Ep. 99 - Matt Parsons and Mike Lloyd - Doctors, Volunteers in Africa, Latter Day Saints

Latter Day Lives - Talking with Latter Day Saints

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4.5 • 645 Ratings

🗓️ 29 July 2019

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Matt Parsons and Mike Lloyd are ophthalmologists who work with the Ouelessebougou Alliance, a Utah organization dedicated to bringing services to the village of Ouelessebougou, Mali, West Africa. In the episode, we discuss a recent trip they took to perform surgeries and other medical services there, what the area is like, the experiences with the people, attending church and how this experience has changed their lives. These are awesome, humble servants literally changing lives.

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0:00.0	The Latter Day Lives podcast is not owned or operated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
0:11.3	Any opinions expressed or implied in this recording are solely those of the host and guests and not of any specific organization unless otherwise stated.
0:26.1	Thank you. organization unless otherwise stated. Hello, friends, and welcome to episode number 99 of the Latter Day Lives podcast.
0:32.0	I'm your host, Sean Rapp here.
0:33.6	We've got a really uplifting and inspiring show this week.
0:37.6	But before we get into the conversation, I want to thank our reviewers, as always.
0:42.8	On Apple Podcasts this week, we had six new reviews, and they were all five stars and gave the kindest words.
0:50.5	We so appreciate our listeners.
0:53.5	The reviewers this week are nosy 5,000, 94-Nole, It Joe Moma, D.C.H. Utah, Van Mick, and Bronco Fett.
1:05.2	Thank you all so much for your kind words and your awesome reviews.
1:09.6	It so helps us to be found when people are
1:12.5	searching for uplifting content on Apple Podcasts. And there are other formats. If you can leave
1:18.5	us a review wherever you listen, that would really be helpful. This week in the conversation,
1:24.5	my guests are Mike Lloyd and Matt Parsons. These amazing men are
1:29.0	ophthalmologists, and they recently took a trip to Molly in Africa and performed surgeries
1:36.1	and other eye care services that they give. And it's so inspiring. And in a world that so much negativity seems and so many things going on,
1:48.0	and it can be a little bit disheartening, it's wonderful that there are men such as these,
1:53.2	and they'll tell us all about their experiences. And this week in my Latter-day Life,
1:57.3	I'll tell you all about having church in simple, humble, beautiful circumstances.
2:02.9	It's all coming up. So sit back, relax, and enjoy this week's conversation. And today, here in the Latter Day Live studio, I have some incredible friends who have had such an
2:25.4	amazing adventure and have done tremendous service in the world. My guests today are Mike Lloyd
2:31.5	and Matt Parsons. Mike and Matt are neighbors of mine who are also ophthalmologists
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