13/6 Flying to Malawi the scenery on the way looked like vast areas of Cape York where I work, in the dry season. But as we approached Malawi the landscape …

16/6 This morning we had planned to visit a mission hospital in Koche – a visit arranged with the Christian Hospital Association of Malawi. But the sister in charge was …

18/6 Dar es salaam was a bit of a surprise looking like a massive shiny clean metropolis as we flew in. Our hotel was in an older part of town …

22/6-23/6 The next couple of days were spent at the conference with some inspirational sessions hearing from doctors all over the world doing some amazing humanitarian work. We heard from …

28/6 John and I went for a walk around Warsaw while Elsie continued to recover. We came across a cathedral that had been used to shelter people during World war …

1/7 Today was the day we were heading to Ukraine from Krakow. Rudi had arranged for a car to pick us up. Unfortunately the driver Denis was a bit of …

3/7 CMA Ukraine showed us around their warehouse and office and it was inspiring to see what they are doing. They have grown from a small group of Christian doctors …

5/7 The train ride back to Lviv from Uzghorod was again beautiful with Transcarpathian scenery, villages, mountains, forests and farms. Most of the day was spent on the train. Becky …

7/7 This morning I felt a bit sheepish having added an extra region to my air raid alert app on my phone after last night’s missile attack – which meant …