LWF’s longest serving employee reflects on the values and virtues that underpin the work of LWF World Service staff
(LWI) – At first sight, the position of Global Funding Coordinator with The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) does not seem like a very exciting or dramatic career option. Nor does the softly-spoken Scotsman, who has been doing that job for the past seven years, seem, at first glance, like someone with a particularly adventurous past. Bobby Waddell lists golf, travel and DIY as his favorite hobbies that he hopes to be able to pursue when he retires in a few years’ time.
But appearances can be deceptive. Waddell, who is LWF’s longest serving employee, counts being held at gunpoint in Haiti and narrowly avoiding an arson attack in Uganda as two of the most dramatic moments of his 35-year career with the organization. In 1994, he was in Rwanda responding to the needs of genocide survivors. In 2002, he was in West Africa investigating allegations of sexual abuse by humanitarian workers. In 2010, he was back in Haiti, bringing emergency aid to survivors of the…
