To Africa with Love [Hardcover]

James Foulkes (Author), Joe Lacy (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 22, 2005

In To Africa with Love, modern medical missionary Jim Foulkes shares his amazing adventures of treating near-fatal snake bites, hunting big game to feed hospital patients, and seeing God work miracles in the wild and rough African bush.

In this powerful memoir, Jim recounts conducting surgery under primitive conditions, becoming lost in the dangerous bush, being ensnared in a poacher’s deadly trap, and dealing with heartbreaking loss. Through it all, however, the guiding and protective hand of the Lord is evident. From relating his miraculous escape from a herd of stampeding elephants to winning souls for Christ, the bush doc affirms that God is faithful and good.

“To Africa with Love overflows with emotion and the evident power of God’s Holy Spirit working in and through Jim . . . As you pick up this book to start reading one evening, be prepared for a very long night because you won’t be able to put it down to the end. You’re in for a treat, you’re in for a blessing, and you will be challenged to the depth of your soul.”
from the foreword by Franklin Graham
President and CEO, Samaritan’s Purse
Billy Graham Evangelistic Association

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About the Author

James Foulkes practiced medicine in Africa for thirty-eight years. A native of Lima, Ohio, he graduated from Asbury College in Kentucky and attended medical school at Ohio State University. Foulkes served his general internship at Mt. Carmel Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, and his surgical residency at Akron General Hospital.

In 1959, Foulkes and his family were stationed at Mukinge Hospital in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) under the direction of the South Africa General Mission (later called the Africa Evangelical Fellowship and now merged with SIM). For almost four decades, he provided the people of the region with medical care, friendship, and the good news of Jesus Christ.

Foulkes retired and settled in North Carolina in 1997. He was honored the next year by the World Medical Mission and received the prestigious Award for Excellence in Medical Missions, conveyed by Franklin Graham. He has received other awards, including the Alumni Achievement Award from the Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health and induction into the Lima City Schools Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame.

He and his wife, Martha, who served as a nurse at Mukinge for more than twenty-five years, live in Boone, North Carolina. They have three daughters and eight grandchildren. Jim and Martha Foulkes have used their extensive expertise on short-term mission trips, including trips back to Zambia where their daughter, Gwen, and her husband are raising a second-generation missionary family.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 264 pages
• Publisher: Providence House Publishers (August 22, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1577363507
• ISBN-13: 978-1577363507
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,199,487 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Inspirational, November 6, 2005

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J. Idol "sidol" (North Carolina) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: To Africa with Love (Hardcover)

This book really inspires me to be a better person for Christ by helping others. I won't ever be a doctor and probably can't ever visit Africa, but this book takes you there without ever leaving your home. What Dr. Foulkes has been through losing some of his family and staying in Africa to make sure the people were brought the message of Christ is truly heart touching. I think this is a wonderful book and recommend it others.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars With Passion, July 30, 2006

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C. Arnett "doveya" (Ohio) - See all my reviews

This review is from: To Africa with Love (Hardcover)

"Passion" is the best word to describe the level of commitment of the Foulkes family to serve as medical missionaries in Zambia. The depth of their sacrifice, the length of their desire to reach people with the Truth, the height of their faith in God, and the width of their love for God's people were passionate. I could not put the book down, and when I had finished, wanted to share the book and its message with others. This family touched my family deeply, even before the book, as my grandmother had been a prayer warrior for them while they were on the mission field.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars To Africa with Love by Jim Foulkes, July 9, 2006

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Kenneth L. Akins "Naomi Akins" (Port Clinton, OH USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: To Africa with Love (Hardcover)

This account of a mission established, accomplished and continuing is not only inspiring but dynamic in overcoming obstacles and rejoicing in successes. It challenges one's faith
to endure and soar through Christ's help. Difficult to lay the
book down!