Uncatergorized

Shanksteps # 132 I knew it was going to be a tough day.   We had just finished a C-section at 2:30AM.  Took a shower and headed to bed.  I drug myself out of bed at 6AM.  I made hot chocolate…

Shanksteps #129 She was there when I arrived at the hospital. She was about 18, lying on her side on her bed. Gaunt eyes looked up at me. I approached and asked how she was doing. She said OK, but…

The sweat beads on my nearly naked body as I lay under my mosquito net. Mosquitoes buzzing around my mosquito net. The power is out in this section of Ndjamena, the capital of Chad. I switch on the ceiling fan…

Shanksteps #127 We have been back in the US for more than a month. Though discouraged in Cameroon, God has given us the strength to push on. Since arriving back in the US at the end of June, we have…