When Mark and Nancy Sheppard began missionary service in Liberia, Nancy had no idea what God would ask of her. Their idyllic first term was followed by the Liberian Civil War and a nightmarish year working among Liberian refugees in the Ivory Coast. Conditions were difficult, expectations overwhelming and the tensions of the war at their doorstep. Fear, self-pity, resentment and depression haunted her. God used Nancy's difficult decision to follow her husband's leadership and remain in refugee work to begin an amazing spiritual journey - one that led to a clearer understanding of biblical...
When Mark and Nancy Sheppard began missionary service in Liberia, Nancy had no idea what God would ask of her. Their idyllic first term was followed b...
When Mark and Nancy Sheppard began missionary service in Liberia, Nancy had no idea what God would ask of her. Their idyllic first term was followed by the Liberian Civil War and a nightmarish year working among Liberian refugees in the Ivory Coast. Conditions were difficult, expectations overwhelming and the tensions of the war at their doorstep. Fear, self-pity, resentment and depression haunted her. God used Nancy's difficult decision to follow her husband's leadership and remain in refugee work to begin an amazing spiritual journey - one that led to a clearer understanding of biblical...
When Mark and Nancy Sheppard began missionary service in Liberia, Nancy had no idea what God would ask of her. Their idyllic first term was followed b...
Cuando Mark y Nancy Sheppard comenzaron su trabajo misionero en Liberia, Nancy no tenia idea alguna de las cosas que Dios le pediria. El primer periodo de tiempo que estuvieron en el campo misionero fue tranquilo, pero fue seguido por la Guerra Civil en Liberia y un ano horripilante de trabajo con los refugiados liberianos en Costa de Marfil. La situacion era dificil, las expectativas eran abrumadoras y la tension de la guerra se encontraba en la puerta de su casa. Miedo, autocompasion, resentimiento y depresion la perseguian. Dios uso la dificil decision que tomo Nancy de seguir el liderazgo...
Cuando Mark y Nancy Sheppard comenzaron su trabajo misionero en Liberia, Nancy no tenia idea alguna de las cosas que Dios le pediria. El primer period...
When long-time American missionary Nancy Sheppard volunteered to work with her friend Nancy Writebol in ELWA Hospital's Ebola ward, she did not know what to expect. Night after night she worked, suiting up and disinfecting the medical personnel and helping wherever needed. While it was difficult, she recognized she was witnessing something extraordinary. Author Nancy Sheppard writes, "What am I seeing here? I asked myself. It was invisible to all but me. This dying woman was perhaps the most untouchable person in the world and yet Dr. Brantly was touching her. And he was not just touching her...
When long-time American missionary Nancy Sheppard volunteered to work with her friend Nancy Writebol in ELWA Hospital's Ebola ward, she did not know w...