Called Back

Throughout the remainder of July we will also be including some posts about members of our team (Abuja, Jos, & Home) and what they have been up to. The posts will probably include some of what they have been doing this summer as well as how they are feeling leading up to the overseas trip in August. Honestly, these could go anywhere, so we will bring you along for the ride and see what comes of it. It is certainly an experiment for us as writers and for you as readers. The first of these was posted the other day by Teresa Pompa, a minister returning to Faith Alive Hospital in Jos this year. This one is from Ed King, who traveled to Anawim Home in Abuja last year and will be leading the Faith Alive Hospital team this year. I'll let Ed take it from here:

Since I'm retired, this Summer looks a lot like the rest of the year except it's warm outside. Actually, I have been busy with travel - visiting a daughter and her family in North Carolina and took a rather nice vacation to the Berkshires with close friends to enjoy some museums and Summer stock. We were also able to celebrate fathers' day with our entire family (all 17) as my Marine son-in-law had just returned from his second deployment in two years. And of course there was mowing the lawn, working out at the MAC, catching up on some needed mulching and landscaping, and just last week cleaning and painting our rather large deck.

I'm returning to Nigeria this year in answer to the call to once again serve God’s Poor. I am particularly looking forward to working along side Dr Chris and the dedicated staff at Faith Alive hospital in their ministry in Jos, and can't wait to see Sister Oresoa with whom we had the distinct privilege and pleasure to serve last year at Anawim Home in Gwagwalada.