(Didn't have a great picture for this! ) Greg is teaching about the ten plagues in his Exodus class this week. We’ve been talking about...

I’d seen this patient a couple times before, but today was the first time that I knew in advance that he would be coming, and I was able...

I have been trying to learn about love this month, partly because February seems like a good time for it, but also because love seems to...

It's our seventh year in Malawi. Our 14th year together as a couple, and the 20th year since we met. I suppose if you wanted to count by...

Our power went off 46 hours ago. Yes, I am counting. It went off at lunchtime before my clinic on Thursday. I was ten minutes too late...

I don’t usually turn on my phone or computer before 7 am, but today I wasn’t sure if we would have a meeting to discuss grant writing...

It’s been a while since one of my patients has made such a quick and miraculous recovery. To be fair, it’s been a while since I’ve cared...

The neighborhood roosters woke me up before 6, but I was well rested because I got myself to bed on time last night. The morning is...

I have walked over a million steps since July. I’ve been trying to walk a certain amount per day, but I never realized it added up so...

Last month, we had some really incredible times of rest – an unexpected night on the beach, a spa day with some colleagues, a manicure...

This afternoon would be my last day in clinic until I return from furlough in December. Some of my favorite patients were scheduled, and...

The first time I remember standing at the front of this church, I was about 5 years old. They asked me to sing the Sunday school theme...

“The blood in Mama Joy’s body is a bit like the water in this flask,” I explained to the group, pointing to different levels in the flask...

It has been 3 ½ years since pastors Thoko and Nixon Nzunga visited Namikango mission and began discussing having a training at Goshen...

My 2 pm meeting was with a group of other missionary doctors. A few hours prior to the meeting, some of the group members messaged our...

“That meeting, I went to it and got [reimbursed for] my transport, then I forgot. But when they called me later, I remembered.” Reverend...

Food security has always been difficult in Malawi, with floods and deforestation and an increasing population on a limited amount of...

I take wellbeing seriously. Sometimes the closest I get to balance is being extreme in all areas, but for the last year or two I have...

Normally when I attend a medical conference I quickly feel that I am among people like me. Especially global health conferences or...

It was a busy Monday morning. I had half a dozen kids scheduled to see me for vaccine advice, but by the end of the morning I had seen or...