Malaria in Senegal

Annē (Hoblitt) Linn and her husband, Patrick, are serving as Peace Corps volunteers in Senegal. We pray for them every week during the prayers of intercession.
Annē has a great blog going, and this post from mid-April, "Every Child Deserves a Fifth Birthday" is all about malaria in Senegal and the work, and challenges, of international health agencies there.
If you want to read her latest post, or subscribe, check out the main page of her blog, Line over the E.

During worship yesterday, a bell was tolled every 45 seconds, to remind us that every 45 seconds a child in Africa dies from malaria (many thanks to Kristin H. for bell-duty!). I know it was a little distracting, but I think that's not necessarily a bad thing. Perhaps we should be more distracted than we are by deaths from malaria, human trafficking and the poverty that rages across so much of the world. One of the most powerful prayers I've heard in a long time: May my heart be broken by the things that break the heart of God.