Spring 2025
The Gober's — Thailand Conference & New Horizons
Jess joins Calley in Chiang Mai, Thailand for a world medical conference, an elephant sanctuary, the famous night market, and preparations for life after residency.
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The Gober's
Dedicated partners in community outreach, world missions, and humanitarian service through medicine and faith.
Meet Calley & Jess
Who We Are
Calley
I'm married to awesome Jess, a budding OBGYN, historical fiction bookworm, previously-vegan-recently-pescetarian foodie, botanicals enthusiast, pilates doer, Enneagram 4, heart-and-soul lover of the world. I have set my sights on practicing medicine in unreached areas of the world since high school, and my goal of being an OBGYN took off even earlier, at the ripe age of four! I have a vision that the medicine I'll serve isn't just about sickness but an institution of wellness that promotes well-being — helping others do what is in their heart to do for the world.
Jess
I met Jesus in my Senior Year of high school, which began a lifelong pursuit of His presence. Not long after, I discovered my heart for world missions — for seeing healing and restoration for all people, in the physical and the spiritual. My spirit's constant, foundational yearning has been my call to world missions and all things Him. My greatest desire is to live a life steadily in the Presence of the Lord. I am confident in our call to the nations through the avenue of medicine, and I trust the Lord will use us as His hands and feet to bring healing and restoration in Jesus' name!
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January 2026
Eswatini — Exploring The Luke Commission
Jess and I have just recently been to Eswatini, to explore the possibility of joining a team there. This is the team we met whilst in Thailand in February 2025 and have been getting to know over virtual gatherings in the last year. Eswatini, for reference, is in Southern Africa, between South Africa and Mozambique. You may have heard of Swaziland — this is the same country, but new name. It's a small kingdom, but our experience there was short of anything little!
We traveled into Johannesburg, South Africa, and arrived on a Friday night. After a 4-hour ride and a 45-minute ride, we arrived at The Miracle Campus, the home of The Luke Commission! We were greeted by Missi and Brian, two of the ministry pastors walking with us in our year of exploring TLC. We spent the week rounding with medical teams, seeing patients in outpatient clinic, observing surgery, and meeting nurses, doctors, administrators, and pastoral staff.
We ended the week with our hearts feeling so full of joy and thanksgiving for the Kingdom work being done at TLC. We can truly envision ourselves as a part of this team. In the next short season, we are praying about a final commitment to TLC, even as they are doing the same towards us.
Please be praying for:
- •Discernment of the Lord's leading, to TLC or elsewhere
- •That the logistics of next steps be unhindered
- •That Calley and Jess would be prepared to serve alongside the team God is preparing them to join
"But seek first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you."
— Matthew 6:33
Spring 2025
Thailand — Medical Conference & New Connections
Calley flew out ahead of Jess to start the conference set up as the Academic Assistant to the Dean of Surgery. The conference gathered medical professionals from around the world. Every meal was an opportunity to meet someone new, hear their stories, and engage with their insight — and we found a multitude of opportunities for Calley to work as an OBGYN and Jess in Biomed Tech, Administration, and Paramedic roles.
Connections:
One, seemingly instant, yet deep connection was made with an organization in Africa. The leaders even orchestrated a team meeting via zoom for the folks in Africa to meet with us while still at the conference! We are really excited about this group and are making preparations to visit in January 2026 as an exploring trip. We've chatted several more times via zoom and are open to where this connection may lead. Simultaneously we had a lot of wise insight to the Samaritan's Purse Post Residency Program, to which our application is officially submitted. We expect to have more steps in
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