by admin | Jul 10, 2014 | Becoming a Missionary Mom, Beliefs, Community, Heather Webb, Spiritual Development, Theology, Values, Village Life, Worldview
It was incredible news and it was terrifying news. I was completely relieved and I was scared out of my mind. Prisca was being discharged from the hospital without having a hysterectomy. She was still pregnant and she still had a mass on her uterus. There is very...
by admin | May 19, 2014 | Becoming a Missionary Mom, Heather Webb, Spiritual Development, Uncategorized
It’s become pretty well known in the past years that many people suffer from the Winter Blues, especially in the Northern States. The days are shorter, the skies are grey and a lot of people just feel down. They even make special lamps that produce artificial sunlight...
by admin | Mar 13, 2014 | Becoming a Missionary Mom, Beliefs, Community, Culture, Heather Webb, Theology, Uncategorized, Values, Village Life, Worldview
It was surgery day. Prisca had checked into the General Hospital the night before. A group of us went that morning to visit her and pray with her before she was taken to the OR for her hysterectomy. My stomach churned and I felt sick at the thought of what Prisca and...
by admin | Mar 10, 2014 | Becoming a Missionary Mom, Beliefs, Community, Culture, Heather Webb, Uncategorized, Values, Village Life, Worldview
I felt like I had been kicked in the gut. My closest Tanzanian friend and colleague in ministry had a mass growing on her uterus, her health was quickly declining and she was about 7 weeks pregnant. There was no high tech imaging machinery in Dodoma to get a clear...
by admin | Mar 3, 2014 | Becoming a Missionary Mom, Beliefs, Community, Heather Webb, Mission, Uncategorized, Values, Village Life, Worldview
You know how when someone you love is hurting and you go into super-hyper-overdrive and have to DO something to try to help? My phone call with Prisca catapulted me into that mode and I couldn’t sit still. The following day, I boarded a bus with my 9 month old...
by admin | Feb 27, 2014 | Becoming a Missionary Mom, Community, Culture, Heather Webb, Uncategorized, Worldview
Baby Grace’s birth was marked by all the normal characteristics of a typical small town Tanzanian birth. So vastly different from anything we could ever imagine in the US, but pretty typical for Dodoma, nonetheless. The nine months leading up to her birth, however...
