May 31st

The NWC students, Kolesa and Sammy doing a teaching project on proper tooth brushing.  The children were excited to receive tooth brushes, tooth paste and floss.   Gayle presented the two orthopedic residents a scholarship for this years school, which was donated by Iowa Orthopedics.  They were really excited and grateful. Sarah and the medical … Read more

Monday, May 30th

I shared this passage with the team this morning at breakfast. I think it really applies to our mission here in Africa. “Let’s pray that we may have more generous hearts that we may be like Christ in giving everything of ourselves to God and his people that we may give to others not judging … Read more

May, 29th

Some  of the team members had fun on their tour around Lake Victoria today!!!   Today was a relaxing day for us. This morning, we ate breakfast at Ahadi Lodge, then headed to the airport where we flew to Mwanza. When we arrived in Mwanza, we stopped to visit the orphanage we will be volunteering … Read more

Saturday, May 28th.

    Saturday, May 28th: The team joined together for breakfast at 0600, in order to leave at 0630 to meet with the bushman. The morning was chilly but promise of sun was in the air. We got quite the “free African massage,” as Mama Gayle would say and all did arrive intact after a … Read more

Thursday, May 26th

Thursday, May 26th: Well the team was all excited at breakfast and the smiles and laughter warmed my heart. Today is the day that they leave on safari and get to see God’s beauty of Africa. Always nice to have this break between the work weeks so they can relax, bond and have some fun. … Read more

Wednesday

      Wednesday, May 25th: After breakfast, we said our last goodbyes to the children at Tudor Village, and made the journey to Arusha and Ahadi Lodge. We settled in and grabbed a quick lunch before heading to Loama school to give a lesson on the dangers of HIV and how to avoid contracting … Read more

Tuesday, May 24th

Tuesday, May 24th: Today, we drove about 2 hours to get to our out reach clinic. When we got there we communicated with some villagers and a while later we started setting up. At first it was kind of slow but soon there were so many people it was hard to keep up. We saw … Read more

Monday, May 23rd

May 23rd: Today the team split up into two groups so that the medical team could go to an outreach clinic and the other team members stayed at Light in Africa to teach the kids and play with them. The RN’s matched up with nursing students and we set up a clinic in a beautiful … Read more

Sunday, May 22nd

(These are the kids from LIA at the church services singing).  They are all so happy and sing with praise for God).  Sorry I have some videos of the team doing their skit of Daniel in the Lions Den, but the Internet will not allow me to upload it.  They did an awesome job!  Gayle … Read more

May 21, 2016

  May 21, 2016 Today we started out later in the morning after arriving at Light in Africa late last night. After a delicious breakfast we talked with Mama Lynn. She discussed all the many things that we can do here and what projects everyone here is working on. After that we went to the … Read more