New Year’s Eve found me asleep at the earliest hour I can remember; with everything going on in my mind and body, I even forgot that it...

I like things organized, packaged, labeled. Thus, the obtaining of a label maker at Christmas has brought me great enjoyment. Greg says I...

I’ve been overwhelmed by the love others have showered on us during our season of furlough – love that I could feel with all my senses,...

Dec 2020 For the past 20 days, I’ve rested like I’ve never rested before. Forget not going out, I barely left my bed. I wasn’t too sick,...

It’s that time again, time when we let go of our entire life in Africa and step back into an entirely different life in America. We stay...

“When someone tells us we are doing a good job, it encourages us to do better.” We sat around a table with the six medical students we...

One of my joys these past weeks has been the chance to run. I ran around a beautiful lake and beside a forest. I ran along paved streets...

Merry Christmas! We pray that everyone has been able to find a way to share this time with family and friends. Christina and I are...

Greg sat on our porch in the mid-afternoon, a pot of tea and generous bowl of sugar between him and the student. This student was in...

“I heard a pastor say that Christians don’t get COVID,” Greg’s student interjected in the middle of Systematic Theology class. A...

Pastors Thokozani and Nixon Nzunga have attended four funerals and six tombstone unveilings in the past week. They sang as they buried...

Two new doctors arrived at Nkhoma last week. These were the first to come since most foreigners left our little community in March. They...

It was an exciting and affirming day. Mrs. H and Mrs. K were retiring from their work at Nkhoma Mission Hospital. Both worked as hospital...

As the days become drier, we have had some unexpected encounters with village livestock. Due to the fact that our dogs like to chase and...

“The patient with dissection is no more” I was a bit surprised by the text from my senior-level medical resident. My specialist colleague...

I look through last year’s journal entries from the time I started at Nkhoma Mission Hospital, the time I started working with residents...

As Chisale, the Medical Ward charge nurse left my office, I look at the paper we have drafted together, and I realize what a year this...

Of all flowers, roses have the greatest potential to make me happy. Maybe it’s because my mother curated incredible roses in her garden...

It wasn’t easy for Greg to decide how to conclude his Systematic Theology class at JMTI. With a 3 month interruption from COVID-19 and...

Late into the night, we heard shouts, drums, fireworks, honking horns, and even a processional choir walking by praising God. The results...