My bags are packed all travel plans are finalized! Finally the small calm before the wondrous storm of grace that begins tomorrow. God has called and so it is time to pursue that marvelous plan of providence! Just two months ago I was here in Manila for missions and here again I find myself! Listening…

Spring now in the air, by the river a rush of color escaping the white blanket, hues of red, gold, green, rushing to get their chance at the warmth of sunlight dancing off the water’s edge, Home. There in my quiet place I found myself lost in thought, just two weeks to the day I…

From day one the mission was intense, our first day in the OR in Tboli, consisted of fifteen different surgeries, several Thyroids, Goiters, Hyenia’s, Fistula’s, Lopoma’s and on the list goes! By 9:40 pm I had just finished taking off my scrub gown and was cleaning up my table, when one of the nurses rushed…

First day of operations in the Operating room in Malaybalay is finished! The team at the hospital couldn’t be more inviting and welcoming! As I stood outside the hospital waiting for the rest of my team tears found their way down my face, it is overwhelming to know people you have not met have been…

Our supplies are gathered, all teammates are present except one she missed her connection due to a snow storm in Canada. Last night we had our first official team meeting and broke bread together the reports of how God is moving in this country, started coming in, hospitals, clinics on the rise! The harvest here…

The last month has been filled with so much to do and oh so little time, amidst the steady flow of so much going on around me, I have had a peace unlike any other time in my life. When we finally surrender all our hopes and dreams before the Lord it is incredible how…