
Welcome
I’m Sixtus Z. Atabong, born and raised in a small farming village in Muyuka Sub-Division, Cameroon, West Africa. After my father sent me to study in the United States, I made it my mission to fulfill his dream of leaving the world a better place. Using my gifts to extend God’s healing hands and unfailing love, I sought to bring sustainable healthcare to needy communities, to fight corruption in developing countries, and to help others achieve their God-given potential. Learn more in my book, “My Father’s Gift: How One Man’s Purpose Became a Journey of Hope and Healing.”
My Father’s Gift
How One Man’s Purpose Became a Journey of Hope and Healing
by Sixtus Z. Atabong, PA-C
Born into a poor West African family in the disease-stricken town of Fontem, John N. Atabong embarked into the unknown in search of hope. He was eleven, but he triumphed against all odds to give his children the best care and education available. Eventually, he sacrificed his most valuable possession, his son Sixtus, sending him to study in the United States with nothing more than lessons learned from his days working the farms and his father’s basic biblical teachings. Sixtus Atabong’s journey of temptations and challenges in the US gives rise to a mission: to give back. He uses his gift to extend God’s healing hands and unfailing love to the far corners of the earth through sustainable health care infrastructures. Fulfilling his father’s dream, Sixtus hopes that he too can leave the world a better place than he found it.
Dan Pope, Mayor of Lubbock
Dan Pope, Mayor of Lubbock
Kent Hance, Former Chancellor Texas Tech University System, Former U.S Representative Texas 19th District
Kent Hance, Former Chancellor Texas Tech University System, Former U.S Representative Texas 19th District
Clarke E. Cochran, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Texas Tech University. Author of Religion in Public and Private Life.
Clarke E. Cochran, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Texas Tech University. Author of Religion in Public and Private Life.
Mark Lanier, lawyer and author of Christianity on Trial and Psalms for Living.
Mark Lanier, lawyer and author of Christianity on Trial and Psalms for Living.
Linda C. Delaney, MPAS, PA-C Past President Texas Academy of PAs Past Director At Large of the American Academy of PAs
Linda C. Delaney, MPAS, PA-C Past President Texas Academy of PAs Past Director At Large of the American Academy of PAs
Tom Stanton, Vice President and General Counsel-Texas Methodist Foundation, Director Congo Project For Relief
Tom Stanton, Vice President and General Counsel-Texas Methodist Foundation, Director Congo Project For Relief
Edward C. Benzel, MD, Emeritus Chairman of Neurosurgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Edward C. Benzel, MD, Emeritus Chairman of Neurosurgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Jodey Arrington, United States Congressman, 19th District of Texas
Jodey Arrington, United States Congressman, 19th District of Texas
Bryan Mudd, News Anchor, KAMC-TV, Lubbock Texas
Bryan Mudd, News Anchor, KAMC-TV, Lubbock Texas
Hana Qubti, Purpose Medical Mission volunteer
Hana Qubti, Purpose Medical Mission volunteer
Margaret Mbehesa PhD, Special Education Consultant
Margaret Mbehesa PhD, Special Education Consultant
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Sixtus meets students of Shallowater Middle School
Sixtus Atabong meets and speaks to students of Shallowater Middle School is Texas about the importance of education, hard work, self-determination, perseverance, living a purposeful life, and making positive contributions in our communities.
Book Review: My Father’s Gift. The White Rhino Report – “A Marketplace Where Many Diverse Ideas Meet for Coffee!”
Sixtus Z. Atabong has made an arduous journey that took him from a rural village in Cameroon, West Africa to Lubbock, Texas, where he works as a neurosurgery physician's assistant. The fuel that powered that rocket journey was provided by his father, John N. Atabong....