A missionary to Somali on her experience, "...What we were unprepared for was for our friends and colleagues on the field to die; some young, some talented, and all somehow more valuable to the kingdom than ourselves. We ask ourselves why. Why them, and not us? Martin, Sheikdon, Christine, Colin, Libaan, Farah--all died for their faith. All died violently. When our dear friend, Martin Utzi, was questioned about the safety of taking his wife and young children to Somaliland, he answered, 'If what we are doing is not worth dying for, then it is not worth living for." Only a short time later, as his 3-year old son looked on, sweet, gentle Martin died from a gunshot to the head. Our friends won't have biographies written about them. Few people know of their sacrifice. Yet, in dying, they show us how to live." Mary Wallace, Live Dead People often ask me if I feel scared about moving abroad. And truthfully I do. I do not fear for myself, but I do fear for
Two physicians and their little explorers sharing the love of Christ through medicine.