This site contains the story of an amazing couple who gave their all in Africa!

In 1969 Dr. James A. Twing, and his wife, Ethel, a licensed practical nurse, were sent by the Lake Orion Medical Group, Lake Orion, Michigan on a six-month rotation to Heri Mission Hospital, Tanzania, East Africa. After they returned from Africa, the Seventh-day Adventist Church sent them on permanent assignment to the mission hospital. This is the story of their work, his untimely death, the amazing work done accomplished by his widow, and the ministry carried on today in their name by her African children.

“Mama Twing,” also referred to by her grandchildren as Grandma Africa, originally organized her work as Twing Memorial Projects. The ministry, which has been functioning for more than 40 years, is now a 501 (c) (3) non-profit in the United States called Twing Memorial Ministries. In Africa, the work is carried out under the direction of Musa Mitekaro through a NGO called Twing Association for Health & Education Development (TAHED).