Missionary

be a utensil used for His cause. As I decided to honor God with my life, I decided that my career will be also used for His service. For many years I have been hearing God’s voice calling me for the nations, filling me with the call to become a missionary, and the best tool to use as a way to share the Gospel is through health-related careers. I want to become a nurse to reach the nations through health services. My motivation to continue my studies and fulfill my career is the love for the lost…

How do primitive tribal societies govern themselves? The Igbo are a tribe that live in West Africa, primarily southern Nigeria. They are traditionally farmers that commune in small villages that make up a clan. The Igbo live in a society where death is common and surviving is a highly valued skill among their society. This rugged lifestyle where survival is dependant on the competence of each individual has helped shape Igbo culture and government. There are 2 types of government found…

such as rubber and petroleum that could be transported back to domestic factories, turned into manufactured goods, and sell to colonies. Missionaries believed that non-economic motives were much more important. “Religious followers often attempted to convert natives to a different religion and led the charge to stop the slave trade, however, French missionaries in Vietnam during the same time period, demanded their country to take over a nation.” (Cleary) Western citizen believed in the economic…

adopted by those who have never been to the land creating misconceptions of Africa in their community; in addition, the perspectives of Western Europe mattered to the world as these nations were the most powerful in the world. Once the British missionaries gained control of the Igbo people, the district superintendent thinks about a title to name the book he was writing about his journey; the title of his book is The Pacification of the Primitive Tribes of the Lower Niger (Achebe Things…

The case of Stern v. Lucy Webb Hayes (1984) was a class action lawsuit in which M. Stern and the patients of Sibley Memorial Hospital sued the Lucy Webb Hayes National Training School for Deaconesses and Missionaries, five financial institutions, and five members of Sibley Memorial Hospital’s Board of Trustees. Plaintiffs alleged the defendants conspired to monetarily benefit from the financial management of the hospital through use of the financial institutions to which they were affiliated.…

All of the three films talked about the changes of the Indians’ life after the arrival of the Europeans in different levels or aspects. The differences lied in the Indians’ reactions or behavior, in regard to change, adaption, resistance and revitalization, when they confronted the outsiders. In the Cauldron of War, we could see huge impacts the Europeans brought on the various aspects of the Indians’ life. First of all, the fur trade introduced by the Europeans changed the Indians’…

This empathy makes the reader understand Okonkwo’s hamartia and fears. When the missionaries arrived, Okonkwo had two choices - he could accept the change in his culture and adapt or he could act out aggressively. Okonkwo couldn’t reshape his values and his pride led to his tragic downfall. The villagers of Umuofia tried to change their…

Unfortunately, missionaries get caught in treating symptoms rather than the underlying disease. Countries, such as the Congo, Angola, and Zambia have many other needs that need to be met before any other course of action should be taken. People are dying of dehydration and…

education. Mary Jane McLeod was born in Mayesville, South Carolina, to slaved parents. At a very young age Mary had been inspired by the words of a preacher who spoke of the need for missionaries in Africa. She took an early interest in education, with the help of blessings, she attended college hoping to become a missionary in Africa (“Mary McLeod Bethune”). After college, she started a school for African American girls in Daytona Beach, Florida which was combined with an…

Having the Europeans in the book held up a mirror to the entire structure of the Igbo community as a collective whole. When the Missionaries arrived they started challenging the Igbo way of life. The missionaries argued the Igbo religion by calling out the villager’s dependence on the power of the gods and thinking like a herd of sheep. During the Missionary’s speech, they reveal the cruelty of the religious aspect embedded…