A Mother’s Hope

By Rick Allen | October 30, 2019 |

“In this society, a woman’s entire value is wrapped up in her ability to bear children. If she doesn’t have kids it is grounds for divorce legally and so a lot of women are very desperate when they come to me.” Dr. Rachel McLaughlin, a Serge missionary and MedSend grant recipient, serves as an obstetrician-gynecologist…

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So That None Should Perish

By Rick Allen | October 24, 2019 |

by Pauline Kilroy*, MedSend grant recipient As a child, I took God’s commission for all to go and make disciples of all nations literally and as a command for me to physically go. (Matthew 28:19-20) As a nurse studying the life of Jesus and how He served has been inspirational to me. Jesus preached, but…

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Celebrating the Wins

By Rick Allen | October 14, 2019 |

by Dr. Andrea Parker, MedSend Surgeon serving in Kenya Working as a surgeon at Tenwek is difficult. Our patients often wait to seek treatment until the illness or disease has been going on for some time or until symptoms become unbearable. The advanced state of disease makes it less likely we can do much to…

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