Paradox Uganda is one of my favorite places in the web
The blog of Drs. Scott and Jennifer Mhyer is one of my happy places in the web—a paradox, in a sense, because not everything they write about are happy things. As Christian doctors, they've devoted their lives serving the underserved in Africa. They document their experiences in their website, Paradox Uganda.
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They recently lost a patient to HIV. His name was A. They write about where the system failed and how A. could have been saved.
More here.
Their lives are a source of encouragement to me. Let's pray for them and their ministry.
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They recently lost a patient to HIV. His name was A. They write about where the system failed and how A. could have been saved.
About halfway through the morning I walked into one of our isolation rooms and nearly stopped breathing. The 11 year-old boy I saw sitting there truly looked like a skeleton. His skin stretched taunt enough to see the shape of each bone. He greeted me in English and even smiled a little, and his mom said he'd had some mouth sores the last two weeks and lost a bit of weight because he wasn't eating, but now he was doing better. No one could look like that in two weeks. So over the next few days I learned his story.
More here.
Their lives are a source of encouragement to me. Let's pray for them and their ministry.
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