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Africa Region Updates
The Gambia
Partners in Patient Care
The Ndungu Kebbeh Health Center in The Gambia, West Africa is looking for individuals and churches to partner with us in caring for our patients in this rural health center. As a ministry of ABWE, we seek to minister to the spiritual as well as the physical needs of our patients, who are predominantly Muslim.
The Need for Partners in Patient Care:
An important element of caring for our patients in this poor African nation is to make health care affordable. However, by making our services affordable to our patients, we are now losing about $35 per day. With rising costs for medicine and supplies, employee salaries, and transportation costs for our ambulance, we anticipate the daily deficit to continue. We are asking God to provide individuals and churches that are willing to partner with us in caring for our patients’ physical and spiritual needs through prayer and financial support.
Caring for Physical Needs:
- A three-year-old with life threatening anemia and cerebral malaria
- An elderly man with hypertension and diabetes
- A one-year-old girl who has fallen into the cooking fire
- A woman in premature labor
Patients such as these come each day for acute and chronic illnesses as well as for immunizations and prenatal care.
Caring for Spiritual Needs:
- Nearly 100% of the patients who come for help are Muslim
- Preaching or Scripture reading at the start of each clinic day
- Praying with patients and their families
- Showing the compassion of Christ
As a result of the ministry of the health center and other ABWE ministries in The Gambia, individuals have come to study the Bible. Some have already put their trust in Christ as Savior and are growing in their faith.
If the Lord is leading you to give a monthly commitment or a one-time gift to this ministry, you can send your gift, designated for The Gambia Clinic Account # 76001-002 , to the following address:
Missionary Finance
ABWE
PO Box 8585
Harrisburg , PA 17105-8585
Ghana
Ghana Shoe Box Library
What is the "Shoe Box Library" and how can you can get involved with it?
A "Shoe Box Library" is a few Bible reference books combined to help pastors develop sermons and teaching lessons. ABWE missionaries David and Doris Totman would like to put together 15-20 sets of the "Shoe Box Library" for the Bible College students and our ABWE churches in Ghana. Each set costs approximately $400.
Each "Shoe Box Library" contains:
- Ryrie Study Bible
- Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance
- Unger’s Bible Dictionary
- Unger’s Bible Handbook
- Vine’s Expository Dictionary
- Practical Christian Theology by Floyd Barackman
- Moody’s Handbook of Theology by Enns
- Wiersbe’s Be Series
- Wiersbe’s Expository Outlines (OT & NT)
- Baker’s Theological Dictionary
- Bible Knowledge Commentary of the OT
- Bible Knowledge commentary of the NT
- Webster’s English Dictionary (Student edition)
- Talk Thru the Bible by Bruce Wilkinson
- Manners and Customs of Bible Times
- Bible Interpretation by Floyd Barackman
How can you help? You can either send money to ABWE (designated for Ghana Shoe Box Library account # 11570-025) towards the purchase of books, or if you have copies of these books that you would like to donate, send them to:
David Totman
C/O Frances Bunts
24 Tiona Road
Maine, NY 13802
Money donations should be mailed to*:
ABWE
PO Box 8585
Harrisburg, PA 17105-8585
*Be sure to designate gift for Ghana Shoe Box Library Account # 11570-025
Please send us a note via email or regular mail (see address below) so that we can watch for your gift.
If you have further questions concerning the "Shoe Box Library", write to totman@africaonline.com.gh or David Totman, PO Box HP 429, Ho, Volta Region, Ghana, West Africa
Thank you in advance for your interest and help with church planting in Ghana.
Kenya
Our ABWE Kenya Team is developing new inroads to those that are orphaned and affected by HIV/AIDS. We are anticipating the day we can build our first Community Center which will provide a place for Bible studies, activities and a quiet study atmosphere for many. It is also our goal that at least one church will be established utilizing the Community Center for its startup.
By making a contribution to the Community Center Building Fund, you will help provide a place where those affected by HIV/AIDS can play, study and fellowship with others in the community, while also hearing about our great Savior. Please consider a gift that will be used to help reach a great need in Kenya.

