My son is an early-riser. Most mornings, my first waking moments involve him slowly creeping into our dark room to whisper his most...

Hello dear community, I would like to bring you to work with me at Nyahuka Health Center (NHC), the level IV government-funded health...

A blog post by Mike: A few of you have been asking about what is referred to as our front porch ministry. One friend recently wrote: “Do...

We live amongst the Babwisi tribe. And one of the most important events in the Babwisi culture, is a funeral. People will stop what they...

I pull up in my van and see my son running out the front door to greet me. But he knows not to hug me. I’m still in my scrubs. “Hi mama,”...

Mike was waiting for me in the kitchen. I was in our bedroom smelling my sports bras trying to decide which was the cleanest. It was our...

Going to the Saturday market is equally fun as it is depleting. It’s the one day a week that vendors come in from all over. They take...

A sliver of light pierces through a small opening in the curtain. The first sign of morning. Miraculously, my three children are still...

The nurse looks young. Blonde-hair pulled up high in a ponytail. A blue mask covers half her face. But her eyebrows read concern. “What...

I was in a Nordstrom dressing room the first time I realized that there was more to a vagina than I had previously known. Was I five...

When we first arrived to Bundibugyo I was asked by our team leaders to think about how I’d like to fit in to the weekly schedule at...

Matooke is a local plantain that has captured the heart of most every person I’ve met in Uganda. The way people adore it here is similar...

The kids were chanting in the kitchen, in unison, that they wanted to leave the house that morning and go somewhere. “Dad’s out of town,...

The NICU was insanely busy on Monday. I walked in at 8 am and looked around for the night nurse. I asked one of the mothers where she...

The moment we escaped out of the grip of coronavirus coursing through our household, our dear friends and former teammates gave birth to...

Rozelyn and Nabeed are both refugees from Afghanistan who recently were resettled into a crowded apartment complex in one of the poorer...

I’m taking oxygen levels on a set of premature twins who have been in our NICU for one month now. They are gaining weight and generally...

I’m at a mall in Kampala flipping through racks of clothing and my heart is starting to race. Mike is riding the escalator outside, up...

Gorilla trekking is something that piqued my interest after I reconnected with a friend from high school at our 20 year reunion. I told...

I’m used to standing on my porch and greeting people as they walk by. But today, Mr. Emma came running up to me, sweat beaded across his...