In fact, John and Linda Gibson, career medical missionaries, left the urban hospital in Thailand where they had served for 13 years and moved to a remote region to minister through mobile clinics. I could name so many changed lives. There are 120 believers in one village now. They are so happy not to have to sacrifice pigs and chickens to the spirits every time one of them is ill. Gibson says they had just as many opportunities to share their faith back at the hospital, but the seed fell on rocky soil.
Education is another prime opportunity for medical personnel.
In fact, medical instructors represent one of the fastest-growing needs worldwide. Another education possibility comes in the form of partnerships between national medical schools and those in the United States, in which both sides benefit from joint efforts in research and study. McLoren sees a bright future for medical missions and the changes in New Directions. Reprinted with permission from Baptist Press. Overlooking the valley below where the sprawling city of Tijuana covers every inch of visible land, the hill itself is a densely populated squatter community of 100,000 people.