Saturday, January 6th This is Mama Gayle. The team will be returning from safari tonight and I am sure they will have many exciting stories to share. Dr. Ayan Goswami will arrive tonight via Kenya airways. He is a foot/ankle specialist from Florida and will be working with the team up at Bugando. We will … Read more
Thursday, January 4th This is Mama Gayle. The team left this am with Julius, my assistant to go on safari. They will be gone for 3 days. They need to have a break before we fly to Mwanza to work for the week and need to see the beauty of Africa. I talked to the … Read more
Wednesday, January 3rd I was given the opportunity to experience scrubbing in and observing surgery today. I learned so much about surgery that can apply to my nursing school learning. In school I have learned a lot of things about how to care for patients and even have had some experience to observe surgeries. I … Read more
Tuesday, January 2 My day started with the hospice team. In America we would describe it as more of a palliative care team. We visited 6 different areas to see our patients. Our team was all about holistic care as they had a spiritual leader as well as the others to do the physical and … Read more
Monday, January 1st The Hope team spent the holiday working at Selian hospital. Performing a surgical pre-op clinic following our outreach clinic. We totaled 50 patients today which resulted in 30 surgeries booked whilst the rest being diagnosed and treated medically. Dr. Maya made it important to note that without the help of Hopes outreach … Read more
Friday: Another early morning starting off with breakfast at 7 am. Julius, Freemon, A.J, Gayle, Sierra, Heaven, and Domine all had breakfast and headed over to the same clinic area we went to yesterday. This was definitely an impoverished area and it was very difficult to see what people were dealing with. Today the team … Read more
Friday, December 29th Our day started this morning at around 6:30 this morning. We first drove to Dr. Maya’s brand new clinic. It was opened about 10 months ago and had very nice equipment, complete with 3 in-patient rooms, a labor and delivery area, a pharmacy, and a dentist area. We drove with Dr. Maya … Read more
Thursday, December 28th Gayle, Sierra, and I arrived safely at Kilimanjaro Airport the night of the 27th around 8 pm. We were then driven to our hotel. We are staying in a village close to the clinics we will be working in. Sierra and I stayed in the same room with Gayle in … Read more
A God of His promises. May we trust and believe that we have a God that is true to His promises. We ask God today to provide for us our daily bread, to fulfill each of our daily needs and to provide us with all the wisdom, peace and hope to get us through each … Read more
“I’m not enough unless, You come; will You meet me here again…all I want is all You are, Will You meet me here again. As I walk now through the valley, Let Your love rise above every fear. Like the sun shaping the shadow, in my weakness Your glory appears” – Elevation Worship As we … Read more
We cannot do this without you. We ask that you would remember those who need love, nourishment, and physical, medical care in Tanzania. We ask God that He will open doors for Hope Ministries in 2021 to travel back to Tanzania, so we can once again serve those who need it most.
