Cheryl Durstein Decker is a graduate of the Medical College of Georgia and completed an emergency medicine residency at the University of Washington and Madigan Army Medical Center program in 1999. She has worked in emergency departments and presently is the associate medical director for After Hours Pediatrics, Inc in Florida.

Through her church, First Baptist of Clermont FL, she learned of an evangelical  ministry in Burkina Faso, W. Africa…Shattering Darkness, Inc. In 2002, she accompanied her pastor and a team to join this ministry in the first showings of the” Jesus” film newly translated into the Dagara tribal language.

 

While on this trip, God touched her heart concerning the incredible medical need in this country. Burkina Faso is one of the 5 poorest countries on earth, for most Dagara, medical care is non-existent. Cheryl has made 3 subsequent trips with medical teams in support of the Shattering Darkness ministry.

 

As a long time CMDA member, she feels God is calling her to coordinate with GHO to bring more medical/dental care teams. She has seen God bless past medical trips in 2 ways. Many are physically healed and God uses this to soften the hearts of the people who primarily worship idols, preparing them for spiritual healing. Many come to Christ during and after each medical team’s visit.

Cheryl is married to Larry, an OB-Gyn and they have 6 cats! She and her husband are ironman triathletes. Cheryl is active in her church and has lobbied in Washington concerning USAID appropriations for malaria, the most prevalent disease in Burkina Faso. She encourages you to go to the website www.shatteringdarkness.org to see pictures and video from past trips as well as learn about this vital ministry.

 

Email: tricrzy@comcast.net 

 

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