Your Own Future In Africa – Angola Day 29
Sunday, July 27th, 2014 |
Today I’m thinking of all you back home as I pack for return to Kansas City. I am an extremely fortunate man be colleagues with the Angolans and to play a small part in their concerns. But I’m not the ...
Prison Is Such A Joy – Angola Day 27
Friday, July 25th, 2014 |
"I tried to visit the prisoners, but the guards would never let me in." Pastor Cassicula was panting with excitement an Steve Foster evaluated his malnutrition and dysentery. "But then I was arrested for leading a church and imprisoned at ...
A Daniel For Today – Angola Day 25
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2014 |
In the 1990s I moved to the war besieged city of Huambo, in central Angola, to assist churches in starting up a health ministry. My Angolan counterpart was Cesário Sapolo, pictured here in front of the house where I lived. ...
Two Week Follow Up – Angola Day 23
Monday, July 21st, 2014 |
Back on July 6 I introduced Feliciano, struck by a truck and left with an open, dislocated elbow joint filled with dirt and gravel. Please see "Trauma & Hope – Angola Day 7" and the original photo of his injury ...
Hope Present And Future – Angola Day 21
Saturday, July 19th, 2014 |
Steve Foster, left, has lived and served in Angola since 1978. A fully Board Certified Canadian surgeon, Foster and his classy wife Peggy over the last thirty-six years raised four children, save thousands from early death, and continue to inspire ...
I’m In Stitches – Angola Day 17
Tuesday, July 15th, 2014 |
Here’s a story that will make you smile… Steve Foster, my mentor and Angola's surgeon extraordinaire, came home tonight describing how that he saw a dehydrated child in clinic this morning. “Give him Ringer's Lactate, one liter each 5 hours,” ...
World’s Most Life Saving Drug – Angola Day 15
Sunday, July 13th, 2014 |
What is the world's most life-saving drug? Penicillin against infections? Quinine against malaria? Furosemide against heart failure? Hydrochorothiazide against hypertension? My nomination I hold here in my hand. João Manuel has been coughing blood and loosing weight for six months. ...
Physician, Heal Yourself – Angola Day 13
Friday, July 11th, 2014 |
Yesterday I cared for three young people with rapid onset coma and hemiplegia. They were also all malaria test positive. Malaria can cause a plethora of neurological signs, and no confirmatory brain imaging is available out here. So I started ...
“Who Is My Neighbor?” – Angola Day 11
Thursday, July 10th, 2014 |
This morning the staff of our small medical center met together as Pastor Moses opened his Bible to Luke chapter 10 and read, "On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. 'Teacher,' he asked, 'what ...
Demography & Documents – Angola Day 9
Tuesday, July 8th, 2014 |
Lucia is just fourteen years young. Yesterday she suddenly lost ability to speak and also developed paralysis of her right arm and leg. Were she a lady in her sixties or seventies I would highly suspect a stroke. But a ...
