by Bob Mendonsa | Apr 19, 2022 | Blog
He was found on the downside of autumn one dark morning in a dump near Naivasha. Placenta still attached, wearing not a stitch, his screams alerted a passing stranger. We started loving him as our own after he settled into a crib at Naomi’s Village in 2013. My God,...
by Bob Mendonsa | Dec 23, 2021 | Blog
A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself. – Josh Billings Some or our earliest memories include our dogs crawling around on the carpet with us, licking our baby faces, barking curiously at things we also found humorous or uncertain...
by Bob Mendonsa | Nov 17, 2021 | Blog
You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. From “Desiderata”, by Max Ehrmann Can you imagine being 3 years old and so excited about a boat trip the next day that you cannot sleep the night before?...
by Bob Mendonsa | Sep 30, 2021 | Blog, Bob and Julie Mendonsa, Featured, Redemptive Viewpoints, Stories of Hope
“A happy family is but an earlier heaven.” – George Bernard Shaw For over 30 years as a student, resident, and practicing physician, I analyzed patients and made treatment decisions using the scientific method. A patient’s symptoms led me to formulate a hypothesis...
by Bob Mendonsa | Mar 24, 2021 | Blog, Bob and Julie Mendonsa, Featured, Redemptive Viewpoints, Stories of Hope
We have been keeping tabs on the US news from rural Kenya and worrying, not primarily for the safety, health or financial burdens of our friends and family members. No, it is for a purer thing that we fret about our brothers and sisters these days. We fear these...
