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Pediatric Surgeon @KijabeHospital training African surgeons IN Africa- @kenyaoperate! Jesus, tea, and my husband keep me alive. Tweets are my own.
Mar 27, 2023 8 tweets 3 min read
#prayforCovenant
Just 4 hours ago, we arrived The Covenant School in Nashville. Our dear friends invited us to speak at Chapel and stay and visit their girls' classrooms, pictured below. The kids were great. We taught them about life in Kenya and what it means to be a missionary. Image We drove away at 10:12am and less than 20 minutes later, at least 3 children were shot right there on the campus.

There are no words for this feeling. I think the normal feeling is supposed to be relief- relief that we were already gone and our lives are safe. (2/)
Dec 19, 2020 5 tweets 2 min read
I am not getting the #vaccine....

... this month, or anytime soon, because I don’t have the option. Unlike many of you, I live and work in a developing nation. There is no Covid-19 vaccine in Kenya and no one really knows when it will arrive. 🧵 (1/5) Those of us working here do not yet get to experience the relief and promise that comes from the receipt of even the first of the two doses. Although #COVID19 rates are much lower in Kenya than the US, I had a Covid exposure three days ago... (2/5)