“I will hasten and not delay to obey your commands.” Psalm 119:60 Sunday started out as a typical on-call day for CHSC Physician Assistant Jessica Winston. She walked through the various wards of Mukinge Hospital in rural northwestern Zambia, checking in on patients as her colleagues took a much-needed day
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Empty Boxes
While Verlin traveled to and now travels within Ghana, Debbie deals with a dusty heap of empty boxes, among many other containers covered in rodent droppings after long years of storage! She . . .
Tweak
The start of 2022 seems a good time to tweak our update. The first section, “Taste and See,” will convey a Biblical thought, Community Health Evangelism (CHE) concept, testimony, or world event for encouragement. The “Come and See” section reports ministry activities, family life, and financial updates. “Côte d’Ivoire Corner” will be included at times to enrich your knowledge of the nation where we serve. Finally, “Prayer and Praise” remains the same at the bottom. Let us know what you think!
Moving Moments
Missionary life and ministry gets frequently filled with moving moments—both physical and emotional. We both got moved this week. Two weeks of follow-up meetings plan foci for the following year after the university’s (UFHB) multiple CHE training sessions end. A UFHB CHE team meeting stands out as one of several recent emotionally moving moments. Through prayerful reflection . . .
Dynamic Difference
This week on African soil, we united with Ivorian co-laborers who share the dynamic and heroic desire to see God’s Kingdom revealed in Cote d’Ivoire. Growing numbers now choose to use Community Health Evangelism, Education, or Engagement strategies. (Each abbreviates as CHE.) Eight trainers from the Ivorian CHE network joined university personnel to train forty-five participants in two Training of Trainers 1 (TOT1) and eighteen in a Training of Trainers 2 class. Experienced co-workers noticed a sense of urgency and . . .
Patient Care Through Hallway Consults and Prayer
I drew in a deep breath as I considered my patient’s test results, wondering how I would explain them to her. These were the type of results that showed something was wrong, but not exactly what or how dangerous it was.
Each cry is a celebration…
“Every cry is a celebration.” The senior nurse’s words pulled my attention up to his eyes full of pain and hope. “Yesterday was too quiet. So many never cried.”
Month of Celebration and Healing at Loma De Luz
“I have to use baby diapers every day. Sometimes I use rags or toilet paper because the diapers become expensive,” she said explaining what the past several months had been like.
Hand for a Hand
Imagine living life without the use of one arm. It would be hard, right? Now, imagine living life without both arms. That sounds next to impossible. How does one eat, drink, or use the bathroom? Get dressed or make something to eat? This is a story of a man who tragically lost both of his arms, and how God got him new ones.
International Women’s Month at Kalukembe!
March was International Women’s Month. To celebrate here in Kalukembe, the hospital offered 3 days of free prenatal consults and ultrasounds. We did in tandem a day focussing on obstetric fistula prevention, with a public health team coming to visit from Lubango to give talks at the hospital, in the patient villa, and at the nursing school.
