About Me

My first recollection of wanting to be involved in the great commission come from when I was just a teeny gal of just 7 or 8. I was sitting in the sunny kitchen of one of my mom’s friends and I declared, “When I grow up, I’m going to be a missionary nurse in the Canary Islands”. My reason for picking that location was super spiritual . . . I’d pointed at a map with my eyes closed. And I guess I thought being a nurse sounded like a reasonable way to get there. 

My path of adventure with Jesus has traversed many miles and experiences since then. I grew up and got scared to death of needles and blood. Then I grew up a little more and became a phlebotomist. Then I grew up a little more and became a nurse. I’ve traveled to many countries on 5 different continents doing medical mission outreaches and health teaching, and all the while God has been developing in my heart a passion for community health, evangelism, and discipleship!

Over 20 years later, that little girl’s kitchen dream is being realized. True, I’m not headed to the Canary Islands, but I won’t be too far (2,000 miles . . . kind of close as the world goes). While I didn’t throw a blind finger at a wall map this time, I did volunteer to go wherever the Lord would lead. He has led to the Central African country of Cameroon and I couldn’t be happier!

While I'm serving in Cameroon, my main focus will be to seek to work closely alongside the national church and seek to develop a community health evangelism program where we can share the love of Christ in a tangible way. My hope is that we can develop outreaches whereby we create sustainable ministry that helps people live to their fullest health in their physical, emotional, and spiritual lives!! The church is God's agent for transformation and I dearly hope to serve alongside my Cameroonian brothers and sisters and help them bring hope and transformation to their communities.
  

Here's an example of a community health evangelism program that is currently in action in another African country: