Bwana Mganga: The Life of C. Donald Nelson

C. Donald Nelson, known as Dr. Don, was a great-grandson of Danish immigrants Jorgen Nielsen (1821-1871) and Margrethe Pedersdatter (1823-1882) who immigrated from Denmark in 1853. At a young age, while growing up in the rural logging community of Dixie Mountain, Oregon, Don was challenged by the local minister to devote himself to full-time ministry. He set the ambitious goal of becoming a missionary doctor in the Belgian Congo. Here is the story of his childhood in Oregon, his ten years as a missionary doctor in the Congo, his subsequent medical work in Redding, California, and the founding of a hospital in Haiti. In an age when it is so easy to just observe events from the sidelines, it is a story of someone devoted to the Christian faith who believed he could make significantly positive contributions to life in this world.