Dear Friends of Eyecare to the Needy, We are sitting here once again in the Atlanta international terminal awaiting our flight to Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. We are excited to have Mrs. Cindy Sparks and Mrs. Catherine Trotter accompany us from Brookstone School this trip as they will be in meetings with a school in Bulawayo to establish a sister relationship between the schools. They will also have the opportunity to participate with us in a rural eye […]
Dear Friends of Eyecare to the Needy, Once again, our apologies for the delayed blog which is coming just as we have wrapped up our last ministry trip to Zimbabwe for this year. Unfortunately, internet service while there was almost non-existent for most of our stay, so we were not able to bring you as much news while working in the Bulawayo area. What words can express our hearts’ emotions as we think on all that […]
Salibonani Friends! So great to be able to share with you all once again! The above greeting is Ndebele and used here in Zimbabwe. It has been three months since we were last here, and yes, we are back! We are so very sorry for the delay in our first post, but it’s a great indicator of how busy we have been! Rachel, our daughter, arrived with us Saturday, July 12, into Bulawayo. The weather […]
Greetings one last time for this trip! Our hearts do feel full, and we are blessed to have been able to serve during this trip, but we are also so excited for the future! As we wrap up our current stay in Zimbabwe we want to share with you a little more of what God is doing here in this special place. While our final week was filled with another busy schedule, we were continually reminded […]
Hello to our Friends! We must begin with simply saying wow – where God took us last week was absolutely amazing! The team was blessed with an opportunity to serve and love these people in a way that is difficult to describe in words and we are so thankful and humbled to be here. It has been another incredibly busy week so here is a quick update on what we were up to… Dr. Erick […]
Hello Friends! It has been another wonderful week here in Zim and we could not be more thankful for the opportunity to serve these amazing people in this amazing place. On Monday of last week, Steve arranged for Dr. Erick Bothun to provide three lectures in Bulawayo on pediatric ophthalmology issues. The presentations went very well and he was well received by the medical community there. We spent the following day at the Esikhoveni Community, […]
Hi Folks! This past Tuesday we were at Mater Dei Hospital doing cataract surgery and had a wonderful day, especially when one of the surgical patients Steve was seeing for a post op brought him a cake. She shared how thankful she was that she could now see, how thankful she was for him and that she had made him a homemade chocolate cake. We told her to thank The Lord, that it is God […]
Greetings from Zimbabwe! We have had a blessed week, witnessing some of the most beautiful scenery; everything is so green! The rains have been awesome this year, the best in over a decade which has resulted in lots of smiling faces and huge potholes! In one of the pictures you can see how lush the area is. In the same photo, you see a gentleman in a red shirt; he is the rural outreach pastor for […]