During our trip to West Africa I received a lot of positive feedback about my photography from our blog readers. I really appreciate the encouragement and compliments. I’ve set up a online gallery/store where I’m selling prints of some of my favorite images from the trip. All the profits from the sales will be going to the George Faile Foundation which exclusively supports BMC, the hospital where Heidi was working.

More details about the prints are available on the gallery homepage. I hope that this provides folks with an opportunity to get some new art for their home or office and support a good cause at the same time.

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Today I spoke to the women of our church Seminole First Baptist. They invited me to share about women in West Africa as well as my experiences at the hospital.

I talked about the role of women in West Africa, how hard they work, and their own place in bringing their people to understand the truth about Jesus.  As another student volunteer so observantly noted – “the man is the head of the household, but the woman is the pillar.”

I also spoke about the role of women in missions. Women are able to more effectively minister to the needs of other women. Whether through teaching, Bible storying, working in a hospital, evangelism, prison ministry, etc.,  women play a very important role in ministry. Read the rest of this entry »

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The West Africa region has released a “mini-mag” through the IMB website and some of my photographs from our trip were used in the magazine. 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) so why not order one and then make a donation to international missions while you have your wallet out?

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While in Nalerigu, I kept a logbook of all the procedures, surgeries and patients that I saw. I will admit that I actually saw more things than I recorded. I usually just recorded the things that either I performed personally or had an active role.

I really did gain a wealth of experiential knowledge while at the BMC. It was great to have mentors in Dr. Faile and Dr. Hewitt, as well as many of the visiting physicians. Each shared from their own expertise and was not afraid to try new things.

I actually would have seen more things, but because William was gone half the time, I had to be at home at night to take care of Trey. Don’t take that the wrong way, I was very happy that William had the great opportunities to travel. I am just saying that for future student volunteers, the opportunities for procedures is there!

Here is the list: Read the rest of this entry »

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Traveling by road in West Africa is always a treat. You see things that make you look twice, thrice, and sometimes even a fourth time. Things like chicken mopeds, a bus with so much cargo on top it has doubled its height, or just a slogan that cracks you up. I’ve compiled a brief list of just some of the taglines I saw written across buses, trucks, and taxis.  Also below are a few photos I snapped while driving through Burkina Faso, Ghana, and Cote d’Ivoire. Read the rest of this entry »

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This is the last audio interview I did while in Ghana this past Fall. In this “Meet People” series I wanted to challenge our blog readers’ traditional views of what a “missionary” is and does.

In this interview I talk with Elsie McCall, a 71 year-old teacher, who has been serving for 8 years as a MK (missionary kid) teacher in Burkina Faso. Elsie is originally from Lakeland, FL right near our home in Seminole, FL.

You can download the 4MB mp3 file using this link: Interview with Elsie McCall (12/08/07)
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