The Exploding Water Bottle
Under the influence of my “truth serum” the story remained the same; exploding water bottle, chest pain and inability to swallow. Read More The post The Exploding Water Bottle appeared first on...
View ArticleChildhood Malnutrition: Community-Based Care and Support – Part 2
Growing the Moringa Plant for Nutrition and Health There are a number of health initiatives that can help communities make permanent changes toward ending malnutrition. One such project centers on the...
View ArticleCHANGING GLASSES
One very interesting lesson in Community Health Evangelism (CHE) training describes worldview by using a pair of glasses as an example. It is an “eye-opening” session to understand that every person on...
View ArticleBREATHTAKING
“Jesus wasn’t handing out tickets to heaven; he was rearranging the world around sacrificial love. He called it ‘the Kingdom of God’” -B. Zahnd I am living an amazing life. It is not the life that I...
View ArticleVOICES
This week was replete with opportunities to use our voices for the sake of the Kingdom. Sunday morning Verlin began the training of a sixth evangelical church in Bondoukou to learn how to conduct...
View ArticleNOT SURPRISED
Things almost never turn out as we expect in Africa when planning meetings, but we are not surprised when the Lord works things out despite what appear to be many obstacles. He did that again this week...
View ArticleNOT SURPRISED
Things almost never turn out as we expect in Africa when planning meetings, but we are not surprised when the Lord works things out despite what appear to be many obstacles. He did that again this week...
View ArticlePREVENTION VERSUS CURE
In the jungle we often see illness in a state that is much more advanced than we would usually see in the US. Read More The post PREVENTION VERSUS CURE appeared first on Christian Health Service Corps.
View ArticleCITY LIGHTS
Since returning home in the wee hours of the morning on Wednesday, our thoughts have turned toward the training that we will help host December 4-6. There is a strong principle that unites this...
View ArticleDEADLINE LIFELINES
We try to have the content for each update by Wednesday. This week Verlin began writing twelve minutes before our self-imposed 5PM EST Saturday deadline to post. We missed it today, but our faithful...
View ArticleTuberculosis a Common Theme
After much thought and prayer, I finally decided to start her on anti-tuberculosis treatment to treat suspected TB pericarditis. Read More The post Tuberculosis a Common Theme appeared first on...
View ArticleLife and Death Decisions
I have the amazing God-given privilege of working with some of the most amazing doctors in the world who have left their families and homes behind to follow God's calling to care for the physically and...
View ArticleTarget Practice
If you aim at nothing, you will hit it every time. — Zig Ziglar The dawn of a new year is a good time to reflect, pray, and evaluate where we have been in our personal and work lives, and plan where we...
View ArticleThe Year of the Stroke: 2018
This is a few weeks late as it is now the first week of February… I have always prided myself on great genes and the health passed on to me from my parents. Little to no heart history and limited...
View ArticleWhen Giving Thanks Is Hard To Do
The only option given to Juan was amputation, but Juan felt God's prompting to seek help and another opinion at our hospital. Over the ensuing months Juan gave me a real life example of someone who is...
View ArticleUganda and God’s Anvil
Maybe the problem was, I never really loved Uganda. I loved the idea of Uganda. Slashing through the jungle in a pith helmet, conversing with the natives in their “more difficult than Navajo”...
View ArticleHold on baby girl!
How did I end up in this hospital room taking care of this tiny premature baby girl? The doctor had called me ten minutes before shift, asking me to be the one on one nurse for the preemie that night....
View ArticleAsking the Right Questions: 12 Questions Medical Missionary Candidates Need...
One thing that was always clear to me, was that sending a doctor, nurse or other healthcare professional to serve in a mission hospital, or even a community health program, looks very different than...
View ArticleBaby Beniam
Beniam still needed hospitalization, but the finances had dried up. Read More The post Baby Beniam appeared first on Christian Health Service Corps.
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