For eight months we have had a monthly Bible study using the Navigator's book, The Adventure of Discipling Others: Training in the Art of Disciplemaking. This has been a big source of encouragement for Dick the members get excited about discipleship. It has also helped with accountability, spiritual discipline, and motivation in prayer.For three Saturdays in March, Dick taught a seminar to some of
the surgeons at Hospital Vozandes. The course took place in the hospital library. In this evidence based surgery course, we practiced creating "answerable" questions about patients. We then did various searches on the library of congress website called PubMed. Then we explored other free search engines on the web, and discussed how to criticize the literature and apply it to the clinical problem at hand. Finally we talked about self evaluation and what stimulates doctors to keep learning.Camino de la Luz ("Way of the Light") Bible study started again in January. Dick and Marian help lead a group studying an overview of the Bible. God brought together several of the Ecuadorian leaders in Camino with an interest in putting the course on the Internet. Marian had an enthusiastic first planning meeting with the group! Please pray that the Lord lead us as we put a pilot course together, that God willing, will start in September.
This summer, we will be back in Malawi at Partners in Hope Clinic. More on that in the next blog!
