January and February

Chris moving our plants to our flat, the bunk bed was a collection of Joannah's stuff as she sorted her stuff for moving and left over wedding stuff.

Chris packing down our first Christmas tree and our plant doing it's best to survive the Aussie summer.

Married 3 months and we've settled into our home. The craziness of moving furniture we got together, moving our separate flats, and getting what we need to create a place to call home for the Whitby family. So thankful for the process and being able to say we did it. It done and it's so homey and filled with so many plants and laughter.

Sunset and settled into home

The Primary Health Care school 2023 is running!!! For the first time in person since 2020.

The Primary Health Care School started January 9th here in Perth, with five students from America and New Zealand, Kathy (the dean of college of health care in the University of the Nations) is leading and with Joannah staffing. They started with orientation and someone sharing on the Character and Nature of God. Really challenging us as a school and individuals on how we view God. 

Teaching how to teach week 2

On week two we learned how to teach, health care topics, along with major keys in primary health care and our roll in seeing people get these keys. Then we looked at anatomy and physiology, vitals and fever illnesses. 

Steve the skeleton helping teach the bone structure, and Jess teaching on vitals and some medical terminology

Making Oral Rehydration Solution (ORS) for diarrhoea

This is currently week four (Jan 30 - Feb3) and we’re looking at water borne diseases, worms and diarrhoea. Something we've really taken away this week is how the statistics can be overwhelming, but we're here for the individuals and no matter how large or small the sickness and death rates are, they're deeply heart breaking and we want to see them change.

We have had amazing and experienced speakers who have been in missions and health care for a while and who teach out of their experiences and their walk with God. Very deeply challenged in how I (Joannah) stop for the individual and respond to God.

Dr Suneetha teaching, our students practicing teaching

School Sausage sizzle by the beach

Week 5 of the PHC- we've had Dr Suneetha from India speak on HIV, TB, STI's, leprosy with such a deep deep humility and softness to God. This week we walked away with a deep challenge of how do we look more like Jesus with the vulnerable and outcast/estranged people. What does it look like to enable them and see community's transformed.