Adventures in Uganda Part 2...Meet the Team

Thursday, October 25, 2007
Meet the Team…My Nyahuka Family

The Myhres
Meet Drs. Scott and Jennifer Myhre and their four children Luke, Caleb, Julia and Jack. The Drs Myhre are the team leaders here in Nyahuka and really hold all of this together. Jennifer runs the paediatric ward, seeing patients there every morning, sees the paediatric patients in ARV clinic on Wednesday afternoons as well as cares for her family. Scott takes care of the administrative obligations, sees patients in the ARV clinic on Wednesdays, does ultrasounds on Fridays in Bundibugyo and basically fills in where ever there is a need. Every Wednesday morning at 6:30 we meet for prayer time at their house and every Thursday at four is team meeting where we have a Bible study, currently in James, and then discuss issues surrounding the mission. All of this is followed by team pizza night where everyone helps to make pizzas and kicks back to relax and enjoy one another. They are truly great leaders and the cohesiveness within the team speaks volumes to their care.
Check them out at http://www.paradoxuganda.blogspot.com/

The Bartkovichs
Meet Kevin and JD Bartkovich and their four children Joe, Louisa, and twins Nate and Savanah. Kevin is the head master at Christ School Bundibugiyo and JD serves as an educator and mom.
Check them out at http://www.kwegesiya.blogspot.com/

The Grays
Meet Rick and Wendy Gray and their three children Grant, Aiden, and Chase. Rick works with pastoral care here in Nyahuka and Wendy is a linguist and a mom.

The Massos
Meet Michael and Karen Masso and their three children Acacia, Lianna, and Gabriel. Michael is a water engineer and has constructed an amazing system that is piping water down from the mountains straight into our homes. He and Karen will be leading the team headed to Sudan starting sometime next spring. They are currently in the US.

The Pierces
Meet David and Annelise Pierce and their two children Quinn and Naomi. David is an educator with Christ School Bundibugyo and will become the head master when the Bartkoviches move back to the US next year. Annelise is also an educator and mom. They are currently in the US.
Check them out at http://www.calledtouganda.com/

Pamela Brown-Peterside
Pam runs the Kwejuna project for prevention of HIV transmission from mother to child.
Check her out at http://www.lamppostmedia.net/column_bundibyline/index.html

Patricia Abbott
Pat is like the Mother Theresa of Bundibugyo. She is a vital part of the nutrition projects, the Kwejuna project, and the ARV clinic.

Stephanie Jilcott
Stephanie runs the nutrition projects and travels each week to surrounding villages teaching nutrition to local health workers.
Check out her blog at http://www.bundinutrition.blogspot.com/

Amy Hudson, Scott Ickes, and Kim Stampalia
All three of these are teachers who are transitioning out. Amy and Kim are teachers for Renzori Mission School (RMS) where the children from the mission team attend. Scott teaches at both RMS and Christ School Bundibugyo.
Check out Kim’s blog at http://www.servinginuganda.blogspot.com/

Check out Scott’s blog at http://www.scotticcus.blogspot.com/

Sarah Reber and Ashley Wood
These two are teachers coming to replace Amy and Kim and have only been here for two months.
Check out Ashley’s blog at www.web.mac.com/ashley.wood21

Rachel Locker and Scott Will
We are two crazy PA’s from Baltimore who just showed up to volunteer for a few weeks (myself) and a few months (Scott).
Check out my blog at http://www.lettersofred.blogspot.com/
Check out Scott’s blog on his myspace page at www.myspace.com/scottwill or http://www.yoggerinuganda.blogspot.com