The following contains excerpts of Dr. Geelhoed's Journal during our mission in Uganda, 2019. Today we had insisted on an early start and a rapid pace to conclude our operating. We had said that we would review the patients who…
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In the palm of your hand, you hold a smartphone to scroll through social media. There are posts about the current situation in South Sudan to help increase awareness, acquire donations, and hopefully, even volunteers. You sit for 16 hours…
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I open my eyes as the airplane lands on the small tarmac in Entebbe. This is it, my month-long mission in Uganda and my first time in Africa. We leave the airport and make our six-hour journey to Lira, passing…
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“M2H is an educational facility and we can train them but cannot license them. We are, nonetheless, going to teach them what they need to do to salvage some very sick people. I could repeat this view from a score…
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“Whether you think you can or you can’t, you’re right.” –Henry Ford Being a part of this mission was a blessing to my life. I remember asking Karen for details about the mission a month before departing, and after a…
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365 wind turbines stretch across the Loiyangalani District in Marsabit, satisfying 18% of Kenya’s energy needs. This wind farm is called the Lake Turkana Wind Power Project (LTWP) - also known as “The Project.” By following the acronym CARES (Collaborative,…
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