Words can’t explain the anxiousness we feel when we rush out to the aid of a pregnant woman. In a dense jungle surrounded by tribal warfare, and in an environment that is riddled with cases of tuberculosis, malaria, and cholera, we can only imagine the anxiousness that a pregnant woman would feel.

We first met Clara back in 2014, when we received a call for a woman with a retained placenta. After a difficult pregnancy, her baby had not survived and Clara needed surgery. Our hospital ministry prayed with and encouraged her through that difficult experience, and she was released from the hospital shortly thereafter.

Fast forward two years later: We received a familiar call for a complicated pregnancy. The call was for Clara. President Mark Palm and Medical Director Chris Cooke immediately responded to the call in one of our floatplanes and soon returned to Boram Hospital with the familiar face in tow. Knowing that she had lost her last baby made the situation even more dire. At the hospital, Clara gave birth to a healthy baby boy.

While not all of our flights end so happily, we hope that a bigger story can be told through these experiences. We desire to help bring hope and healing to another corner of the world, even in the midst of suffering.