Product Description

Captivating stories of author's exciting spiritual journey in third world development Applying the "Public Health Model" to Nsanje District in southern-most Malawi, the author weaves the story-threads into an almost palpable fabric of successful interventions in Child Survival. She underpins the mission with her personal experiences in her spiritual journey from widowhood through senior-citizen romance to selfless adventure in Africa. Family Nurse Practitioner, author, teacher, and more -- Bee has been invited to High Schools and Universities to present portions of Malawi Moonsmoke to graduate and under-graduate students. Professor Judy Murray, Ph.D. Executive Director for Idaho Nurses Assn., and formerly with Boise State University, says of this book: "This is an intensely personal story of the author's faith as she developed a public heatlh system of village health workers in very needy parts of Malawi. This system will continue to help the people long after she is gone."

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #494017 in Books
• Published on: 2006-05-30
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 208 pages

About the Author
Country girl, Bee excelled in creative leadership through high school and college. Professional Nursing education led to service and health care for Nevada miners, cowboys and Native Americans and finally led to Public Health Administration for Idaho. For Great-grandmother Bee and husband Ken, serving through Malawi Moonsmoke was the ultimate career satisfaction!

Customer Reviews

Reflections
From Cindy Schreiner, Elementary Educator:

While in the company of Bee, I have always felt admiration, a higher presence and a powerful sense of calm and spirituality. Of course I would have never guessed that admiration could grow any larger until I read her book, Malawi Moonsmoke.

While having conversations with Bee, she would mention how she went to Africa but really never elaborated on the service that she did there.

When I learned that she published a book on her experiences, I was thrilled and immediately went to the bookstore to order it. I was there the day it was released, however the bookstore didn't have it yet and I had to wait for about a week before I could start reading.

The book is a description of how Bee and her husband, Ken started in a very remote village in Africa to help the natives learn about health care and found they learned much more than they taught.

The book was a joy to read and I finished it in one day. Even though I worked with Bee and thought I knew her, the book surprised me with her adventures. I thought that a person like Bee would have all the answers to any situation that comes up and the book showed me that she didn't know the answers, but that she would pray for guidance and direction. She writes about falling in love again after the death of her beloved husband and the tough decision to marry again. It was a wonderful experience to read about the romance of Ken and Bee and how romance does happen even later in life.

Bee describes her and Ken's adventures in Africa with flowing detail. I felt that I was living in the town where she was and got to know the people she worked with in the villages through her descriptions and details. I felt that I was with her when the border guards stopped her on the trip back from South Africa to Malawi carrying supplies. The way Bee described the patient with leprosy and aids made my heart break and I said a silent prayer thankful that Bee was there to help the lowest of low in such a remote place. She definitely changed the life of those poor patients. The creativity and strength she mustered in dealing with the villagers was really quite inspirational.

I am an avid reader and this book whetted my appetite for more true adventure stories from people who have made a difference. This book shows how people such as Bee and Ken who are doing something from the love in their hearts can really make a difference in a small village in Africa.

Bee and Ken are an inspiration to me, I know that I could never fill their shoes, but I know that I have a role model to follow in whatever journey my life takes.

Cindy Schreiner, Elementary Educator

African Adventuress in Child Survival - by The Woman Who Lived It!
Captivating stories of author's exciting spiritual journey in third world development, make this book a must read for all who care deeply for children who are at risk on this planet. As a professional nurse, the author volunteered to design, plan, implement and evaluate an interdenominational 3-year Child Survival Project. She skillfully weaves the story-threads into an almost palpable fabric of successful interventions.

Bee Biggs-Jarrell underpins the African mission with her personal experiences in her spiritual journey from widowhood through senior-citizen romance to selfless adventure in Africa. Great cross-cultural reading and a must for students of international health policy and third world development. Insights and ideas that worked in the African bush inspire similar models around the world.