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Planting Season
It is a late planting season in Malawi. Normally, local subsistence farmers plant in early December. This year, however, sequential dry...
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Christina
Jan 1, 20223 min read
Our Year in Pictures
Over the last year, Christina and I have done several paint-by-numbers. It is an activity we can do together, it forces us to sit down,...
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Christina
Dec 12, 20212 min read
Happy to be Home
A man fell to his knees on the tarmac. As people filed off the plane and toward the terminal, he kneeled just a bit to the right of the...
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Christina Metzler
Oct 3, 20213 min read
Darkness and Recovery
My patient returned a folded paper to me. This was a safety plan, a contingency to help when thoughts of self-harm appeared. One month...
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Christina
Aug 15, 20213 min read
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...
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Christina
Jul 12, 20213 min read
Periods, Pregnancy, and Protecting Young Women: July 2021 Update
“You knit me together in my mother’s womb” I begin, reading from Psalm 139. “Munandiumba ndisanadwe ine,” Thoko reads from the Chichewa...
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Christina
Jun 20, 20213 min read
Seeds of Change in the Dry Season
It’s dry, cold season in Malawi. Most families have harvested, dried, and stored their maize so it can sustain them in the months ahead....
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Christina
Apr 19, 20212 min read
Fasting - April 2021 Update
“You know the difference between Christians and Muslims, right?” I looked over at my last patient of the day, and paused mid-step in the...
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Christina
Mar 10, 20213 min read
Dizzy
“Have you ever felt so dizzy that you can’t remember which way is up?” George, Nkhoma’s newly-certified clinical officer, stared at me...
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Christina
Feb 20, 20212 min read
January 2021 Update: In Sickness and in Health
New Year’s Eve found me asleep at the earliest hour I can remember; with everything going on in my mind and body, I even forgot that it...
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Christina
Dec 31, 20202 min read
December 2020 Update: A Time to Rest
Merry Christmas! We pray that everyone has been able to find a way to share this time with family and friends. Christina and I are...
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Christina
Nov 1, 20203 min read
Converting Christians
Greg sat on our porch in the mid-afternoon, a pot of tea and generous bowl of sugar between him and the student. This student was in...
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Christina
Sep 13, 20202 min read
A Year in Review: September Update
As Chisale, the Medical Ward charge nurse left my office, I look at the paper we have drafted together, and I realize what a year this...
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Christina
Aug 27, 20202 min read
Practical Theology
It wasn’t easy for Greg to decide how to conclude his Systematic Theology class at JMTI. With a 3 month interruption from COVID-19 and...
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Christina
Jun 28, 20202 min read
June Update: And the Government Will be on His Shoulders
Late into the night, we heard shouts, drums, fireworks, honking horns, and even a processional choir walking by praising God. The results...
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Christina
Jun 2, 20202 min read
Public Health: Miller May 2020 Update
As my office printer whirled out the 22 pages of our final grant application, Chifundo and I heaved sighs of relief. Then we prayed for...
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Christina
May 4, 20203 min read
Ping Pong Practice
These days, Greg and I enjoy daily ping pong rallies, ever since we received a table generously on loan from a friend. I love the...
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Christina
Mar 17, 20202 min read
Bracing Ourselves
There’s no Coronavirus in Malawi - at least not today. That might change by tomorrow. Or later tonight. We pray that it will not come at...
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Christina
Mar 6, 20202 min read
Muddy
It happened so suddenly. One minute we drove in the middle of the road through puddles left from yesterday’s rain. The next thing we...
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Christina
Feb 11, 20203 min read
A Fresh Start: Greg and Christina Miller’s January Update
Patrick, Madhvi, and Lauren reported to me about their progress at Kasina Health Center. Malawian Family Medicine Resident, American...
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