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Cyclone Freddy Update
Many people have been contacting us to see if we have been ok amidst the cyclone hitting Malawi. We wanted to write a quick update to let...
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Christina
- Mar 3
- 3 min
Teaching at ABC: Greg and Christina's March 2023 Update
(Picture of Greg Looking for Monkeys) “Alright class, I have some good news and some bad news. And then maybe some good news.” Greg...
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Christina
- Feb 4
- 3 min
A Day Off: February 2023 Update
It was a beautiful, sunny Saturday. We had power and water at home, so it was easy to make tea and breakfast when I woke up. I listened...
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Christina
- Nov 17, 2022
- 3 min
Miller November Update 2022
The last time I was in Louisville, I was barely 19, I’d finished my first year of college and was about to run a crazy race for our...
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Christina
- Oct 31, 2022
- 2 min
Millers October Details2022 (late)
It’s been an interesting last six weeks, a home assignment hybrid of furlough, work, and deputation. We’re five states into our eight...
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Christina
- Sep 9, 2022
- 3 min
Preparing for Furlough: Greg and Christina Miller's September Update
Our last week in Malawi was even more of a whirlwind than usual as we prepared for 14 weeks back in the US. I had carefully written out...
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Christina
- Jul 7, 2022
- 3 min
Drama in the Village
Dramas at the end of a training are definitely my favorite part of a day like this in the village. It’s one thing for a group of...
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Christina
- Jun 5, 2022
- 4 min
June 2022: Making room for Ordinary Miracles
Alex Kabende is a 26-year-old man whose situation personifies the story of many in Malawi’s Dzaleka refugee camp. Less than three years...
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Christina
- May 13, 2022
- 2 min
Theology Class: April 2022 Update
As I teach Systematic Theology at the Nazarene Theological College of Central Africa (NTCCA), I find that each year is different than the...
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Christina
- Apr 1, 2022
- 3 min
Much Needed Rest: Monthly Update
My right eye developed a twitch in mid-March. It’s small enough that most people can’t see it, but I have felt the spasm constantly...
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Christina
- Mar 15, 2022
- 3 min
Heart Healthy: February Update 2022
I was introduced to the group as a teacher, a doctor here to discuss health for one hour during the 3-day Pastors’ Wives conference. But...
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Christina
- Feb 1, 2022
- 3 min
Planting Season
It is a late planting season in Malawi. Normally, local subsistence farmers plant in early December. This year, however, sequential dry...
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Christina
- Jan 1, 2022
- 3 min
Our Year in Pictures
Over the last year, Christina and I have done several paint-by-numbers. It is an activity we can do together, it forces us to sit down,...
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Christina
- Dec 12, 2021
- 2 min
Happy to be Home
A man fell to his knees on the tarmac. As people filed off the plane and toward the terminal, he kneeled just a bit to the right of the...
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Christina Metzler
- Oct 3, 2021
- 3 min
Darkness and Recovery
My patient returned a folded paper to me. This was a safety plan, a contingency to help when thoughts of self-harm appeared. One month...
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Christina
- Aug 15, 2021
- 3 min
Patient care through Hallway Consults and Prayer
I drew in a deep breath as I considered my patient’s test results, wondering how I would explain them to her. These were the type of...
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Christina
- Jul 12, 2021
- 3 min
Periods, Pregnancy, and Protecting Young Women: July 2021 Update
“You knit me together in my mother’s womb” I begin, reading from Psalm 139. “Munandiumba ndisanadwe ine,” Thoko reads from the Chichewa...
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Christina
- Jun 20, 2021
- 3 min
Seeds of Change in the Dry Season
It’s dry, cold season in Malawi. Most families have harvested, dried, and stored their maize so it can sustain them in the months ahead....
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Christina
- Apr 19, 2021
- 2 min
Fasting - April 2021 Update
“You know the difference between Christians and Muslims, right?” I looked over at my last patient of the day, and paused mid-step in the...
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Christina
- Mar 10, 2021
- 3 min
Dizzy
“Have you ever felt so dizzy that you can’t remember which way is up?” George, Nkhoma’s newly-certified clinical officer, stared at me...
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