Tenwek Hospital, Kenya – 10/9/2014

October 9, 2014 Hello all again, Bill has been telling you I’d write and so here we go… The first patient I became involved with was a new mom of twins who had a stroke sometime during or after their birth. When Woody and I first visited her, she was...

Tenwek Hospital, Kenya – 9/24/2014

September 24, 2014 Hi all…It’s My turn. Having settled into our home for the next few weeks, I headed up to the hospital today to look for Woody and Solomon. Woody came by Monday afternoon to let me know about a few of the patients at the hospital since he...

Kudjip Hospital, Papua New Guinea – 5/4/2014

May 4, 2014 It’s Sunday evening and we are sitting in the dark-again. We’ve been here almost a month now and there has been only one day without a power outage and many days with multiple outages. Going without electricity by itself isn’t so bad. We...

Kudjip Hospital, Papua New Guinea – 5/24/2014

May 24, 2014 Hello as we wind down here at Kudjip, I have to say first of all is that life here since the hydro plant began working is easier for me- and I believe I speak for many others. No longer do I have to be on call for that window of having electricity ( and...

Kudjip Hospital, Papua New Guinea – 4/21/2014

April 21, 2014 Hello Friends and Family, Christ is Risen! Happy Easter to all. We began our day with a sunrise service for us volunteers. We read scripture, sang some songs and shared how we’ve seen Christ’s love since we’ve been here. Some shared...

Karolyn Kempton Hospital, Togo – 4/20/2013

April 20, 2013 Yesterday I finally met up with the man who does physiotherapy here. Samuel was trained for 6 months by a PT from the US, has had additional training by an athletic trainer and, if I understood correctly, had some training by an orthotist as well. He...