DEBBIE RIGGS
1) Lesca Hadley, M.D. (’92), is a family physician and director of geriatrics at John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth. Her first experience with medical missions took place in Guatemala the summer after her graduation from ACU. She has since served in El Salvador, Zambia, Thailand and Mexico. 2) Randy (’94) and Anda (Adams ’94) Brown are vocational missionaries making a difference in the Como neighborhood near Fort Worth. Randy has a family medicine practice nearby, and the family chooses to live among many of its low-income patients. The late Stanley Shipp (see page 80) was a major influence on the Browns. 3) Taylor Tidmore, M.D. (’99), is an Abilene ear, nose and throat specialist who has done medical mission work at LiveBeyond in Haiti and City of Hope in Accra, Ghana. He is married to Heather (Watts ’99). 4) Orthopedic surgeon Kyle Stephens, D.O. (’05 M.Div.), earned degrees in biology and biblical studies from Lipscomb University and a M.Div. from ACU before entering medical school in 2009. He begins work in a bone and joint clinic this fall in Paris, Tenn. His medical missions experience has taken him to Honduras, Romania, Brazil, Mexico, Kenya and Peru. He is married to Jennifer (Bartholomee ’05). 5) Ray (’80) and Star (Light ’82) Ferguson of Abilene are longtime leaders in the Zambia Medical Mission to Namwianga. Ray is co-director and Star coordinates of pharmaceuticals for the outreach that brings more than 100 people overseas to treat and minister to several thousand Zambians each July. 6) David M. Vanderpool, M.D. (’82), and his wife, Laurie (Stallings ’81), lead the work of LiveBeyond in Haiti, which began in response to its horrific earthquake in 2010. The Vanderpools sold their belongings in Tennessee to establish a permanent ministry in Thomazeau featuring “medical and maternal health care, clean water, education, orphan care, community development and the gospel of Jesus Christ.” Students and faculty from the ACU School of Nursing travel to Haiti to assist them. 7) David Jr. (’10) and Devin (Anderson ’11) Vanderpool assist David’s parents at LiveBeyond in Haiti, where he is agricultural development project manager and she is education director and ESL teacher. 8) A native of Zambia, Shepherd Mbumwae (’95) is married to Ruhtt Jaime (’96) and has impressed government officials with his work as chief administrator of Namwianga Zonal Health Centre in Zambia. NZHC was established after Zambian Medical Mission determined needs for a permanent health care presence. 9) As executive director for Global Samaritan Resources, Danny Sims (’85) oversees work to provide surplus goods to those in need around the world, including medical outreach ministries and disaster relief. His wife is Suzanne (Michna ’89). SARA KAUSS
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