6/26 Hello! Today was our last day at Bugondo hospital! Dr. Johnson, mama Gayle, Katelyn, Foster, Maggie, Karly and I started our day with the neurosurgeons morning report where they discuss all their patients. Maggie was welcomed into the morning report by a gecko jumping onto her head! Dr James was the happy one in

June 25th Hi everyone! Today the medical team of Gayle, Dr. Johnson, Drew, Katelyn, Maggie, and I went to Bugando Hospital for another day of surgeries. When we got there in the morning we met with the neurology department and were also introduced to the new director of the hospital, Sister Massenga. After discussing the

Tuesday, June 24th Hamjambo Rafikis! Today Michael, Katelyn, Karly, and I went to Bugando Medical Center again to see some more interesting neuro cases.   Our day started with watching Dr. Matt Johnson give a presentation to the doctors and residents on jugular foramen tumors and pineal tumors. We then went on rounds checking up

June 23rd Hi Everyone! Today Gayle, Dr. Johnson, Maggie, Michael, Drew, and I went to Bugando to spend time with the neurosurgery and orthopedics teams in the OR. To start the day, we met the neurosurgery team and did rounds on the patients scheduled for operations this week. After sitting in on morning report to

June 21 It is Mama Gayle again. The group returned from safari tonight.  Some people wonder why do you travel way over to Tanzania to do your medical work.  Through these mission trips it has become very clear to me why God has sent me.  The need here is so great. Here is a message

June 20th Hi, it’s Mama Gayle. I visited the hospital to check on our post-operative patients, and they’re all doing exceptionally well. I’m thrilled to hear that the woman who underwent thyroid surgery is recovering so well that she’s been discharged from the ICU and admitted to the ward. Afterward, I consulted with the doctors

June 19th Hi this is Mama Gayle.  I worked with the orthopedic doctors in clinic today, to see the patients we transferred.  The rest of the team left this am to go on safari with Julius, my Tanzanian Assistant.  They were very excited and I am happy they get to see God’s beauty of Africa. 

June 18th Hello and happy Wednesday! Today was a tiring but rewarding day! Gayle, Maggie, Michael, Foster, and I were at Selian Hospital for another full 12 hour day of surgeries, while Katelyn and Drew were with hospice. In the hospital, we saw some crazy procedures that we would never be able to see in

June 17th Hi everyone! Today Foster, Maggie, Drew, Gayle and I spent the day in the OR observing and even scrubbing in to 15 surgeries. What made these surgeries so special for us was that the patients were the ones who we had seen the past few days in our outreach clinic—making us feel like

June 16th Hello friends! Today our group split into two. Mama Gayle, Karly, Drew, Katelyn and Michael went to Selian Hospital and Foster and Maggie went to deliver food to hospice patients. The Selian group started the day by meeting Doctor Elizabeth. Gayle was very impressed by her during her last visit to Tanzania and

June 15th Happy Sunday and Father’s Day everyone! Here, in another day in the beautiful county of Tanzania we had the opportunity to celebrate church service in a beautiful church in the city of Arusha. We were able to meet and greet with different missionaries from around the world including Sweden, South Korea, the States,

June 14th Hamjambo rafikis! Our weekend started with a journey to the Cairo village in Mereani for the second day of our outreach clinic. On our drive out there we ran into a traffic jam where traffic was rump to rump.  Once we arrived at the village we were greeted by over 145 members waiting