MEET FLORENCE

MEET FLORENCE

One of my (Wayne’s) students is a Nurse. Florence works at the local brewery, where she is the head nurse. The brewery, which bottles soft drinks as well as beer, is one of the most successful businesses in town (it is owned and managed by a Dutch firm). Last week, Florence took Darlene to her clinic. She oversees the health care of more than 2000 patients, including 91 HIV-positive employees. The company provides free health care to its employees and also their families.

Florence recently (in December) graduated from HAU with a BA in Theology; now she is enrolled in the MA in Theological Studies program. Today (Sunday) she served as the preacher in the English-French service at the Free Methodist Church adjacent to the University campus. She preached a good sermon on 1 Corinthians 1:1-9. We especially appreciated the fact that her diction was so clear that we were able to understand much of it in French.

Florence is a widow. Raised as a devout Roman Catholic, after her husband’s death she entered into a life-transforming relationship with Jesus Christ through the FM Church. Florence has two daughters, aged 24 and 25, who are pursing graduate studies outside the country, one in France and the other in Morocco. One is in Medicine, and the other in Business Administration.