Malawi Medical Mission: Tuesday, 6/30/15

We heard the elephants in the middle of the night! The staff has been telling us that elephants sometimes walk through the camp at night and we were beginning to think they might be messing with us. The noise we heard was unmistakably the trumpeting of elephants...

Malawi Medical Mission: Monday, 6/29/15

After coffee and breakfast the team once again headed out at 6am for our morning game drive. The air was more brisk than the previous morning and most of us were huddled under blankets in the truck. We got to see many of the same animals, this time making sure we got...

Malawi Medical Mission: Sunday 6/28/15

Today’s 5am wake-up call was rough. We all slugged our way up to breakfast where we caffeinated up for the first 4 hour game drive. We left in two large land rovers – Kristen, Shandi, Eric, Dorothy & Harriet in one; Chifundo, Hugo, Mary-Beth, Kip &...

Malawi June 2015 Team Update

The last day of clinic, the team saw 80 patients.  This means they treated almost 800 people and filled about 2200 prescriptions while they were there!  As Dr. Rob was treating a patient, a chicken walked into the room and started to lay an egg.  They cluck a lot...

Malawi Medical Mission: Saturday, 6/27/15

The team woke up at 6:30am this morning to pack our suitcases and get ready for the 7 hour drive to Thornicroft in Zambia. Lucita came by early to show us her appreciation and how she had recovered! After saying our goodbyes and blessings we loaded up the van and...

Malawi Medical Mission: Friday, 6/26/15

We were all very excited to visit the preschool this morning. As soon as we walked in the church, where the children are taught, we were greeted with a song. There were about 60 kids ranging from 3-6 years old, all dressed in blue uniforms and wearing a grin from ear...