Posts Tagged With: altruism

Dreams, drive, and a Nigerian doctor

JOS, NIGERIA – Twenty years ago, Daniel Shehu Danlami Salihu didn’t know what he was going to do.

Freshly out of high school, he was eager to begin studying to become a doctor, but an instructors’ strike had closed the universities.  It was already October, and the driven young man wanted to do something productive with his time.

Continue reading

Categories: Stories, News, & Features | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

“Holiday wish? Peace” – Nigeria article in local paper

The Finger Lakes Times (Geneva, NY), where I used to be a reporter, published an article about my recent trip to Nigeria.  The article appeared in today’s “Insight” (opinion) section, along with two pictures of women being helped by a ministry in Jos.

The article can be read here.  I am very grateful to my former editors for giving me this opportunity.

Continue reading

Categories: Prayers, Updates, & Answers, Stories, News, & Features | Tags: , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Nigeria may not have consistent electricity, but it does have Facebook access.

While I was in Nigeria, I couldn’t get into this blog to update it (something silly about setting a good password and then forgetting it).  These are the collected updates that I originally posted to my Facebook account.

Continue reading

Categories: Prayers, Updates, & Answers | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

So, I went to Nigeria last month…

It was a short trip and a sudden trip.  Preparations for the missions festival at church and the trip to Nigeria tied me up heavily for the few weeks leading in, and then I was out of the country for 11 days.  Now that I’ve been back for a bit, I’m still looking through notes and photos and planning stories.

Here’s a quick summary of things: Continue reading

Categories: Prayers, Updates, & Answers, Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Blog at WordPress.com.

%d bloggers like this: