Rebekah Lockhart, a missionary with the International Mission Board has returned to Uganda after her battle with cancer.

After many tests, it was determined that a blood marrow transplant was the best option for a cure.

They were able to find a donor with a 100% match, and Rebekah had the transplant in November 2022. After the transplant, she spent 100 days in isolation. There was constant danger of infections and her body rejecting the transplant, but God kept her and her family healthy.

Rebekah Lockhart’s back now and busy as ever, teaching church history at Uganda Baptist Seminary, serving as the school’s registrar, and working for the IMB’s field human resources department, among other things.

She expressed her gratitude to the IMB and Southern Baptists for the care she felt as she battled this life-threatening disease.

As an IMB missionary, she had her treatment funded through the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering and the Cooperative Program. Southern Baptists gave, and now the Lockhart family is back in Uganda, equipping and encouraging seminary students — training a new generation of Christian leaders.

She shared: “In the 18 months of my ‘blip,’ we only had to pay co-pays for my medicine. I can’t imagine what my hospital bills were, let alone the medical flight, but we didn’t have to pay a dime. I saw the bill from the hospital in Kenya and it was almost $5,000 for just one week, and that would have been the cheapest of the hospital bills. Because of LMCO, we didn’t have to worry about finances as well as my prognosis and transitioning back to the States. We will be forever grateful to everyone who prayed for and supported us — we still don’t know each one who lifted a prayer and probably never will.”

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