Archive for July, 2009
31July2009
Burundi 2009: Another Team Heads Out!
Posted under: Burundi 2009.
About 10 mintues ago, our latest OnCall medical team pulled out in the “blue vans” and headed to JFK Airport. Destination: Burundi, Africa! They left excited, smiling and packed with 27 red humanitarian bags, many of which contain the basic medical supplies it will take to treat hundreds of children in several deaf and blind schools [...]
23July2009
Serving Papua New Guinea
Posted under: Papua New Guinea 2009.
I thank God for the opportunity of coming to Papua New Guinea to serve the people of this country along with my brothers and sisters. What comes in mind as I interacted with the people of PNG is Paul’s letter to the Philippians. “I thank God for every remembrance of you…for your fellowship in the [...]
22July2009
In the Village of Hula
Posted under: Papua New Guinea 2009.
The Medical team conducted a mobile clinic session in the village of Hula on Tuesday. The team left Monday afternoon for a 3 hour drive to the site arriving at 6:45 pm. We were greeted and welcomed by children and adults. The children were smiling and very excited. They performed a traditional dance and sang [...]
21July2009
Operation Pasim Sua (Binding up the wounds)
Posted under: Papua New Guinea 2009.
I am used to practicing medicine in the confines of a hospital. On Tuesday we set up the clinic in the middle of the town of Hula. I turned my chair to face away from the middle of our clinic to face the homes and the ocean, so that I would not be intimidated by [...]
16July2009
Mobile Clinic
Posted under: Papua New Guinea 2009.
We went out to a settlement where many people had gathered to receive medical services. The people were very happy to see us arrive in our Toyota truck, equipped with medical & dental supplies. Our mobile unit has seen hundreds of poor people who are suffering from many illnesses that do not exist in the [...]



