Surgical Story from Volunteer, Foster Today, we were at Bugando Hopsital. I was given the opportunity to observe both my dad and Dr. Reeder collaborate with the Bugando neurosurgeons to remove a brain tumor. This case was incredibly challenging. We don’t typically see cases like this in America. I learned so much about the importance

A Surgical Story From Mama Gayle Today, we headed in to our first day of surgery. We were able to complete multiple surgeries in three separate surgical rooms at the hospital. All of the patients that we helped today are all individuals that Hope Ministries brought in from our outreach clinics. The medical staff was

A Hospice Story from Hope Ministries Volunteer Today, I went to visit the palliative care and hospice patients with a team of nurses, social workers, and clergy from the hospital. One particular case that stuck with me was a woman who has been living with HIV/AIDS for almost 20 years. She was unable to walk

A Surgical Story from Hope Ministries Volunteer, Foster: Today I was in the operating room with Dr. Pruitt and some of the residents at Bugando, and I was able to observe two, amazing surgical cases. The operating rooms at Bugando are very different from the ones at Selian, and so it was amazing to see

  Well all the medical team has returned home to the states.  I am so blessed to have such a great team that came to serve with their hearts.  I want to thank you all for what you did to help the poor people of Tanzania.  I love these people and they are so appreciative

Hello, It’s Ralph, Throughout my career, I was always interested in the possibility of international relationships where I could travel, learn of other lands and cultures and share medical knowledge.  The limiting factor was my specialty, neurosurgery.  Our field requires complex and expensive support systems that are not widely available throughout the world, and I

Wednesday, June14th Hey everyone, Will here! Today was another great day at the orphanage with the kids. I spent my time with the kids, and had a lot of fun teaching them how to play recorders. The rest of the time I spent learning the games that they play, and playing lots of soccer. The

Tuesday, June 13th Hey folks, Will here! Today I did surgery. I went into Bugando hospital with the surgeons today, and after doing some post-op rounds with Dr. Reeder and Dr. Johnson, I made my way to the operating theater. For the first time in my life I scrubbed into a surgery (an osteotomy), where

Monday, June 12th Hi everyone, Foster here! On Sunday we flew into Mwanza from Arusha. Once we got to the hotel, we had lunch and Julius took us all on a walk to see Lake Victoria, which was super beautiful around the evening when we went to see it. Later that day, we had a

Saturday,  June 10th Friday was a day of mixed emotions.  It was our last day of doing surgeries at Selian and then needed to visit all our postop patients.  All the patients are doing very well. We started the day at the Chapel to pray and sing with the staff.  Their choir sings like angels. 

Thursday, June 8th Hi Everyone….it is Mama Gayle.  I am excited to report that my two neurosurgeons, Dr. Ralph Reeder and Dr. Matt Johnson arrived last evening with Will, Ralph’s grandson.  It was so good to see them.  Those 3 plus Foster left on Safari this am with Julius as their guide.  I talked to

Wednesday, June 7th Hi everyone! It’s Foster here again. Last night we picked up Dr. Pruitt at the airport, so today we were in the operating room with a few cases. Having observed in operating rooms in the US before, I was really excited to see what some of the similarities and differences were here