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Off to Florence!
I've never been to Florence so I'm excited to see what it's like. We rented a car at the Florence airport which is a bus ride away from...

Joyce
Mar 8, 20201 min read
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Rome hop on, hop off bus
Today we took a bus that goes to all the major sites and you can hop off and explore at each site and then get back on the next bus that...

Joyce
Mar 8, 20201 min read
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2nd day in Rome
We had a penthouse airbnb! Traveling with 4 of us splitting costs, it only came to about $30 per person each night. For Rome, that's...

Joyce
Mar 8, 20201 min read
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Met up with friends in Rome!
First night in Rome with the gang! I can see we are going to have a blast. Spent the evening at Lucia’s house. Having a cooking class and...

Joyce
Mar 7, 20201 min read
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Leaving Castel Giorgio
I’m going to miss this little town. I was just starting to get to know the butcher! My wonderful morning quiet time in the beautiful...

Joyce
Mar 7, 20202 min read
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Trip to the city of Orvieto
On Monday I decided to go to the larger town to get 3 items. A SIM card for my phone, a portable battery charger (because I forgot mine...

Joyce
Feb 27, 20203 min read
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3 Midwives and 2 nurses on motorcycles!!
After the morning of immunization clinic and a great lunch of rice and beans and some leftovers, We all wanted to go do some home...

Joyce
Feb 26, 20203 min read
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Teaching last class today
Sure enjoyed teaching classes here and today we taught our last class, as tomorrow as three volunteer midwives will be leaving. We are...

Joyce
Feb 25, 20201 min read
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Italy (again). 😊
Italy: It’s early in the morning as my flight landed at 5 am and after a bit of a train ride, my wonderful Airbnb host took me from the...

Joyce
Feb 24, 20201 min read
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Leaving Africa
It was so hard t say good bye! The people are wonderful here. They are joyful, loving, patient calm people. We laughed a lot together!...

Joyce
Feb 23, 20202 min read
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Battery charger
We were setting up the donated battery charger. It was such a good idea! Andrew is a lab tech but also one of the head guys. He was...

Joyce
Feb 20, 20201 min read
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6 family visits!
I had the most amazing day today! My heart seems all over the place with joy and hurt too! With money people donated for education I was...

Joyce
Feb 20, 20203 min read
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Keeping us safe
This is Robert. He’s one of the Guards that greet us everyday at the birth center. They have someone there 24 hours a day. He’s holding...

Joyce
Feb 20, 20201 min read
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Some pictures
This is jack fruit It tastes good they are huge a lot of fiber so not straight fruit We were teaching a class. Those are the...

Joyce
Feb 17, 20201 min read
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Prenatal day
Today was our day for the free clinic. Specifically today for pregnant moms. We started out gathering all of the moms under the tent and...

Joyce
Feb 14, 20201 min read
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Free clinic!
I worked in the lab all day! We did tests for HIV, malaria, pregnancy tests, syphlis etc. all day!! poking little kids fingers or...

Joyce
Feb 13, 20201 min read
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Had a very full day!
Our day started out with a good breakfast of eggs and toast with peanut butter, which is made here in Uganda. Then up to the birth...

Joyce
Feb 12, 20202 min read
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Children ministry
This ministry called show mercy has a sponsorship program for children. They have about 350 children in the program. With that...

Joyce
Feb 8, 20202 min read
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High school visit
Every week "Show Mercy" is able to go visit in the high school and minister. The other volunteers and I were excited to go. They...

Joyce
Feb 8, 20201 min read
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Joyce
Feb 7, 20200 min read
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