Ruthan Burchel is a career missionary nurse, housewife, and mother. While single she spent three years in a mission hospital in Sierra Leone. Since marriage to her doctor husband, Hal, they have served in several African countries including Zambia, Kenya, Tanzania and Somalia. Ruthan was born in Ohio, but after experiencing the great climate of East Africa without snow, sleet, and ice, they chose North Carolina as their home base. They have four children, all of whom love the Lord. Ruthan's stated goal is to love her Jesus with all her heart and walk a consistent Christian life while enjoying the journey. Her dry humor works its way into most every day, as this book will illustrate.