{"id":954,"date":"2011-10-01T10:03:05","date_gmt":"2011-10-01T15:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ziegelbaur\/?p=954"},"modified":"2011-10-01T10:03:05","modified_gmt":"2011-10-01T15:03:05","slug":"can-a-veterinarian-be-a-missionary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ziegelbaur\/?p=954","title":{"rendered":"Can a Veterinarian be a Missionary?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Absolutely!\u00a0 A wide variety of professions are needed in international missions today, and that includes veterinarians.\u00a0 Dr. Doug Lewis (DVM)\u00a0writes, &#8220;Since 1993, our family has lived and worked in rural Cameroon, Africa.\u00a0 We serve here with Converge Worldwide\/Baptist General Conference as missionaries.\u00a0 I am a missionary veterinarian who helps people with their livestock and tells them about Jesus Christ.&#8221;\u00a0 (By the way, the Lewis&#8217; are able to serve in Cameroon thanks to Rain Forest International School)<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_955\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-955\" style=\"width: 453px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2011\/10\/2011-09-vet-team.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-955\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2011\/10\/2011-09-vet-team.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"453\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ziegelbaur\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2011\/10\/2011-09-vet-team.jpg 453w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ziegelbaur\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2011\/10\/2011-09-vet-team-300x235.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 453px) 100vw, 453px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-955\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lorraine (far left) with team members Josh, Marianne and Sharon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Another veterinarian, who is also\u00a0an ordained Covenant pastor Lorraine Beaumont, is leading 3 vet students on\u00a0a mission trip to visit Dr. Lewis this month.\u00a0 Though this is her 2nd trip to Cameroon in 6 years, Lorraine leads several such trips each year to various countries.\u00a0 Perhaps the Lord will lead more vets to consider missions as a result of these experiences.\u00a0 Their expertise is needed greatly here in Africa to help build relationships with people whose livlihoods depend on raising\u00a0livestock.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ziegelbaur?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=954&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Absolutely!\u00a0 A wide variety of professions are needed in international missions today, and that includes veterinarians.\u00a0 Dr. Doug Lewis (DVM)\u00a0writes, &#8220;Since 1993, our family has lived and worked in rural Cameroon, Africa.\u00a0 We serve here with Converge Worldwide\/Baptist General Conference as missionaries.\u00a0 I am a missionary veterinarian who helps people with their livestock and tells&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[349],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ministry-activities"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Can a Veterinarian be a Missionary? 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