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BOOK REVIEW Senior Link is happy to reintroduce a regular book review. If you know of a local
author whose book you’d like to spotlight, contact us at erin.slm@outlook.com
My

Father's Gift

way for him to attend college.
Sixtus’s dad made the ultimate
sacrifice, selling the family farm
by Rachel Bloodworth to pay for him to go to America.

n My Father’s Gift, Sixtus shares his experiences
Sixtus Atabong tells the with culture shock in America.
Ibreathtakingly beautiful He reflects on his host families
story of his father’s life and and talks about his experiences
how it helped shape him in school at Texas Tech. Sixtus
into the man he has become. shares powerful stories of the
His father was born in the times when he returned home
Southwest Region of Cameroon on mission trips and was able
where he worked on his family’s to give back to and serve the
small farm. While working on community that helped raise
the farm, he learned how to him.
harvest palm oil and became
quite successful at it. His father’s The stories that Sixtus shares in
success transferred over to this book will warm your heart,
running a cocoa farm of his own. bring tears to your eyes, and
inspire you to help and serve
Sixtus’s parents believed that others.
education was very important, even though neither
of them had received any formal education. His
parents pushed him and his siblings to do the best
they could in school. His father worked hard to My Father’s Gift is available on Amazon and
get him into secondary school and helped pave the at Barnes & Noble.

Ed. Note: Sixtus Z. Atabong is the Program Director for Grace Clinic
Spine Care Center in Lubbock. In 2007, he founded Purpose Medical
Mission, a non-profit organization with its main objective to develop
a bridge of medical assistance to severely medically underserved
regions around the world. Sixtus is the recipient of numerous awards,
including the 2019 Texas Outstanding Physician Assistant of the
Year, the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Presidential
Distinguished Alumni Award, and the American Red Cross Hero
Award. He is available to speak on the following topics:

• Living a life of purpose
• Serving through action
• Redefining the American dream
• The power of hope
• Overcoming personal and professional challenges
• The immigrant experience in America

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