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Honduras Reflection

As a young physician considering a career in global health and medical missions, my mind quickly turned to visiting a missions hospital when I found out my residency program would allow me a month to pursue....Read More

An Opportunity to Care, Share & Learn

Dr Kathryn Kammert, Spectrum Health Lakeland Emergency Medicine Resident, recently returned from her medical mission trip to Hopital Baptiste Biblique, Togo, West Africa. Here she presents her experiences and participation in compassionate medical care, sharing & learning the challenges of international medicine....Read More

A Pleasure to Serve

This team of doctors and dentists traveled to Sierra Leone, where their efforts were very much appreciated...Read More

Dr. Barbara Boyd and a team from Bangladesh

Life is Precious

Dr. Barbara Boyd is following God's call to serve people around the world by starting her journey anew in Bangladesh...Read More

An Eye-Opening Experience

by Chelsea Reighard

As a medical student, Chelsea Reighard knows the importance of taking care of ones eyes. Through a scholarship opportunity she was able to...Read More

It's Worth it

by Aaron Reinke

Some providers make it their lifelong dream to head out on medical mission. For third year family medicine residents Aaron and Tessa Reinke, Southwestern Medical Clinic Foundation helped make that dream a reality...Read More

Living the Life We Were Meant to Lead

by Tim DeKoninck

Tim and Stacey DeKoninck have always enjoyed mission life, but this time around they decided to make it "A Family Affair." The DeKoninck's spent months at Tenwek Hospital helping residents, as Tim's patient's searched for medical and spiritual treatment, and friendship. This family will never forget the hardships the Kenyan people endured the year of the doctor's strike...Read More

Simple Resources, Significant Impact

by Emily Craig

While attending the Global Missions Health Conference (GMHC) in Louisville, Kentucky, I spoke with a man from Christian Emergency Relief Teams International. He just so happened to be the leader of a medical mission trip to Peru. We spoke passionately about our work and our love of Christ and he insisted I come with the team to Peru...Read More

Where God Called, We Went

by Andrew Slagor

In 2016, at the beginning of the summer, doing mission work wasn’t anywhere on my radar. That is until a friend serving in Kijabe, Kenya sent a message that the Rift Valley Academy (RVA) had a need in their student health clinic. After prayerfully considering the need and our ability to fill it, by mid-August I was on a plane to Africa with my wife and two children...Read More

Sierra Leone's Unbroken Spirit

All it took was two weeks to create a lifetime of impact for the people of Mattru in Sierra Leone. At the urging of third year Lakeland Health resident, Kimberly Stillman, DO, Southwestern Medical Clinic physician and board member, Ronald Baker, MD, rounded up a host of providers to bring much needed medical care to the West African Country...Read More

THE STRINGERS

Mazatlan, Mexico - April 2016

Over four clinic days from April 17-20 our team of two doctors, one nurse practitioner, five nurses, and a paramedic were able to provide health care to approximately 100 men, women, and children in Mazatlán Mexico partnered with Back2Back Ministries. Your generous scholarship provided us the means to purchase a substantial amount of medications that made our clinics possible...Read More

THE RUFF FAMILY

Bangladesh - May 2015

Thank you for supporting our family as we traveled to the country of Bangladesh with World Medical Mission/ Samaritan’s Purse. We spent 21 days in Bangladesh at Memorial Christian Hospital. Joy worked mostly with Dr. Heather Fowler an American Family Practice physician, but also worked with Dr. Kelley and some of the other surgeons who were on-call...Read More

THE STRINGERS

Haiti - April 2015

Thank you! Your generous financial and prayer support has made a great impact in Haiti. During the course of four clinic days from April 27-30 our team of four doctors, seven nurses, and three support staff were able to provide basic medical care for nearly 450 Haitian men, women, and children in two villages...Read More