Let there be light for Christmas in Nigeria

Forming Servant Leaders for the future Nigeria means providing the necessities for living and learning with as little interruption as possible. Our diesel fuel vendor has generously supplied our energy needs with extended credit over a long time period. But, he is now...

Corruption & Voodoo Practice Imperils Student Safety

As a child in the late 70’s and early 80’s, I remember walking to grade school and back home. My most traumatic incidents, during those ½ mile treks on sidewalks, across streets, and over train tracks, consisted of getting in occasional fights with other kids or...

Thanksgiving for Life from Womb to Tomb

Dr. Alveda King, niece of civil rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., spoke recently at St. Paul of the Cross parish in Park Ridge, IL on the right and dignity of life in the womb.  She quoted Scripture, “I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day,...

Messengers of Justice Giving Back to America

A line in the famous prayer of St. Francis reads, “…it is in giving that we receive…”.   I’ve found this to be so true since I began walking the path of missionary discipleship in Africa five years ago.  From the legendary Igbo hospitality to the...

A Celebration of Missionary Discipleship in Africa

Since HEAL began 5 years ago, many people have expressed a desire to visit Nigeria and personally participate in our mission of forming future Servant Leaders of Africa. Deacon Leo and I have discussed and begun plans to host missionary visitors in a way that would...