John Louk

“Watching a small child die from malaria is a horrific experience. First come the headache, tiredness, weakness in the joints and general malaise, followed by a very high fever. Then the fever’s effect on the brain causes the child’s muscles to jerk, just before the end.” ~Tom Gillem, Interpreter Jul/Aug 2009. Every sixty seconds, malaria claims another victim, but it is a completely preventable, treatable, and beatable disease. Malaria is bleeding the continent of Africa, but we can do something about it. Our Iowa Annual Conference is working together to “Imagine No Malaria.” We are working to raise funds to eliminate death and suffering from this deadly disease by the year 2015. Our congregation has the opportunity through Imagine No Malaria to save thousands of lives. “It is possible to give without loving,” said John Wesley, “but it is impossible to love without giving.” Imagine No Malaria is our opportunity to respond to our calling—to show our love through our genero...