We have been blessed to serve through Mission Doctors Association
several times. We completed a long-term assignment in Papua New Guinea
1990-1993, and several six-month stints in Cameroon and Uganda in 2004
and 2009 respectively. We are preparing to return to St. Francis
Hospital in Uganda this January, again for six months. It feels
wonderful to return to a place we have already learned to enjoy!
While there, Louis will cover the pediatric ward and will once again
teach the nursing students, both on the ward and through formal lectures
in their classroom. He considers this one of the most important
aspects of his work, since he is helping to prepare future nurses, young
men and women who are the front line of medicine in Uganda, especially
in the more remote areas of the country. I, Martha, will be the
official blogger and communicator.
Accompanying us on our
mission will be our youngest child, Anthony, age 16. As a busy, social,
and technology-friendly high school junior, we appreciate that his
sacrifice in serving with us is considerable. And this will be the
first time that he doesn’t have his older siblings along with whom he
can commiserate! His good nature and ability to adapt will come in
handy as he does his long-distance learning through our local
Pennsylvania high school and soaks up the varied and rich experiences of
living in a beautiful and unique part of the world.
