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South Africa
Jul 4, 2009
By: jsmith

Phew!!!!!!! South Africa is both beautiful and busy.  Right now I am hurrying as I write because I am on someone else’s computer.  I have been able to meet many people who are like-minded as we are within Hope for Change.  I attended the Mercy Alliance Summit  in Jeffrey Bay earlier in the week.  Many […]

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And so it begins………
Jun 21, 2009
By: jsmith

From this picture you can’t see the road, but it is there.  This the road from the Kilimanjaro Airport.  Very near the location of this picture New Hope International Hospital is being built (there will be more pictures later.)  Further up the road there is a little village Kikititi, at Kikititi you take the turn […]

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H4C, an opportunity for thee!
Jun 9, 2009
By: jsmith

Okay, now what is the first thing you see when you look at this picture.  This is not a trick question.  From some of the people you see SMILES!  Smiles, and they aren’t fake.  We drove hours and hours, and HOURS  to go to this village that is somewhere near the Kenya/Tanzania border.  There is […]

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Whoa…those shots!
Jun 3, 2009
By: jsmith

Leo nakewenda kliniki = Today I went to the Doctor (Clinic) and got my shots for Africa.  My arm is sore = Mkono mlangu ni kidonda. I received my Yellow Fever, Typhoid and Hepatitis A shots.  Tomorrow I have to get my malaria medicine = Kesho nakwenda pokea dawa da malaria.  Other than the malaria […]

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The Joy of Water….
Jun 1, 2009
By: jsmith

In the USA each of us uses about 151 gallons of water per day.  In most East African countries most households use less than 5 gallons of water per day.  It’s a great joy to watch people who have at times walked five miles a day to get their water to  now have water available […]

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Tribute to Charles Mhina
May 25, 2009
By: jsmith

I finally found a picture of Charles, and it is with his wife Martha. Charles Mhina died about 2 1/2 years ago of cerebral malaria.  I have always wanted to do something to let it be known that he was one of the most joyful, helpful, deeply spiritual, great human beings that I have ever had […]

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You go..”Because it matters”
May 18, 2009
By: jsmith

Every time I get home from one of my trips to Africa (or Asia)  I unpack my suitcase, but I never put my knapsack (carryon) out of my sight.  After having done this enough times I realized that there must be some subconscious connection between me actually seeing that knapsack and knowing somewhere down the […]

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