Gainesville Daily Register (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 99, No. 58, Ed. 1 Sunday, November 6, 1988 Page: 4 of 24
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LIFESTYLES
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land plagued by drought, disease
and darkness.
Their unusual odyssey began
about two years ago, when a class-
. mate of Sam’s returned from a tour
as a summer missionary in Addis
Ababa, Ethiopia’s capitol city. His
stories of the needs and efforts in
the drought-stricken country — as
well as his position as a temporary
missionary—sparked an interest in
Sam, then a veterinary student.^
“I knew about missionaries, but
my typical idea of a missionary was
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to the United States forever,” Sam
explained. “So I went home and
surprised Karen with the idea, and
just floored her.”
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—Karen Leach
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opting for a year of uncertainty: 12 ' '— "
months as missionaries to the
African country of Ethiopia.
Sam, a May graduate of Texas
A&M University’s School of Veter-
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it in a little better detail,” Sam ad- “We thought .about it and prayed In Ethiopia, they will have as
ded. . about it, and finally decided to ac-i their constant companians native
From their new source, they ceptit,”Samsaid. translators to help sort through the
learned that their home base would By spring break, the couple had country’s 80 dialects, including the
be the bustling capitol city Of Addis the green light from the mission predominant Amharic. They also
Ababa, located in the country’s board. It was then that the arduous will bow to the country’s many tra-
mountain region. They also dis- task of seeking approval from Eth- ditions, avoiding a potential clash of
covered that a helicopter is the iopia’s Marxist government began, cultures.
main mode of transportation for the Five months later, the final reams “To be effective, you cannot go
missionary’s medical crew, whose of red tape are all that stand be- over there and act like the all-
knowing Americans,” Karen
pointed out. “Their culture is much
older than ours, so you have to re-
spect it from that point of view. ”
In addition to his duties in the out-
lying villages, Sam will teach at the
city’s veterinary school and make
weekly rounds of the area dairies
for herd maintenance. In Ethiopia,
even routine duties will prove a
challenge to his veterinary skills.
patients — human and animal — tween the Leaches and their three- “All these exotic diseases that we
often are days away by foot. day air journey to Ethiopia. only bear about over here are alive
“They send out whole teams, like A week-long crash course in and raging in Africa,” he noted.
a veterinarian, a doctor, a couple of September at the Missionary As a teacher, Karen’s skills will
nurses and an agriculture person, ” Learning Center in Richmond, Va., be put to the test as well.
Sam explains. “They spend the prepared the couple somewhat for “They have some sort of system
whole day, taking care of their own the culture shock ahead, where Ethiopian high school
duties, but they return to the city at
night.”
Originally on the verge of reject-
ing the post, the couple had a
change of heart.
For the next 18 months, as Karen
taught fifth grade and pursued her —
master’s degree and Sam continued
work on his doctorate, the couple
alternated in their enthusiasm for
theidea. ' .
“First I was hot about it, and Ka- '***'
ren was cool to the idea,” Sam said.
“Then she came home one day ex-
cited about it, and I was cool to the
idea. Then finally, about last De-
cember, we both were hot about. the
idea at the same time. ”
The two explored a number of
avenues for service — including the
Peace Corps — but received the
most favorable response from the
Baptist Foreign Missions Board.
Through the board’s Special
Assignments division, they found
they could be stationed as tem-
porary missionaries with tours of
four months to two years.
“They do it when they need a
specific person with a specific tal-
ent or skill at a particular time and
a particular place,” Sam explained.
“Because you’re there for just a
short period of time, they cut
through a lot of red tape. For in-
stance, we haven’t had any semin-
arytraining.”
The couple applied for a post
where both could utilize their
hard-won skills. Soon after, the
board submitted a destination for
their consideration: central Eth-
iopia.
The board’s description of the
post was less than flattering, Karen
recalls.
“It sounded like we would be out
by ourselves, alone in the bush, ” she
said.
“Then we got a letter from the
head of the mission, who described
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