Dear Friends and Supporters, We have arrived in Zimbabwe and thank you for your prayers for safety and comfort during the long 37 hours of flights and layovers. In the last 3 weeks, the lockdowns in Southern Africa have tightened, and we face the issues of COVID once again with a curfew, stores closing early by 3pm, and mandatory masks when one leaves their residence with threats of fines and/or imprisonment. We had also heard […]
Dear Friends and Supporters, Well, 2021 is moving fast, and we have been working on our return to Zimbabwe to continue the work and ministry for the people who have desperate healthcare needs. With COVID still present in the world, we are monitoring issues and barriers that will impact our travel plans. Zimbabwe just this week implemented another lockdown with restrictions on commerce and meetings, as well as mandatory mask wearing in public. But, just […]
Dear Friends and Supporters, These last two months of work and ministry have drawn to a close. As we look back on what God has done, we are amazed and grateful for the many ways He used our work to bless people in Zimbabwe. We did have concerns and hesitations about making this latest venture with the COVID pandemic, especially into a place with poor health care and with several encouraging us to be cautious. […]
Dear Friends and Supporters, We continue to serve here in Zimbabwe, using our gifts and skills as God opens doors for us. Last week Steve lectured 4 hours to the senior medical students about clinical issues in eye care. He also gave a practical experience to the students letting them use his equipment to examine each others’ optic nerves and retinas. None of the students had ever seen the back of the eye, and were […]
Dear Friends and Supporters, We have been in Zimbabwe four weeks, and this time around we’ve encountered very different experiences compared to our previous visits. With the worldwide COVID pandemic, most governments have mandated different rules for their citizens. Zimbabwe is also following quite strict rules to try and combat this virus. When we arrived four weeks ago a lockdown was in force, there was a curfew from 6pm to 6am, businesses were required to […]
Dear Friends, We are safely in Zimbabwe now after a 3 day journey, 2 COVID PCR tests, long layovers, half-empty flights, and airports that now look almost like ghost towns. The highlight of our journey was arriving in Bulawayo on my birthday and walking through what is normally the gauntlet of the customs area with no one manning the stations. We found out later that the customs officials have abandoned their post because they “are […]
Dear Supporters and Friends of Eyecare To The Needy, As we celebrate this wonderful season of the Savior’s birth, we hope that yours is filled with the joys of the celebration of this event. You will see two images below of the crates containing our last shipment of equipment and supplies to Zimbabwe. The two crates contained an operating microscope, an Infiniti cataract machine with the handpieces and other supplies for its use, two IOL […]
Dear Friends, As I write this message to you, I consider the events of this year, the year 2020, and how different our lives have become. I think, personally, of our plans to take a team of 12 people with us to work and minister in Zimbabwe during the month of August. Now, with the worldwide COVID pandemic shutting down countries and international travel, we are forced to abandon our plans to bring encouragement and […]