Book Nook: When Faith Lights the Way

Ten years ago, after fourteen years of civil war, Liberia was ravaged and poverty-stricken. One casualty of the war was the Ganta Hospital, which was struggling without electricity while trying to rebuild. The dedicated hospital staff worked hard to serv­e 24,000 patients a year, but surgeons were typically forced to finish operations with flashlights in their mouths, often without anesthesia equipment.

Steve Vincent was a successful Texas businessman with decades of experience working with U.S. electric power systems. When the United Methodist Committee on Relief asked him to help bring electricity to Ganta Hospital, he said “yes”...beginning a journey that would start him on his true God-given purpose in life - and continues today.

In When Faith Lights the Way: The Quest to Restore Electricity to a War-Ravaged African Hospital, Steve tells the story of the team he assembled to bring light to Ganta Hospital, and how he and those who accompanied him were forever changed by the social and human experiences of living and working in Liberia.

Ten years after that first trip to Liberia, Steve has redirected his efforts toward providing state of the art electric systems to the neediest people in the world to improve their health and education through his organization Power From the SON. But it was his first career that made this unique contribution to mankind possible.

As Steve says, “Why us? Why now? All the Power From The SON team were given talents. Had we been in school all our lives, until the Teacher decided our training was complete? When we were properly prepared, did he call us to step out of our boats to serve him by helping to provide the gift of electricity? Is that the way all of us should live our lives, experiencing and educating ourselves in preparing to do the impossible when God says, ‘It is time, I will be with you?’”

Steve Vincent was a successful businessman whose first career spanned thirty-four years in the electric utility industry. In his second career, his efforts have been redirected to provide state of the art electric systems to improve the health and education to the neediest people in the world. Steve’s extensive experience in logistics while working with U.S. electric power systems has made this unique contribution to mankind possible. Steve has a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from Texas A&M University.

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