Christina
Art in the Garden
It wasn’t our first time in this garden; we’d been here with ice cream cones on Valentine’s Day and with my gardener on a reconnaissance...
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Christina
Jun 19, 20214 min read
Playing My Part
I start the day with an evaluation for the village chief. He has tingling pain in his legs and I am concerned that it could be due to...
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Christina
Jun 19, 20212 min read
Behind and Before Me
I wouldn’t have become a missionary doctor by chance. A pair of surgeons from the church that raised me encouraged me to pursue medicine...
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Christina
May 14, 20213 min read
A Day in My Life, April 2021
I woke up at 6:00, just right because I went to bed early last night By 8:00 I’ve had some cups of tea, breakfast with Greg, jogging with...
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Christina
May 14, 20212 min read
Tea and Community
For the last four months, I have enjoyed participating in an online tea community. I sipped and discussed a different tea daily with...
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Christina
Apr 19, 20213 min read
Refugee Camp
She sat in the dirt in the small, dark room. Her face bright, she sang from a tiny Swahili hymn book. I learned my first words of Swahili...
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Christina
Apr 19, 20213 min read
Waste
For the last few years, we have had to burn or bury our own trash. It really makes us come to terms with any wastefulness in our lives....
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Mar 29, 20212 min read
Dancing With Elephants
Our new house came with a dog. He’s a sweet little village mut who has probably guarded this property his whole life. Affectionate and...
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Christina
Mar 29, 20213 min read
Unique Patient Encounters
I’ve been caring for patients in creative ways during the past weeks, as I finalize logistics to start working in Lilongwe again. I...
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Christina
Mar 7, 20213 min read
Cleaning House
I cleared out my things from the office yesterday. The water filter will help Geerten stay hydrated, the tea set goes to Doreen, the...
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Christina
Feb 20, 20212 min read
Labels
I like things organized, packaged, labeled. Thus, the obtaining of a label maker at Christmas has brought me great enjoyment. Greg says I...
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Christina
Feb 19, 20212 min read
Loved
I’ve been overwhelmed by the love others have showered on us during our season of furlough – love that I could feel with all my senses,...
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Christina
Feb 16, 20212 min read
Over Achieving at Resting
Dec 2020 For the past 20 days, I’ve rested like I’ve never rested before. Forget not going out, I barely left my bed. I wasn’t too sick,...
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Christina
Jan 4, 20212 min read
Perspectives from Malawian Medical Students
“When someone tells us we are doing a good job, it encourages us to do better.” We sat around a table with the six medical students we...
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Christina
Jan 4, 20213 min read
Distance Running
One of my joys these past weeks has been the chance to run. I ran around a beautiful lake and beside a forest. I ran along paved streets...
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Christina
Nov 1, 20202 min read
"Do Christians get Covid?"
“I heard a pastor say that Christians don’t get COVID,” Greg’s student interjected in the middle of Systematic Theology class. A...
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Oct 21, 20203 min read
Pastor's Retreat
Pastors Thokozani and Nixon Nzunga have attended four funerals and six tombstone unveilings in the past week. They sang as they buried...
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Christina
Oct 12, 20203 min read
Orientation
Two new doctors arrived at Nkhoma last week. These were the first to come since most foreigners left our little community in March. They...
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Christina
Oct 12, 20203 min read
Retirement
It was an exciting and affirming day. Mrs. H and Mrs. K were retiring from their work at Nkhoma Mission Hospital. Both worked as hospital...
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