The Blog
Keep up to date with the latest news and happenings.Ann Thyle
Dr. Ann Thyle never considered practicing medicine in a rural setting. She was bound for a career in academic medicine. However, after visiting a small mission hospital in the foothills of the Himalayas, her family was called to provide temporary assistance for the...
Bwire Chirangi
Dr. Bwire Chirangi is the medical officer-in-charge at Shirati KMT Hospital, Shirati, Tanzania. He is the son of the late Mtaragara Chirangi, an early leader in the Tanzanian Mennonite Church. Dr. Chirangi lives with his wife Violeth, daughter Brielle and two newborn...
David Gullman
David Gullman, VA, serves as a co-pastor in the rural Mennonite church of Timberville, Virginia, as well as the pastor at Pleasant View, Inc., an agency that serves individuals with disabilities in Harrisonburg and Rockingham County, Virginia. For the past 14 years,...
MHF President’s Column, May 2015
MHF President’s Column, May 2015 Eric Lehman, MD from Mennonite Health Journal, Vol. 17, No. 2 - May 2015 Mennonite Healthcare Fellowship (MHF) is approaching its fourth anniversary as an organization with a mission to be an interdisciplinary community of Anabaptist...
Anticipation and Response
Anticipation and Response Paul D. Leichty from Mennonite Health Journal, Vol. 17, No. 2 - May 2015 Anticipation! Can we allow ourselves to feel it? Is there something to which we can indeed look forward? I hope that Annual Gathering 2015 is indeed an event that you...
SET Report – Macha Mission Hospital, Zambia
SET Report - Macha Mission Hospital, Zambia Brianna Moyer, MD from Mennonite Health Journal, Vol. 17, No. 2 - May 2015 During high school, I had the opportunity to go on my first international mission trip to Haiti. My church had established a relationship with an...
Healthcare Beyond the Exam Room in Roatán, Honduras
Healthcare Beyond the Exam Room in Roatán, Honduras Benjamin Ruth, MD from Mennonite Health Journal, Vol. 17, No. 2 - May 2015 Roatán is the largest of the bay islands off the coast of Honduras. Surrounded by the world’s second greatest barrier reef, it has become a...
Water: Essential to Life and Health
Water: Essential to Life and Health Lyubov Slashcheva from Mennonite Health Journal, Vol. 17, No. 2 - May 2015 Water, in its three physical states, is what distinguishes Earth from other planets. The relative presence of water also determines whether a...
MHJ – May 2015
Mennonite Health Journal, Vol. 17, No. 2 - May 2015 Paul D. Leichty There is a definite international flavor to this issue of Mennonite Health Journal (MHJ) as we look forward to Mennonite Healthcare Fellowship’s Annual Gathering 2015, July 19-21, 2015, in...
Meet Lyubov Slashcheva
Lyubov Slashcheva is a Student Assistant for Annual Gathering 2015. Raised in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley upon emigrating with her family from Kazakhstan, Lyubov graduated from Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) at the end of 2011 with a BA in Biology. Interning with...
