Saturday, February 8, 2014
Dear Friends,
It has been more than nine months since I last penned a blog
article. I have been very busy with home and family responsibilities (and duck
hunting/ added by Tyronza), but now I find myself at home again in Papua New
Guinea and ready to expound.
Tyronza and I found safe passage around the world to our
second home. This time we took 13 days to get here. We spent four days at a
vacation spot in Thailand for some R&R and then a week of scuba diving off
the coast of Thailand. The scenery both above and below the ocean was
spectacular. Thanks for all your prayers for safe travel.
This year we plan to spend February – May 1st in
Papua New Guinea and then be at home (or at least in the states) for the
summer. We will return to PNG for September and October. (Scot is needed to
help cover the furlough of medical missionary, Dr. Jim Radcliffe.) We will
return home for duck season. This sounds pretty ambitious for a couple of 60
year olds, but with God’s help we will get much accomplished.
At this moment, Tyronza is busy preparing supper. We are
having four friends from here on the station over for supper and an evening of
“Zilch” (dice game). She is making moussaka (Greek eggplant casserole) and, of
course, a pineapple and plantain fruit crumble. After 40 years of marriage, she
has really turned into an accomplished chef. Her “made from scratch” dishes are
very good.
I have come back to medicine in a hurry. I have been in PNG
for less than a week and have already performed 4 major gynecologic surgeries,
3 tubals, an ectopic surgery, 2 c/sections and 2 deliveries. I will be on call
again tomorrow, so that number will likely go up before the week is over. One
of the c/sections was for cord prolapse and I am happy to report both a healthy
baby and mom. This year my clinic work is blessed with a full-time interpreter,
Sophi. I am able to see nearly twice as
many patients. The interpreter is a good thing since my pidgin has not
improved.
This year, we have one new missionary doctor, Mark Crouch,
but I am sorry to say, we also have one less, Stephanie Doenges. Stephanie has
gone back to the U.S. to get married. The rest of our station friends are much
the same, just a year older. It is good to be back to a slower lifestyle and
simpler life. We look forward to a productive time on the mission field. We do
miss our friends back in America, but with all your prayers and God’s help, we
will soon see you again.
Please pray for us.
Scot & Tyronza
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