ELWA Hospital ("Eternal Love Winning Africa")

ELWA Hospital is a ministry of SIM (formerly Sudan Interior Mission) and was started in 1965 by Dr. Bob Schindler, a general surgeon from Berrien Springs, Michigan!

The hospital is on a large parcel of land that lies along a beautiful stretch of Atlantic Ocean, near Liberia's capital, Monrovia.    There are wards for Male, Female, Surgical, OB, and Pediatrics.

 

These wards all lie around a large courtyard that is well manicured with shrubs and flowers.

The mural below greets us each morning as we pass by the guarded entrance.

                                                                         

     

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Typical morning scene with patients waiting for their turn.

The 3 general surgeons here all trained in the 

5 year PAACS program at Galmi

Hospital in Niger, where we have served

5 times. This is Dr. Elvis

at the nursing station. We have enjoyed 

working with him, Dr. Audry, and

 Dr. Juvenal.

   

                                                                                                        The hospital chapel is where daily 7:30 AM devotions are held.

The Chapel is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Steve Befus, who

served at ELWA for 21 years. He was a 1979 graduate of Wayne State Medical School and sadly died at a young age from lymphoma. Two of our Grand Rapids friends were in his med school class.