4 Weeks in Angola

WEEKEND IN NAMIBE

The drive from Lubango

The road down of the plateau

Visiting a rural clinic

The desert

the Welwitchia - a carnivorous plant that lives for 100s of years

The Beach

CAVANGO

The drive there...14 hours of crazy road!

At one stop, a boy came to the trucks dressed as a medicine man

Cavango

Steve's parents came for the hospital opening and received a warm welcome when they arrived. Steve's father was a doctor at the old hospital, which was destroyed during the civil war.

Going for a run - with Maddy (the dog) and a bunch of kids from the village

Camp - We played lots of 10,000 under Shelley and Peter's elaborate trailor set-up

Ruins of the old hospital

Opening the new hospital

The day began with a service at the outdoor church - we estimated over 2000 people were there!

People were climbing trees just to be able to see...

Dr. Foster cut the ribbon to open the new hospital

The hospital

Later in the day, Samaritan's Purse, who are part supporters of the hospital in Cavango, loaded up this truck to give away some of the boxes donated through Operation Christmas Child.


LUBANGO

Emily and Bryony headed for the OR

Chest x-ray of a boy who aspirated a nail

CEML Hospital

Lubango, near where Dr. Steve and Peggy Foster live

In the OR