Dear Ambassadors,
 
Here in Maine we are enjoying beautiful warm weather. Our gardens are in and we are looking forward to spending days biking, hiking and lounging on the beach. I just bought a rowing shell, so I’m craving windless, calm mornings here along the coast. This is a beautiful world God has given us. The beauty here brings the beauty of DR Congo to mind as well.
 
We had an amazing and very successful Medical Ambassador trip to Karawa Hospital in April. Dr. Jim Walker, his daughter Julie Malyon, and I taught the Johns Hopkins course Helping Mothers Survive to doctors and nurses. We also taught proper methods of intramuscular injections in the two nursing schools at Karawa Hospital. To equip these newly trained doctors and nurses to become trainers themselves, we left several mannequins, a set of teaching materials for Helping Mothers Survive, and materials for practicing intramuscular injections.   

Sandra Gutknecht met with hospital administrators and documented many of the policies and procedures used in the CEUM system. We learned that our Helping Babies Breathe course was taught in nearly the entire Ubangi region and that many babies have been saved. One nurse informed our group that she had personally resuscitated and saved 8 newborns with the training and equipment that she had received at her Helping Babies Breathe training. Marta Klein and Keith Gustafson accompanied us and helped with translations and teaching. Meritt Sawyer had many meetings with doctors, CEUM personnel and other agencies involved in helping the medical facilities in the Ubangi. It was a tremendous time of teaching and relationship building. 
 
PCP has made a few decisions based on the success of this trip, the needs we observed, and requests made by the Congolese leaders. With two trips per year, each including nurses, we have many opportunities to be involved! (See the listing to the left)
 
Thank you all, our Medical Ambassadors, for your prayers regarding this trip and for the gifts that made it happen. We still need to raise $5000 for the trip, if any of you still wish to contribute. There are many ways to be an Ambassador! Please consider how you might become more actively involved as a Medical Ambassador, and who you can share the invitation with. We covet your involvement and your prayers for God’s sovereign direction as we move forward. 
 
Thank you to each of you for your support over these past four years.
 
In Jesus Name,
 
Eric Gunnoe