![The Rev. Gary Schulte, area director for West and Central Africa, leads a devotion on the first day of the LCMS Mercy Medical Team on Monday, May 7, 2018, in the Yardu village outside Koidu, Sierra Leone, West Africa. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford](https://www.kfuo.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/051218-eml-Sierra-Leone-MMT-009.jpg)
The Rev. Gary Schulte, area director for West and Central Africa, leads a devotion on the first day of the LCMS Mercy Medical Team on Monday, May 7, 2018, in the Yardu village outside Koidu, Sierra Leone, West Africa. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford