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Read individual stories and accounts from missionary health care professionals serving abroad.  Check out some of their blogs below:

  Mission Docs - A catalog of the lives and events of Greg Shank and his wife; two missionary doctors working at Koza Adventis Hospital in Cameroon, West Africa. [July 2005-June 2010].



  Bere adventist hospital - A narrative of the lives and events of Dr. James Appel, a missionary doctor, who runs the 60-bed Béré Adventist Hospital in Tchad, Africa. [December 2004 - Present].

 


 Desert Journey - A chronicle of the life and events of Kristen Thomas, a Registered Nurse, who lived and worked at Béré Adventist Hospital in Tchad, Africa from August 2008 to June 2009.

 


  Inspiration: Life - A collection of blog entries from Sarah Sexton and her different mission trips, including working at Béré Adventist Hospital in Tchad, Africa as a doctor and her missions trip to Haiti after the earthquake.


  Be Still and know... - A catalog of events that took place for a Registered Nurse, who worked at Béré Adventist Hospital in Tchad Africa from July 2007 to May 2008.

 


  Africa cut my heart in two - A collection of diary entries from Emily Wilkens, a nurse who worked at Béré Adventist Hospital in Tchad, Africa from July, 2008 to March, 2009.

 


  Unified for global healing - A nonprofit organization that provides culturally competent health services and promotes the advancement of health education, improving the well being of under-served communities internationally using multidisciplinary teams.

 

  Team Sinai - A mission report that followed the progress and efforts of a group of volunteer medical professional from Sinai Hospital of Baltimore who worked at the Hopital Adventiste d'Haiti after the devastating earthquake.

 

  Plight of the Tuna Fish - Musings from the life of Tina Pruna, a former SIMS student worker, where she shares the adventures, insights, humor, as well as the inevitable struggles and culture shock that come from traveling and living abroad. Currently she is a Global Service Scholarship recipient serving in Honduras.

 

  Haitibones - This website is intended to be of assistance to anyone interested in supporting the restoration of the Hopital Adventiste in Port au Prince, Haiti.