August 10, 2024 Dear Friends of Eyecare To The Needy; It’s so good to write and tell you more that has happened with our work and ministry these last 2 weeks here in Zimbabwe. Since we last communicated with you, we have conducted 3 eye camps. From these eye camps, we have seen 550 patients and Jane has distributed around 450 pairs of glasses. Steve was also involved in a surgical eye camp led by […]
Dear Friends of Eyecare To The Needy; Another week has gone by, and opportunities and challenges have come as is typical in a third world country. Steve travelled with 2 other doctors on a 5 hour journey to the southern part of Zimbabwe. The area of Neshura has had no eye services for several years, and many patients had been screened for cataract surgery. They were brought to the hospital by small buses and cars, […]
Dear Supporters of Eyecare To The Needy; Greetings again from here in Zimbabwe where we rejoice in God’s protection and provision. We said goodbye to the twelve tennis players and coaches from Athletes in Action last Thursday. We drove them from Bulawayo to the Victoria Falls, normally a five hour drive, but now is a seven hour ordeal. The road has been torn up by trans-Africa trucks, and potholes now dominate the journey, making it […]
Hello, all Friends and Supporters; It’s been quite an exciting, and also somewhat stressful period since leaving the US just over a week ago. Firstly, our flight from Paris to Johannesburg was delayed because of the weather, and we missed our flight to Bulawayo that morning. Steve counted a total of 18 hurdles for us from the time of disembarkation from Air France to our new flight to Bulawayo that left later that day. But […]
Dear Friends and Supporters; We are preparing and packing to return to Zimbabwe next week, and we leave with great anticipation in this next chapter in the work and ministry in a country with so many who are in great need, both physically and spiritually. This trip will have us hosting a team of 12 tennis players and coaches from Athletes in Action. They will hold teaching clinics at schools and will share the Good […]
Dear Friends and Supporters, We’ve come to the end of another chapter in our journey of ministry and work in Zimbabwe. Since our last communication, we’ve had the opportunity with our local partners to lead another eye camp located in probably the poorest shanty area around Bulawayo. The people there are now in their third generation of living in shacks made of cardboard, wood and pieces of tin. The men make their livelihood by panning for […]
Dear Friends and Supporters, Well, we have been gone now for more than 5 weeks, and time has passed by quickly. So much has happened in our work, ministry and relationships here. Steve has seen so many difficult and tragic cases at the Richard Morris Eye Hospital, the government eye facility. He has led ward rounds, teaching ophthalmologist trainees, interns and medical students. From newborns with gonorrhea in the eyes to severe trauma, he has […]
Dear Friends and Supporters, We had several more busy weeks here in Zimbabwe, having recently travelled out to a rural farm area about 60 miles from the city of Bulawayo. Here we teamed up with Rev. Jeff Scorziell to hold an eye clinic/eye camp at a local rural clinic. The people who live in that area are quite poor, and now that rains have not come to Zimbabwe there will be food deprivation and possible […]