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 […]
Dear Friends and Supporters, We arrived back in the US after another long, 16 hour flight from Johannesburg to Atlanta on Monday, March 2nd, and are finally recovering from the jet lag that always hits us as we adjust to a 7 hour time change. As we look back on our work and ministry in Zimbabwe over the last month, we are grateful to God for His provision and protection upon us. We saw a […]
Dear Friends and Supporters, Well, since our last communication we were able to complete a very intense and strenuous eye camp here in Bulawayo at the Richard Morris Eye Hospital. Our team was able to complete a total of 246 eye operations, and we also saw almost 600 patients during the 5 day eye camp. We had very few minor complications, and are very grateful that so many of the patients had a good outcome […]
Dear Friends and Supporters, Well, we’ve been in Zimbabwe now for a little over a week, and it seems like at least twice as long. When we arrived on February 3rd, Steve became very ill with what was probably a case of influenza (a present, probably from someone on the flight over). He was almost bedridden for 4 days. Finally, several days ago, he started to feel better (the day before our intensive surgical eye […]
Dear Friends and Supporters, We are on our way to the airport for a 16 hour flight to Johannesburg to once again give our gifts and talents to the people of Zimbabwe. We will stay overnight in Johannesburg, then fly an hour and a half north to Zimbabwe on Tuesday morning. This particular term of service will be focused on a surgical eye camp that we have planned over several months. The Islamic association of […]
Dear Friends and Supporters, It’s that time again when we start to gather supplies and begin to pack for our next trip to Zimbabwe and the work that is always ready for us. We will be leaving on February 2nd and will return on March 2nd, spending a month in work and service in and around Bulawayo and the southern part of Zimbabwe. Last year, the Islamic Association of Zimbabwe brought in a team of doctors […]