After reading our blogs, you might be asking yourself, didn’t you go to Zambia to do surgery? The answer is definitely “Yes!” Much of my day is filled with surgery or taking care of those with surgical and medical issues. So, I guess, it is time that I share with you some interesting cases. The … Continue reading Lessons in Surgery
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People often ask me, Maggie, what life is like in Zambia. Of course it’s difficult to give a true picture seeing as so much of life involves sounds, smells, tastes, feelings, sights and, of course, what we experience every day. I think that moving to and living in Zambia is a lot like rafting down … Continue reading Rafting the Zambezi
The road home always includes a 13 Km stretch of dirt road which takes us about a half hour to navigate Just after the turn off at Muyobe one encounters a dry river bed with a steep hill leading to this small concrete bridge On our way home from Livingstone to drop of our daughter … Continue reading The Road Home
“For unto is born this day in the city of David, A Savior which is Christ the Lord.” Luke 2:11 Getting together with fellow Christians from the US, Canada, and the Netherlands to celebrate our Lord’s birth singing carols and enjoying Christmas cookies Christmas is always better when you are able to share it with … Continue reading Merry Christmas
Blessings of water. While we had a very dry last couple weeks of December this past week has brought several rains. Promise of rains for tonight off to the right of this picture while to the left is a 100,000 gallon water tower now being filled after the successful drilling of 4 new … Continue reading Blessings of a New Year
This week water drilling crews began drilling 4 new bore holes for much needed water at Macha Hospital What a joy to see water coming from the ground as the drill passes 48 meters Maggie looks on as the crew works well into the evening to complete the bore hole A new bore hole has … Continue reading Water!!!
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