Summary Of Splinters In An African Log

The book I read, Splinters in an African Log, was about Martha wall. She was a medical missionary to Africa in the 1930’s. She was a single female missionary in a time when the cultural norm was that a woman 's place was in the home not on the mission field. While attending Tabor College to get her nursing degree Martha felt God tugging at her heart about the need for medical missionaries in French West Africa. Leprosy was a rampant wild fire in the country of Africa and the need for nurses on the leper colonies was expedient. Martha, however, did not find the prospect of becoming a missionary exciting and spent some time running from the call God had obviously placed on her life. Finally, after much argument with the Lord she submitted an application to the Sudan Interior Mission and was accepted. Her first mission was on a station in a city called Wushishi. This first station was a

After being in France for a little under a year she was finally sent back to Africa to start her third term. The first place she was assigned during this term was at a mission compound near the town of Galmi. Her time at this station however was short for many health problems occurred while there. Eventually she requested a transfer and was sent to another mission station. Martha served many more years in Africa. She was a dedicated servant of the lord and served four different terms in Africa over the course of her lifetime. Martha’s love for Africa pours out of this book. Her desire to see the people of Africa saved and delivered from Islamism is so tangible that you can feel it. She tells her story in such a way that it inspires you to pack your bags and go straight to Africa! I thoroughly enjoyed this book and as someone who feels drawn to missions work it was encouraging. She holds nothing back and is very honest about her struggles and