Us

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.