international ministries

Carers who lead and leaders who care

Pontius Pilate has never attracted much sympathy amongst Christians, for understandable reasons. But there's no disputing he had a difficult job to do - implementing unpopular policies from remote centres of power, trying to accommodate the conflicting demands of local tribal interests, and working with limited resources. Much like health...

10 Good reasons for staying

When I arrived in Ethiopia in 1966, I found the OR table was an old metal examination table with only three legs the OR light hung on a rusting coat hanger from a sagging ceiling the sterilizer blew up during my third month...my mentor doctor with whom I had hoped...

The Agony and the Ecstasy

'Oh God, please let there be a plane coming' I prayed as I dashed to the radio to find out the latest progress of the rescue plane. I stammered our call signal and the radio crackled into life. 'Please tell me they can evacuate her' I pleaded. 'I'm really sorry...