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March 16, 2023 35 mins

Bae Bloeser as a minister's daughter had seen her father help people all her life and went to several countries to help people. She dreamed of going to Africa when she was 10 years old. She got her to wish when she followed her husband to help eradicate smallpox in Nigeria during a civil war. She had two small children who moved to Africa with them. Her son was 4 years old and her daughter was 18 months. She witnessed many atrocities and suffered traumas from soldiers going through her things with bayonets among other incidents. Then she went to Equatorial Guinea which was under the rule of a horrible dictator who committed terrible atrocities. She stayed because her husband's mission to fight smallpox was so important. She has since written a book about her experience Vaccines & Bayonets: Fighting Smallpox in Africa amid Tribalism, Terror and the Cold War. She reminds us how important it is to do what we can to help others. We all can use our skills, or time to help others in some way.

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