Community−What the South Teaches the West

It was my first visit to Africa. I was working at Tenwek Hospital in Kenya in Casualty, which is what they call the ER there. I had only been there a couple weeks when I got the chance to care for an eight year old boy who had come in for appendicitis a week prior....
A Life Well Lived

A Life Well Lived

I first met Sarah at the Prescription for Renewal conference in Asheville, North Carolina.  She had just finished her surgical training program and was so excited about beginning the Samaritan’s Purse/World Medical Mission 2 year post-residency training program.  Her...
Sofia

Sofia

Sofia is a nobody, by the world’s standards. At 75 years of age, with long dangling earlobes from tribal piercing at a young age, now mostly toothless, she looks like hundreds of other old Kipsigis women in southwestern Kenya. But to her large family, she is the...
An Urban Missionary

An Urban Missionary

When we think about the mission field, our first thought is usually a destitute area in the developing world. The United States is not the first place that comes to mind. Because when we think about America, we picture bustling Times Square in New York City or a...
Stepping out of the boat

Stepping out of the boat

For many years I have had a desire and dream to host a global missions conference in Houston.  A conference designed for people interested in missions—local or global, people with hearts and hands that are ready and willing to serve. A conference that would gather...