The one constant about this life is that it is always changing. One season fades into the next as time continually races on. When we returned to the states last year we thought we…
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A Season of Reconnecting
I was looking over my calendar trying to figure out how it is almost Thanksgiving already. In doing so I realized that I have been away on six of the past seven weekends. I…
Read moreMountaintop Experience – Our Hike Up Kilimanjaro
Our time at Tenwek is rapidly drawing to a close. Several months ago some of the guys had an idea to go on some type of an adventure before our time here ended. A…
Read moreRemembering…
It is amazing how a seemingly insignificant date on a calendar can affect someone so deeply. While March 14th used to be just another day of the year…except for some pi day jokes, it…
Read moreThe Elephants are Coming!
This has been a typically atypical week in casualty. We have had some of our standard medical and trauma patients but the past couple days have been pretty interesting. Here is a very brief…
Read moreDisaster at Tenwek
Well after a couple years of meetings, months of intense planning, and hundreds of man hours Tenwek finally saw it’s first planned disaster. As many of you are aware, during my two year EMS…
Read moreOur Contract is Up
Steph and I had known for many years that missions work was in the future of our family. As many of you know, our first foreign mission trip was to the Dominican Republic with…
Read moreHappy 3rd Birthday Hannah!!
Happy birthday Hannah! It doesn’t seem possible (or right) that we have now celebrated more of your birthdays without you even being here with us. We still miss you like crazy. Every night your…
Read morePreparing for Disaster
I was looking back over the past several weeks and I think the best way to summarize what I’ve been doing is simply that I’ve been preparing for a disaster. I knew coming to…
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