Jesus asks hard questions…

Luke is my favorite Gospel. Perhaps it is because his focus on women, the poor, and the marginalized resonates. Perhaps it is because Luke is a physician. My life experience leads me to trust a physician’s memory and account of events, since I live with one. Perhaps it is because

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Can You Give For Meds Each Month?

Most of the patients that we serve are doing their best to just survive and make ends meet.  When sickness or an accident befalls them, they often do not have the resources to seek and follow through with the proper medical care that they need.  Even if they can find

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Words from Gretchen

DEAR GOD, I am not sure where I am going. I do not see the road ahead. I cannot be certain where it will end. I do not really know myself. Sometimes I fool myself pretending to follow Your will yet knowing I am not. But I believe this that

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Community Group Activities

The community development group purchased 30 baby chickens the end of last year and raised them to sell.  These meat chickens are full-grown and ready to eat in 45 days.  The profit wasn’t much with 30, but it helped us to understand what was needed to care for them and

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Staff Spotlight: Paulina

Paulina washes sheets, gowns, scrubs, towels, and much more at the cholera treatment center.  She is 53 years old and lives with her spouse and 5 children in a 2 room rock and cement house with a tin roof and porch.  They have a small kitchen out back, but no

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