Sterling Spence Archives - The Marshall Islands Journal

Helping RMI women

By Journal on March 19, 2026 Anne Anholm, Canvasback Missions, Elizabeth Holly, Ivy Lapidiz, Karen Earnshaw, Leif Voild, Sterling Spence, Wakein Deunert, Wilfred Alik News

KAREN EARNSHAW The month of March is Women’s Health Month, as designated by US Congress in 1987 to recognize the importance of supporting women’s physical, mental, and emotion well-being. So it is fitting that Canvasback Missions brought a women’s health team to Majuro this month. The first members of the team arrived in Majuro on […]

Teeth and eyes help

By Journal on September 4, 2025 Canvasback Missions, Ebeye Hospital, Jacque Spence, Kate Cannon, Matthew Cannon, Sterling Spence, US Army Garrison-Kwajalein Atoll News Archive

GIFF JOHNSON Canvasback Missions combined eye and dental team provided services to several hundred Ebeye residents during a six-day visit last month. Canvasback’s visit was the first it has made to Ebeye since 2019, prior to Covid and border closures preventing their teams from entering for about three years. Demonstrating high demand and need for […]