A medical clinic that will soon open in Cameroon will honor the memory of the Guy Martial Njewel Ndega. | Courtesy of the Boumtje family
By STEVE FORD | magnoliareporter.com
God has a way of turning tragedy into grace.
Take the story of Drs. Pierre and Martine Boumtje, professors at Southern Arkansas University. The Boumtjes are from the central African nation of Cameroon, but completed their postgraduate studies in the United States.
The Boumtjes raised three sons in Magnolia, and their eldest went on to become an oral surgeon before his life was cut short by cancer at the age of 39.
“Our firstborn was a medical doctor, a specialist in oral surgery,” Pierre Boumtje said. “He had a disease we didn’t know about — even he didn’t know about it. It was hidden in his body and was discovered late. When it was discovered, it was too late.”
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