Who we are
1. We are Family Medicine (Fred and Lydia) OB Fellowship (Fred and Lydia) and ER Fellowship (Fred) trained doctors.
2. We have completed a 30-month term with Samaritans Purse post residency program in Switzerland-Togo (Jan 2013 to July 2015); a 24-month term with ABWE short term missionary program in France-Togo (August 2016 to June 2018).
3. As of the fall of 2021, we have made the decision to return to Togo and are currently in the process of raising funds.
What is this website
This website was created on August 23, 2012, to document our post-Residency experience (Jan 2013 to August 2015) and anything else that comes along . . .
Our Family
Noah was born in Tacoma, WA on March 26, 2012, Nathanael was born in Togo March 19, 2015, Noémi was born in France on July 9th, 2017, and Noll was born in Ft Wayne, IN on August 21, 2019.
Our Story
Fred – Swiss roots; born American; raised Canadian; Met my wife Lydia while doing a family medicine residency in Northern Kentucky. Have completed the Rural Family Medicine with OB Fellowship in Tacoma (July 2012) and the PEP ER Fellowship in Fort Wayne (June 2019). Favorite verse (((James 1:27 ))) “Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world”
Lydia – grew up as a MK and PK, was in the Philippines for 5 years and then raised in Indiana afterwards. Graduated from Indiana Wesleyan University. Medical training in Missouri, Ohio, and Illinois. Completed a Family Medicine OB fellowship in Edgewood Kentucky (2009). Loves reading, running and being a mom. Favorite verse: Proverbs 3:5-6, “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding, but in all your ways acknowledge Him and He will guide your path.”