Month: January 2016

Friday Now is the day to say good bye to all the staff and children at LIA. I was able to visit with the 3 students that my son Chad and his family are providing educational scholarships to them in honor of his late wife, Kari. My grandchildren bought them Christmas presents that were presented … Read more

Thursday Today Mark and I went to St. Joseph’s to do surgeries. We had 4 cases scheduled and some turned out to be some difficult ones. We invited some students from Germany and Sweden to come into the OR room and Mark continued to be a great teacher during the surgical procedures. They said that … Read more

Well today the team was up bright and early and all packed and excited to head to Arusha to do some shopping, have some relaxation time, and then prepare to go on safari on Thursday. The girls who have been here for the extended time, had a hard time saying good-bye to the children at … Read more

Praise God….what a great Hope team is doing work in TZ.  Sorry I am unable to post photos while we are in Moshi, but the Internet will not allow me.  Yesterday the 3 doctors, Mark Wheeler, Bill Rizk, and Craig Block did surgery on patients all day.  Many patients were helped by these doctors, that … Read more

Sorry we have not been able to post the last couple of days because we have not had electricity.  The rest of the team arrived safely so we are now all here ready to get to work.  We have been blessed with great days and I will share the team’s blog: Today was another great … Read more

Last night we picked up four more members of our team: Haley, Halie, Michelle, and Dr. Mark Wheeler and then headed back to Light in Africa. The car rides were spent talking about their travels and sharing stories of our past four weeks here in Tanzania. Today we officially started our medical journey and mission. … Read more

   Today is an extra special day as it is Olivia’s 21st birthday! It just so happened that today we would be spend the day as tourists and guests with the Agape women of the Mulala tribe on Mount Meru. We made the trek up the mountain and had the pleasure of another ‘free African … Read more

Well we had another eye opening day doing Hospice Home Visits. We traveled a long ways up into the mountains into Maasai land, where they lived in mud huts. It was so sad to see all the children in their torn and dirty clothes, but they had smiles that would light up the world. I … Read more

What a day it has been! We were welcomed by the Hospice Team and my dearest friend Paulina, who has been a Hospice nurse since they started. They have 6 nurses, who are responsible for over 300 patients. Most of these patients are end stage cancer or HIV or have improved from HIV treatments and … Read more

  Today was a day full of learning, about both in the health care field and Tanzanian cultural. We started the morning at Arusha Lutheran Medical Center, which Gayle refers to as the “Mayo Clinic of Tanzania.” While Gayle attended a meeting, Olivia, Alli, Taylor, and I observed a meeting of the head nurses in … Read more