Rafiki Missions Opportunity
The Rafiki Foundation is looking for help with their ministry to needy children in Africa and is seeking Christian physicians to serve short term during one of their quarterly Community Medical Clinics.Rafiki, a Swahili word for friend, is a Christian missions organization with Villages in 10 countries across sub-Saharan Africa. Their Villages are located in Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Tanzania, Zambia, Rwanda, Kenya, Uganda, Malawi and Ethiopia.In sub-Saharan Africa, the AIDS pandemic has deprived many children of their fathers and mothers....
read morePrayer for Bongolo Hospital
From Deb Walker, head of PediatricsPLEASE PRAY FOR BONGOLO HOSPITALWe are getting hit very hard because of the government hospital worker’s strike that is already a month old (since Jan.12). It is just now getting to the unbearable stage at our hospital. Maternity is up 2.5 times the normal volume and outpatients have doubled. Almost all hospital beds are full. If this rate continues very long, we will run out of certain medications and tests like HIV tests before our next order can arrive. People are getting angry at having to wait...
read moreLaugh, love, lift
I would be true, for there are those who trust me.I would be pure, for there are those who care.I would be strong, for there is much to suffer.I would be brave, for there is much to dare.I would be friend of all, the foe, the friendless.I would be giving and forget the gift.I would be humble, for I know my weakness.I would look up and laugh, and love and lift.I would be prayerful through each busy moment.I would be constantly in touch with God.I would be tuned to hear His slightest whisper.I would have faith to keep the path Christ trod.A...
read moreOn the lighter side
Doctor’s Opinions on Financial Bail Out Package The Allergists voted to scratch it. The Dermatologists advised not to make any rash moves. The Gastroenterologists had sort of a gut feeling about it. The Neurologists thought the administration had a lot of nerve. The Obstetricians felt they were laboring under a misconception. The Ophthalmologists considered the idea short sighted. The Pathologists yelled, “Over my dead body!” The Pediatricians said, “Oh, grow up!” The Psychiatrists thought the whole idea was madness....
read moreWinter Missions Breakfast
Please set aside the date and sign up now for our Winter Missions Breakfast coming up on Saturday, January 24th, from 9-11 am at the Rochester Academy of Medicine, 1441 East Avenue. We’re going to have a smorgasbord of local speakers (including 3 URMC residents, a nurse, and a faculty pharmacologist) who’ll be talking about missions experiences and opportunities from El Salvador to Honduras, by way of Jordan and India, so don’t miss this one!Please mark your calendars and RSVP using our Response page. Be sure to note...
read moreGlory to God in the Highest!
Merry Christmas from the Morehouses!We deeply appreciate all your support and look forward to serving together with you in the coming year.Click here to read our holiday letter.
read moreCMDA Winter Conference
Greetings from CMDA’s Northeast Office! I hope this note finds you well! I am writing to remind you about the 2009 Winter Conference sponsored by CMDA’s Northeast Region and Medical Campus Outreach of Philadelphia. This annual conference brings together followers of Christ in healthcare from across the northeast to explore what it means for a person to re-integrate who they are as a person of faith and a healthcare professional. This is a great opportunity to hear good teaching from a respected colleague who will present stories from his own...
read moreView from Stanford
A young medical student at Stanford University stood before the table of RZIM [Ravi Zacharias International Ministries] books and resources beaming. “We don’t see these things very often,” he said, clarifying, “Not books; there’s no shortage of books. I mean Christianity without the hostility.” He proceeded to describe students and friends who deride the possibility of possessing both faith and intellect, medical professors who actually apologize when the language of design inadvertently slips into lectures on the body, and the isolation that...
read moreA thought experiment
Our perfectly designed US healthcare systemThe interregnum between a presidential election and the inauguration is a time of feverish activity, in which the president elect and his staff decide who will help them govern and what they will try to do first. The press and pundits speculate breathlessly on who will be appointed and what they will do first. As I write this, for example, we have just learnt that the new administration’s secretary of health and human services is likely to be a respected former US senator, Tom Daschle. He has written...
read moreBe present
Practice presenceBreathe in the squeaky cry of a too-thin infantdirt blowing off the road in your eyesthe pain of having too little to giveBreathe out flaming bougainvilleathe sun fading behind the hillmagic of medicine on an infected handBreathe in poverty and pain and confusionthe ache of tip-toeing on another’s sufferingBreathe out fresh watermelonHonduran coffee in the morninga game of duck-duck-goose.Breathe in the guilt of problems unanswered,wasted time, a broken worldBreathe out a new friendship and a fresh coat of paint.Practice...
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