Q & A: Why Africa?

As we begin sharing our news with everyone, we have noticed that people generally ask us the same five or six questions. So I (Heather) will try to answer these most frequently asked questions. We love when people ask questions and are interested in our lives. Thank you!

Today I will attempt to answer the question "Why Africa?" Some people truly want to know how God called us specifically to Africa. Others ask this question, but really mean "why not here?" I've been asked a couple of times, "Can't you do mission work in the States?" Ironically, we got this line of questioning alot when we adopted from Ukraine. Yes, we could have adopted in the States, but our child happened to be in Ukraine. And now, yes, we can and have done "mission work" locally, and in other countries, but our call to long-term missions happens to be to East Africa!

I have never been accused of having eloquent language...so now I'll cheat a little and borrow some quotes to further answer the "Why Africa?" question.

"I have but one candle of life to burn, and I would rather burn it out in a land filled with darkness than in a land flooded with light." John Keith Falconer

"No one has the right to hear the gospel twice, while there remains someone who has not heard it once." C.T. Studd

"If ten men are carrying a log - nine of them on the little end and one at the heavy end - and you want to help - which end will you lift on?" William Borden

"If God's love is for anybody anywhere, it's for everybody everywhere." Edward Lawlor

"I believe that in each generation God has called enough men and women to evangelize all the yet unreached tribes of the earth. It is not God who does not call. It is man who will not respond!" Isobel Kuhn