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Home 11-4-24

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We are home. I suspect everyone fell rapidly asleep Monday night since we had last been in bed before our farewell Sunday sunrise safari on the Tarangire (equivalent time 9 p.m CT Saturday night). Thank you for all your prayers for our safe and fulfilling travel. We have arrived home changed people, deeply touched and enriched.  It makes reentry hard, because home looks the same and our home world kept spinning while we were experiencing a different life.    We became a team... danced and sang...laughed a lot...cried some...listened...asked a lot of questions... discussed perplexing issues...brainstormed solutions...made new friends...reunited with old friends...saw God in so many hands and faces. This experience will spill over into our lives in many ways, so stay tuned.  I am grateful for each of the diverse and very talented people who agreed to come on this trip and trusted in the process, to give of themselves and just be.   With overwhelming gratitude to t...
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No Words. 11/1/2024

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 Our group is processing all that we have learned.  Our heads and hearts are full and it will take time to unpack it all.  At this time there are no words. We are preparing for re-entry and will be leaving Tanzania on Sunday morning.     On behalf of the group, Kris Linner
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God's Glorious Creation

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 Kris Linner
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Healthcare in Tanzania (10-29-2024)

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Yesterday, after a long travel day, the team stopped at the Selian Hospice and Palliative Care office.  Even though it was late in the day, the care team greeted the group with hugs and shouts of joy.  Paulina, one of the nurses, has been with the team for over 30 years and remembered some of the previous visits.  She embraced every single member of the team with shouts of joy and gratitude for taking the time. As we walked through the grounds, she grabbed our hands highlighting true accompaniment with our team.  Dr. Adda Justine provided one example of the work that the team does in this region.  There was a young 17-year male that was isolated in his village with spinal bifida and double incontinence.  He was the third born in a family of 6 children and the mom was a widow that had to work.  This left the child isolated and unable to participate in village activities.  The palliative care team’s first visit was in 2021 with a referral from a vo...
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In Praise of Creation 10/30/24

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  Kris Linner
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