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January Ministry Update
31 January, 2010
It’s the last day of January – already! Quite a momentous month, actually. Those of you who read our web page already know some of the events, including that I’ve moved from the Outpatients Department and Casualty to managing the Medicine service on the male ward. That’s been fun, as I get to engage budding clinicians in training in daily discussions on diagnosis and management of various medical problems based on patients our team is actively managing. And believe me, we’ve had some interesting patients this month! Sadly, tomorrow is a new month and my team is rotating to a different ser...
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26 January, 2010
About two weeks ago I was scheduled to give a lecture to our new group of interns about the evaluation of cough. At the last minute I decided to switch topics and instead gave a lecture on swine flu. After all, the schools in Kijabe including RVA had just re-opened, and after the long break it was about the time that we could expect to see various viral illnesses begin to spread through the schools as returning students brought back whatever they had picked up at home. Especially at RVA, “home” represents many different countries. As it turns out, that decision was prescient.
Last w...
25-Year Anniversary of Missionary Service!
20 January, 2010
This Monday, January 25 we will celebrate the 25th anniversary of our arrival in Kenya for our first term of career medical missionary service. I’m not sure how we’ll celebrate it, but I’m sure we’ll find a way! We flew out of New York the night of Jan. 22, 1985 with our first baby only 8 days old. Everyone thought we were crazy, but baby Nathan traveled well, and once we had reached Kenya we found that his nighttime wakefulness had become daytime wakefulness! How convenient!
Our flight out of Amsterdam was the next night (23rd), and the following morning the pilot announced the t...
Team Building
20 January, 2010
It’s been an interesting start to the new year. We arrived back in Kenya on 29th December, in time to get our body clocks partially adjusted before I was on call for the first weekend of the year (Jan. 2&3.) Saturday was a busy day of call, but fortunately Sunday turned out to be a bit more relaxed. I’ve already written about my change in duties, from the outpatients department to managing the men’s ward, as well as my monthly coverage of hospital outreach to the Nduriri Clinic. I am enjoying the change, and the chance to work with the new team on the ward.
It has been fun getting t...
Happy 2010
10 January, 2010
Welcome to 2010! There's something fresh about a new year, just like a new day. It represents the chance for a new start with a fresh slate, with hope for avoiding some of the mistakes of the past and accomplishing some of the goals that somehow just weren't quite reached last year.
What? Oh yes, missionaries make mistakes (plenty of them!) and fail to meet goals. We're just as human, weak and fallible as anyone else. Perhaps that's why the saying goes that "God helps fools and missionaries, and sometimes they're one and the same!" We do depend on the limitless supply of God's gra...
Link to Article
10 December, 2009
Bob was recently interviewed (well, about 2 weeks ago now!) for an article posted on the Crosswalk web site for World AIDS Day on December 1. If interested, you can read the article here.
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