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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
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
Furlough
It’s that time again, time when we let go of our entire life in Africa and step back into an entirely different life in America. We stay...
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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
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
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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Christina
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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Christina
Oct 12, 20202 min read
Livestock
As the days become drier, we have had some unexpected encounters with village livestock. Due to the fact that our dogs like to chase and...
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Christina
Sep 13, 20203 min read
Dissection
“The patient with dissection is no more” I was a bit surprised by the text from my senior-level medical resident. My specialist colleague...
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Christina
Sep 13, 20205 min read
Reflections
I look through last year’s journal entries from the time I started at Nkhoma Mission Hospital, the time I started working with residents...
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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
Sep 4, 20203 min read
Roses
Of all flowers, roses have the greatest potential to make me happy. Maybe it’s because my mother curated incredible roses in her garden...
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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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