Patrick and Anna LaRochelle

Patrick and Anna LaRochelle

Bunia, D.R. Congo

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The LaRochelle family has lived and worked in North Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo since 2015. Patrick is an Internal Medicine and Pediatrics physician and Anna is a Family Nurse Practitioner. They have been serving with Serge as DRC team leaders since 2018.

Their team vision statement is:

Working together with the Congolese in Jesus’ name to heal bodies, spirits and the social fabric of north eastern Congo, all in the hope that we serve as a reminder that God has not forgotten his people in Congo.

They were initially sent by the Samaritan’s Purse Post-Residency program to work in the village of Nyankunde in a former mission hospital that was in the process of rebuilding following tribal wars. From 2015 to 2021 they worked alongside their Congolese colleagues to train new doctors, teach in the nursing school, and provide specialty consultations.

In 2021 the local tribal militia had a standoff with the Congolese military. It ended after 3 days of fighting, leaving the village mostly empty of civilians and missionaries.

In early 2022, the Serge team decided to move to the nearby city, Bunia. While here Patrick has begun closely teaching and mentoring medical students, providing specialty consultations, and trying to facilitate quality medical care in our national partner hospital in Bunia, CME. Anna has mostly focused on medical care for those Congolese who have been Internally Displaced (IDPs) because of tribal war. Along with Congolese national partners, she’s organized projects for two IDP camps that provide free medical care for about 19,000 displaced Congolese. To learn more about their work and projects, please visit: https://give.serge.org/donate/northeast-congo-medical-fund. Patrick and Anna also do some homeschooling for Luke and Miriam to supplement what they learn in the local schools.

We hope to work in the Congo as long as God wills, and love being part of a Serge team, on mission for God’s glory.

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