Out of Africa
Wednesday, April 28th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | 8 Comments »Well my time in Africa has come to an end (that is if my flight plans work out). Tomorrow morning I will be leaving for Dar es Salaam, then Dubai, then NYC, then Atlanta, and then Dayton. For the last ...
Maisome Part III
Monday, April 26th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | 3 Comments »Only in retrospect do I realize how smooth the clinic in Bumbire actually ran. The Maisome clinic on the other hand is a heart-breaking example of rural African medicine. The clinic itself is a well constructed building whose design shows ...
Maisome Part II
Monday, April 26th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Part IIWednesday through Saturday we lived with the pastor Zacharia, his wife Joyce, and their nephew Ema. Their house is a traditional rural Tanzanian home, but is actually a bit nicer because it is built of cement and has a ...
Maisome Part I
Monday, April 26th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | 3 Comments »The Trip: Wednesday morning began with us carrying all of our things through the jungle to the area where the missionary boats are docked. We loaded our luggage onto a wooden fishing boat and said our goodbyes to Flora and some ...
Bumbire Cup
Tuesday, April 20th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | 6 Comments »I have had the opportunity to come to know several locals during my time here, but perhaps none better than Masambuko. I met the man on my first day on Bumbire when he came by to welcome Bob and Dorothy ...
The Road to Maasi
Sunday, April 18th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | 7 Comments »4/17Saturday afternoon’s entertainment was a hike to the East end of the island and the village of Maasi. Because it’s such a long hike, Bob and Dorothy had been there only one other time in their two years here. In ...
What’s in a name?
Saturday, April 17th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | 3 Comments »4/17We had been called into the clinic at night on only three other occasions. The first time for the woman in labor, several days ago for a boy with a laceration of his nose, two nights ago for some run-of-the-mill ...
Zahanati
Thursday, April 15th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | 4 Comments »4/15Previously I said that I would write more about the clinic. This post will probably be drier than the others, but I think it is worth posting considering it is after all the reason I am here and where ...
Hey, why not ask for more?
Monday, April 12th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | 3 Comments »4/11 There is no clinic on Sunday so I was able to sleep in until about 9 o'clock. It was also the first evening in several days where was no rain, and so I slept throughout the night. Church once again ...
Island Life
Saturday, April 10th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | 6 Comments »4/8I spent the morning in the clinic. Overall it was a slow day. We saw a man with dysentery who came in writhing in pain. His stool sample showed giardia under the microscope. We also had another women with ...