Good morning from the Meads!!  I am enjoying something completely different this week.  No, I am not skipping my traditional coffee.  I am just enjoying  the coffee in a different location.  We celebrate the special holiday of “Mothers Day” today.  Although I can not spend this day with my mother, I am for the first time in many years able to visit Jana’s mother on this holiday; we are currently in Michigan for a brief time.

Many people ask me and other missionaries about our lives ‘in the field.’  I am often asked if I miss my ‘old life’ as an orthopedic surgeon in private practice.  I find that query a very complex question that can not be truthfully answered with a simple “yes” or “no.”  Read the rest of this entry »