| In Dhaka, the Morgans run clinics
in several of the Church of Bangladesh’s Christian Ministry
to Youth and Children (CMCY) program areas, and are helping to
further develop community health outreach in other COB programs. The Church of Bangladesh has also recruited their participation
in retreat leadership and to assist in leading the English-language worship
on Friday mornings.
After living more than 13 years in Rajshahi, a small city in
northwest Bangladesh on the Ganges River, the Morgans now live
in Dhaka, a teeming metropolis of 12 million people. “With
over 40,000 people per square mile,” write the Morgans,
“the traffic, the crowds, and the filth can be overwhelming.
Although living here is definitely a challenge, opportunities
for service abound. Here we are blessed with the opportunity to
live out our passion: to embody the loving presence of Christ in
the midst of a Muslim country during a time when religious tensions
are high all over the world.”
After being home-schooled, attending international boarding schools
in India, playing cricket and karim, and feasting for years on
spicy curries and fresh mangoes, the Morgan children
are now continuing their studies in the United States. Laura will graduate from Baylor Law School in February of 2008, and Stewart is a freshman at Hendrix College in Arkansas. Everett’s undergraduate studies are on hold as he was recently diagnosed with Ewing’s sarcoma of the left pelvis. He is receiving chemotherapy at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston and will be undergoing surgery this spring.
Les was born in New Orleans and raised in Shreveport, Louisiana.
He earned his BA in biology from Colby College in Waterville,
Maine, and his MD from the Louisiana State University School of
Medicine in Shreveport. He later earned an MTS in biblical studies
at Harvard Divinity School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and an
MPH in international health from The Johns Hopkins School of Public
Health in Baltimore, Maryland. He is certified by the American
Board of Internal Medicine.
Cindy was born in Lake Charles, Louisiana, and grew up traveling
throughout the southern United States and Europe with her Air
Force family. She received a B.S. in zoology from Northwestern
State University of Louisiana in Natchitoches, her M.D. from
the Louisiana State University School of Medicine in Shreveport,
and an M.P.H. in international health from The Johns Hopkins School
of Public Health. She is certified by the American Board of Preventive Medicine.
Cindy has been enrolled in the Certificate in Spiritual Formation
program at Columbia Theological Seminary since 2005, and in January 2007
she began the three-year Diploma in the Art of Spiritual Direction
program at the San Francisco Theological Seminary, while continuing
to serve in Bangladesh.
The Morgans are members of First Presbyterian Church in Shreveport,
Louisiana.
Birthdays:
Les - September 15
Cindy - August 11
Laura - October 30
Everett - September 25
Stewart - July 26
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