Philippines 2017 – Greetings from Bohol
We have started out our journey, traveling from many different places including Kansas City, Houston, and Beijing to meet in Manila and together travel to Bohol. The bags have arrived
Uganda 2017 – Feels the Same
Sunday night in Gulu, Uganda. The room in the surgical ward at Lacor hospital is small and stuffy. There’s just enough space for a bed against each wall, two metal
Uganda 2017 – A Chance At Life
The wailing of babies filled the hospital pre-op area, but it was a good thing. Medical Missions Foundation was giving some of most fragile little people in Gulu, Uganda
Uganda 2017 – Now What
Well, we’re home, now what? All of my built-in friends are gone. When I wake up in the morning there’s no one to talk to. There’s no one at coffee
Uganda 2017 – We Are One
And then sometimes something unexpected happens. It was Friday morning. With only four short surgeries on the schedule, the end had nearly arrived. Truly it had been a fairly uneventful
Uganda 2017 – Finding The Bond
When the buses pulled in to the Cwero clinic at 9 o’clock, the clinic site was already packed with people, some had been there since 2:00 in the morning.
Uganda 2017 – Nobody Said It Would Be Easy
Seasoned Medical Missions Foundation volunteers will tell you this work isn’t all butterflies and rainbows. It can be grueling work. And heartbreaking as well. Today I visited all the
Uganda 2017 – Dream Big
On Wednesday there were fewer patients to screen and my surgery schedule was nearly full. Kate, Lisa, and Marlene had turnover down to less than fifteen minutes. Wake up the