From Karanda to Eden

As I'm writing this post, our group is gathered around a fire at Eden children's orphanage with 3 guitars going and bluegrass hymns being belted and it seems to me a very accurate picture of the way our group is here to love and worship The Lord through service. I was a part of the Karanda team that just joined up with the Eden team and now our group is finally whole again. The Karanda adventure was an amazing experience, we got delayed at the beginning due to airline delays and the fact that it gets dark here around 5:45 and its too dangerous to drive out of the city after dark. But we eventually made it to the hospital after a 3 hour drive and navigating through a river (thank goodness for the 4 wheel drive). We met a great group of medical missionaries who want to serve The Lord through medicine wherever He leads them and it was so encouraging to meet people on fire for The Lord halfway around the world. Karanda mission hospital was founded 50 years ago and continues to serve the people in Zimbabwe today. They have built up a great reputation and people will travel for days just to be seen there. I got to see some incredible surgeries and clinic work that makes me excited to be pursuing medicine... There is so much good to be done through medical missions and this trip has definitely planted a seed in my heart for the people here. Praise God for the work he is doing here! I'm excited and honored to have been a part of it.

-Jaimie Dungan