the United States at the age of 13, he was happy to be home once again.
This was no ordinary trip. Nor was it an ordinary vessel.
Foster is back in his homeland as part of a 1,000-man team on a medical mission he helped to plan aboard the US Navy hospital ship, USNS Comfort, which is aiming to complete 150 free surgeries during the weeklong trip.
“I’m happy to be back home,” he said, reflecting on his journey.
“Jamaica will always be the place of my birth, and to have the opportunity to come back and to participate in this small way is very meaningful, and I hope that I can touch some lives, and I hope others will be inspired by the fact that they can migrate and then come back and be a blessing and a help to their country,” added Foster, the US Navy Command chaplain and community relations coordinator.