{"id":7856,"date":"2006-03-02T17:14:05","date_gmt":"2006-03-02T22:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/?p=7856"},"modified":"2011-07-06T08:30:19","modified_gmt":"2011-07-06T13:30:19","slug":"congo-medical-mission-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/2006\/03\/02\/congo-medical-mission-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"Congo Medical Mission Trip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KARAWA, CONGO (March 2, 2006)  &#8211; The eight-member medical mission team spent  considerable time treating hundreds of patients during the 17-day visit  last month. Following are additional images from that trip.<!--more--><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"600\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/old.covchurch.org\/uploads\/d4\/zn\/d4znJ1j7t0coXtc2__KkKw\/1261.jpg\" alt=\"Medical team\" hspace=\"20\" vspace=\"15\" align=\"right\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Members of the medical team include (from left): Dr. Todd Ulmer, Dr.  Roger Thorpe, Duale Langba (former president of the Evangelical Covenant  Church of Congo), Dr. Jim Holcomb, Kathy Holmgren, Dr. Calla Holmgren,  and Dr. Bob DeMaster. Not pictured are Dr. Helen Berquist and Dorothy  Blakeway.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/old.covchurch.org\/uploads\/ym\/By\/ymByGH_c0CpZWkC74tWmMQ\/1260.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Todd Ulmer\" hspace=\"20\" vspace=\"15\" align=\"left\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\">Dr. Todd Ulmer lectures to medical staff at the Karawa hospital.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/old.covchurch.org\/uploads\/1u\/Uv\/1uUvF4v56ixVPjoRicr8gQ\/1262.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Calla Holmgren\" hspace=\"20\" vspace=\"15\" align=\"right\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\">Dr. Calla Holmgren uses a surgical procedure as a training opportunity  for other members of the Karawa medical staff.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/old.covchurch.org\/uploads\/qy\/uX\/qyuXxF08Dugcgy_AT_jVEQ\/1263.jpg\" alt=\"Deaf and mute students\" hspace=\"20\" vspace=\"15\" align=\"left\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\">A class of deaf and mute students.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/old.covchurch.org\/uploads\/1O\/Yo\/1OYoq5m_szxXXqgWv_kfbg\/1264.jpg\" alt=\"Drs. 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