Where There Is No Doctor
Karen Milco writes: Over the years I have developed a deep love and concern for women and children who are suffering, especially women suffering the effects of HIV/AIDS and poverty. Today, eight years after the civil war ended, Angola’s health indicators are among the worst in Sub-Saharan Africa. Life expectancy is 37 for males, 39 for females, and the infant mortality rate is the highest in the world (CIA Factbook, 2010). An estimated 11,000 maternal deaths occur each year in Angola, and one in four children die before the age of five. The principle cause of disease and mortality can be linked ...
So They Might Come
Our interview with Pastor Alfredo Combonde continues, as he respectfully pleas for the resources to build dormitories for the students and their families. What would be most helpful to IESA at the Bible School? What we really want is help and it is what you are already doing. We need financial funds to stabilize and restart those things that are not active so the work can carry on. This is the main place where the members of IESA study to become pastors. Whoever is a servant is passing through Kalukembe both in nursing and theology. When we look at our ...
My Eyes Have Seen
Pastor Alfredo Combonde was born in a village 35K from Kalukembe in 1929. After completing his studies at the Instituto Biblico em Kalukembe, he remained in Kalukembe, serving as a pastor and church leader throughout his life. During our visit in July, we had the opportunity to spend time talking with him. The following is a partial transcript from a videotaped conversation. I am very grateful for this meeting and must give many thanks for your arrival. It is a miracle for us the way you arrived here from a very far place to build a relationship. ...
Wonderings
I am sitting in Dulles airport Washington, DC waiting to board the 17 hour South African airlines flight to Johannesburg. I am anxious and excited at the same time. There is a part of me that can’t wait to teach to students, be disconnected from the internet, cell phone, e-mails, etc. I have more peace than anxiety and know the long flight will cure me of everything. As I write, I am watching Muslim men bowing down and praying to the east. I commend them for their devotion. In a strange way they energize me to want to do more ...
In The Field
Where There Is No Doctor
So They Might Come
My Eyes Have Seen
