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...

A Bit about Us Greg is legally blind in his right eye and relies on his left eye for most of his vision. Mid-month, he experienced...

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...

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...

Pastors in the Villages At the end of the month, Greg accompanied the District Superintendent and the district’s newly trained Community...

“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...

Catching up on work in Malawi In some ways, trips away from Malawi provide some of the biggest opportunities for us to step away from the...

As I teach Systematic Theology at the Nazarene Theological College of Central Africa (NTCCA), I find that each year is different than the...

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...

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...

Month Highlights: Training: We partnered with Pathways to bring a vision casting workshop to pastors and Sunday School Superintendents in...

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...

The patient had a 5:30 appointment, later than I usually like to book, but was brought in at 1:30 by a colleague who used to work with me...

A few days ago, a Presbyterian pastor received threats from members of Malawi’s Gule Wamkulu secret society and complaints from the head...

Teaching and Healing in the Community: Training and Development: Over 60 pastors, spouses, chiefs, and community members attended the...

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...

I was discussing last week about how tempting it is as a doctor to feel like it is the physicians who have the responsibility to bring...

Just over ten years ago, I was writing personal statements for residency programs. Sometimes I go back through those statements and...