India 2018 – Preparing for a Big Day
Sunday is set-up day at the Sewa Sadan Eye Hospital in Bhopal. Surgical nurses unload supplies and arrange instruments. Surgeons screen patients. Behind a white curtain in a crowded waiting
India 2018 – A Passion for People
I’m not a health-care professional, but my wife is a nurse practitioner. Because of that, I’ve learned a few things about medical folks. Number one: When you go to dinner
Philippines 2017 – Changes
I am currently somewhere over Canada on the transcontinental flight home with my feet curled underneath me cramped in a small Economy seat in row 36. Fighting back the sleep
Philippines 2017 – Gifts
Gifts, gifts, gifts: today was a day of great appreciation – from us to the local people and from them to us. We went to a kindergarten and met many
Philippines 2017 – Reflections
I sit here at the end of the day: exhausted. Exhausted not in the way that you want to tear out your hair with frustration, but in the way that you
Philippines 2017 – Rainy Day
We awoke to a slight rain in the morning. Little did we know, we would be hurtling through the city in a torrential downpour riding in a public ambulance later
Philippines 2017 – So It Begins
Today was a day of many different events even though we all started the day the same: a flag-raising ceremony with lots of singing. For the rest of the day,
Philippines 2017 – Greetings from Bohol
We have started out our journey, traveling from many different places including Kansas City, Houston, and Beijing to meet in Manila and together travel to Bohol. The bags have arrived