When I got to Africa, two things struck me: first, my luggage had not arrived; and second, the man beside me was getting pick-pocketed.
Thus began my journey into the Dark Continent! Soon, I was dodging poisonous snakes and car-sized potholes, watching and then fainting during my first surgical observation, and unintentionally frightening children who had never seen a white person before.
In less than two weeks, I had gathered countless stories. Yet, my stories pale in comparison to God’s story in West Africa.
ABWE has worked in the country of Togo for more than 25 years. Through its premier ministry - the Karolyn Kempton Memorial Hospital - thousands of patients come to Christ and return to their villages to establish churches. Encouraged by ABWE missionaries, these churches have since begun daughter-works, training and literacy programs, and Christian schools - furthering the gospel and cultivating true disciples in Togo.
It is clear that the entire community has been changed by the gospel, as well as by the compassion of the Christians delivering it.
Now, ABWE is building a new hospital, in memory of its late president Wendell Kempton. The Wendell Kempton Medical and Ministry Center will serve as the flagship of ABWE’s Northern Outreach Project - advancing the gospel into the northern portions of Togo and bordering countries. This new facility will minister to a Muslim-majority community and offer life-saving medical care the people desperately lack.
Anyone who has been to Africa can tell you the incredible need found there. Yet, through amazing, God-ordained circumstances, ABWE sees people coming to Christ and physical lives being saved. It seems that these days, Africa looks a little less dark.
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