Gayle Stroschein

We were up early for breakfast and Cheryl, Sarah and Julius headed off on safari to see God's beauty in Africa.  They went to visit the Maasai tribe and Ngorongoro Park, which is one of my favorite parks.  I just talked to them because they had reached the lodge they will be staying at and … Read more

Will it hard to believe but this is our last day to work at St. Joseph's Hospital.  Mark and I headed to the hospital and saw many patients and then surgery on a very badly fractured ankle that was 4 weeks old.  We were so excited because the small fragment set that Synthes donated was … Read more

Sorry a little delayed with our blogs but we had no electricity and internet at Tudor Village so had to wait until we returned to Arusha. Friday:  Cheryl, Sarah and Julius packed and we all headed to  St. Joseph's hospital.  Cheryl and Sarah went around to the wards to say their good byes and then … Read more

Sorry we have been unable to blog the last couple of days but we got home very late last night.  Cheryl, Sarah, Julius and Gayle headed to a mining town to run a free clinic for those who have no access to health care. We enjoyed free African massage on the way in the safari … Read more

Jan 4th Sunday morning in Africa. We are a distance from local churches so the plan was to lead children's worship at 2:00 pm this day. We got up and had a lovely breakfast. We went over to the children's homes to tour them and meet the children. We were so blessed at "Happy House" … Read more

  We (the January team) arrived safely last night and were warmly greeted at the airport by Mama Gayle, Mama Lynn, Julius, and Freeman.  After a short car ride, we arrived (exhausted from traveling) at Tudor Village.  We enjoyed some wonderful tea and conversation with Mama Lynn–who excitedly told us that she already had a … Read more

Well the day has come and the team will arrive this evening and I am so anxious to meet them at the airport.  Julius, Freeman and I have everything in place and ready for them to arrive.  They will arrive around 830 pm and then we will drive to Tudor Village in Bomang'ombe, which is … Read more

Happy New Year to Everyone! Well we had another exciting day yesterday. Julius, my Tanzanian Assistant, returned from safari so I got to see him for the first time. We went over all the team’s schedule and feel we are ready to hit the ground running when they arrive tomorrow night. We prayed for safely … Read more

It is absolutely amazing how God connects people for a reason.  I meet a young man that is going to college in the US and he is from Tanzania. We had coffee and he told me about his family who live in a village about 8 hours where we will be doing medical work.  His … Read more

Flooding in Africa Sorry I did not get to post yesterday but was a truly eventful day.  I had the pleasure of having breakfast with Fiona and her daughters and able to give them lots of hugs and kisses.  Missed these guys a lot.  I then made many phone calls to check on activities for … Read more