by bkwatson | Jun 23, 2026 | blog, Schanzer Eye Institute
Twenty Years of Sight A Week of Celebration, Legacy, and a New Name in Sierra Leone Field report by Tom Lewis | June 19–22, 2026 | Serabu, Sierra Leone A Milestone Two Decades in the Making Twenty years ago, a vision took root in the red soil...
by bkwatson | Jan 8, 2026 | blog, Education, Mission Trips, Schazner Eye Institute, Tom Update
Mass for Cathy’s birthday and 20th anniversary celebration for Southern Eye Clinic. Mass, Blessing of Campus, Consecration of Cathy, reception, all celebrating Dr Cathy’s birthday and 20 year anniversary of Southern Eye Clinic. About 200 people came. Mass was at...
by Tom Lewis | Jun 1, 2025 | blog, Cathy's Updates
Dear Friends, As our mission team arrives in Serabu, Cathy is in her final stage of dying. In addition to all of her other body malfunctions, she cannot move her legs, left arm or her head. She has lost functional vision due to nystagmus. She breathes shallow puffs...
by Tom Lewis | May 4, 2025 | blog, Cathy's Updates
A Flickering Light The Light of My Life is dimming, but only on the human side of eternal life. In the last four months, Cathy has deteriorated from being able to travel cross country to a struggling, in-home existence, that includes a recliner, a bed, and a...
by Tom Lewis | Mar 2, 2025 | blog, Cathy's Updates, Mission Trips
Dedicated to Love We met Mairi Dorman-Phaneuf on a Valentine weekend flight. She sat in front of us, next to her encased cello. By the time we arrived to Minneapolis we had decided to attend her university concert the next evening, along with our friends, Christal and...
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