Missions

Pamela Rice joined the KSOH board in February 2022, although she has been praying for and enthusiastically watching God work through the ministry of Osiligi Center since its inception. Kenya has a special place in Pamela's heart. In 2001 and 2002, Pamela served the Samburu and Rendille people in northern Kenya for a little over a year. During that time, she worked in women's ministry and on various development projects, such as the digging of wells and managing a microgrant program to help small groups of women start businesses. The following year, she returned to East Africa to work on a training program for women leaders in the church in East Africa as part of her master's degree in Christian Outreach from Concordia University, St. Paul. Currently, Pamela works for the National Park Service and lives in southern Colorado with her husband, Kevin. She was blessed to help raise two stepdaughters and considers herself their biggest cheerleader as they establish their own careers.

Joette Eyser has been involved with WOGO (Women's Orthopedic Global Outreach since 2022. WOGO is a group of 10 female orthopedic surgeons who travel to underserved countries to provide total knee replacement. This year WOGO completed 62 total knee replacements to 50 patients in Georgetown Guyana. WOGO has traveled to Guatemala, Congo, Tanzania, Bolivia, Cuba, Nepal, Peru and continues to add new destinations. More than 70 healthcare workers from various states gather to provide pre-operative, intra-operative, post-operative and rehab care to patients in need. Joette has been a registered nurse for 40 years and a nurse practitioner for nearly 10 years. She also is a  RN First Assistant in surgery and has many years experience as a preoperative nurse. Joette was able to participate in the 2022 trip to Guatemala and the 2023 trip to Guyana.  She has been blessed to see the difference made in a persons life when they have  mobility restored.  Joette currently works as a nurse practitioner in family medicine and assists with orthopedic surgery as well.