APB Helen Roseveare - On His Majesty's Service ( Irene Howat)

 Helen Roseveare qualified as a doctor, packed up her life in England and  set off to be a missionary in the Belgian Congo (now the Democratic  Republic of Congo). She went there to set up hospitals and rural clinics  and train national nurses to work in them. Her work often took Helen on  long journeys through dense forests on roads that would make a  fairground ride seem tame!

After Congo became an independent country  Helen's service was interrupted by the Simba Rebellion, during which she  was assaulted and held captive for several months.

After some  time of recovery Helen went back to the renamed 'Zaire' to serve the  Lord by working with people there. In the years that followed she  established a nurses' trainin