William, Heidi, and Trey’s adventures and observations while living in West Africa for 3 months in the Fall of 2007
Apr
8
The West Africa region has released another great “mini-mag” through the IMB website and the story I helped cover in Ghana is in it. The magazine also has some “bonus” features found online at the gowestafrica.org website.
You can order a free copy from the IMB’s online store. All you pay is shipping (60-ish cents) and the limit is 50 per order. Why not order a stack to give out at church! Who knows, you may help inspire someone to get involved in God’s work in West Africa.
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Apr
3
The Faile Foundation has sent out their Spring 2009 newsletter to their supporters and you can get it in PDF form online. Those of you that have purchased prints of my West Africa photographs have all directly supported this organization. Most people don’t realize that an incredible 99% of all donations to the Foundation go to the ministry - a mere 1% is used for administrative expenses.
If you read the recent newsletter you’ll see this section about their most recent project:
A container has just been sent to BMC with two incubators, two autoclaves, five oxygen concentrators, wheelchairs, crutches, walkers, and over 130 barrels of medical supplies, bandages, and envelopes for pharmacy use.
Special thanks to Vicki Barnes and Tabernacle Baptist’s support of the Ghana Bandage project, Pat Howard for much of the medical supplies, Tarak Garas for the incubators, Steve Rutledge of Luke19-10 ministries for an autoclave, the Oxygen Store and Clear Choice in Rome, GA for donated oxygen concentrators, the numerous volunteers who roll bandages and send envelopes, and all of you who have helped with your financial contributions!
It is encouraging for me to see so many people coming together and donating their time, skills, tools, and finances for such an important cause. Read the newsletter’s brief report on the hospital’s 50+ year track record and you will realize how important the work at BMC is.
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Jan
29
The three stories Emily Peters wrote about the Baptist Medical Centre have been published on the GoWestAfrica.org website as well as by the Baptist Press. The BP has now distributed it to all its affiliates and the stories are popping up all over the web (and in some newspapers).
I got an email from Mike Mott, our pastor from Seminole First Baptist Church, telling me that she was on the front page of the Florida Baptist Witness!
Here are the stories on gowestafrica.org (I’m biased towards that source since it has more photos):
Or you can pick another source:
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Jan
25
I often visit a great website called “The Mindful Eye.” It is an online photography community that features articles, tutorials, podcasts, and forums on all things photographic. One of their best features is The Daily Critique; every couple days they post a video where a professional photographer offers constructive criticism on a photo that was submitted by a user to be critiqued. Watching these short videos can teach you a lot about photography.
They also let users submit images to be considered for the Photo of the Week pick. The pick of the week is then critiqued by a pro. I was flattered not only to have a portrait I made at BMC get picked but get such wonderful comments by Atlanta-based professional photographer Craig Tanner. As usual, listening to his critique of my image taught me something new: specular highlights!
If you have an interest in photography and are looking to improve your skillset, I highly recommend The Mindful Eye.
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Jan
18
My photograph entitled “The Veil” won 3rd place in the “2008 Print of the Year” competition of the Middle Georgia Camera Club. I’m honored to have my art recognized but even more importantly it’s great to be able to share the beauty of West Africa with people here.
The photograph was taken in December 2007 as part of a series entitled “It Pains O’ Why?“
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Nov
20
I’ve been going through my photos from BMC and found one I forgot to post. This logo was on a bed sheet in the hospital and made me quite happy. Looks like at some point Heidi’s employer, the Medical Center of Central Georgia, donated some stuff to the Baptist Medical Centre in Nalerigu, Ghana. Keep up the good work MCCG!
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Oct
25
Pat and Peggy Ozment who I covered on my recent trip have a blog of their own. They have put up a couple posts related to the story I was covering. They posted several of my photos and have added their own captions and insights to share their experiences.
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Oct
21
As a follow-up to my post about Tommy Harrison, here is a panorama I made of his farm in northern Ghana. Pictured with him is Dr. Femke Veldman.
Click the image to the right to launch a new window the large panorama. Please be patient, it may take a while to load.
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