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I've already introduced you to some of the marvelous people I met in South Africa, like Pastor and Mrs. Mawela. Here's another person I want you to know.
A few years ago, Dick Nystrom, an American pastor ordained in the Evangelical Covenant church (historically an offshoot of the Swedish branch of the Lutheran church) felt the need to do something different with his ministry. (Here's a little article about their call.) He looked into getting a mission call, but in the end decided to make it simple and get a Peace Corp assignment. The Peace Corp assigned Dick and his wife, Pam, to the Maluti Adventist Hospital in Lesotho.
Well, it didn't take long for Dick and Pam to prove their worth. Dick did everything from maintenance to building to fund-raising to assisting in hospital administration. By the time the year was over, the folks at Maluti asked him to come back for another year!
I liked Dick instantly: he's a Midwesterner like me, he's thoughtful and practical, he speaks his mind, but he is above all a very compassionate person.
The hard part is that Dick is living on very little right now. In fact, his denomination is paying his insurance so he can continue working at the Adventist hospital. I think that's extraordinarily generous of them. I wish someone would find a way to keep Dick on there at Maluti indefinitely, because he is a key person for this time to help move the hospital forward. Unfortunately, Pam can't be with him until October, because she's had some health problems.
So please pray for Dick and Pam. I have no doubt God sent them to our hospital.