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    Don't Let the Goats Eat the Loquat Trees: The Adventures of an American Surgeon in Nepal
    Don't Let the Goats Eat the Loquat Trees: The Adventures of an American Surgeon in Nepal
    Don't Let the Goats Eat the Loquat Trees: The Adventures of an American Surgeon in Nepal
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    Don't Let the Goats Eat the Loquat Trees: The Adventures of an American Surgeon in Nepal

    By Thomas Hale

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    Thomas Hale writes about being a missionary surgeon in the same delightful way James Herriot writes about being a country veterinarian. Dr. Hale's incredible experience in tiny, mountainous Nepal are surpassed only by his talent for telling about them. Imagine, for example, the culture shock of moving to a Hindu country under such rigid religious control that it is not only illegal to proselytize, but illegal to change religions as well. Imagine further the shock of moving to that country as a missionary doctor. Thomas Hale and his wife, Cynthia, also a physician, too on that awesome challenge in 1970.God wasted no time teaching tom the peculiarities of his new culture. But His unusual method left Tom wondering what God was up to. Here is how Tom tells about it:"These were not the phlegmatic, easy-going Nepalis described in books and orientation courses. Those who spoke gesticulated fiercely. Some looked around menacingly; others spat. One thing was certain, however: in the cause of their anger they were united. The word was out: the new doctor had killed a cow. My own sense of participation in the proceedings was intense. I was the new doctor."--ExcerptAs Tom goes on to describe the events the preceded the angry scene in the Nepali village, the image of the spiritually superior missionary quickly evaporates. In a humorous, yet deeply insightful way, the author makes it clear that he is merely a servant, using his skills to the glory of God.Tom concludes this chapter with a thoughtful confession:"In the long run, that cow did much more for me that I did for it. The mild-mannered, uncritical beast made me see in myself those negative attributes I had always ascribed to other American surgeons. Facing two hundred angry men proved to be effective therapy for removing most traces of condescension with which I previously regarded them. It also improved my relations with missionary colleagues and with Nepali brothers and sisters in the church. I guess God had no gentler way of removing some of my imperfections. I only wish I could say, for His trouble, that He finished the job. But it was a start." -- Excerpt.Dr. Hale's book refused to be preachy or condescending. It presents missions as a "want" rather than an "ought." It is sensitive, warm, honest, incredibly funny, and filled with important truths illustrated from unusual and sometimes unimaginable situations.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOpen Road Integrated Media
    Release dateJun 21, 2010
    ISBN9780310877585
    Don't Let the Goats Eat the Loquat Trees: The Adventures of an American Surgeon in Nepal
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    Thomas Hale

    In 1970, Thomas Hale and his wife, Cynthia, went to Nepal to work for their first twelve years at a rural mission hospital in the village of Amp Pipal. Subsequently they moved to Kathmandu, Nepal's capital city, where they have continued their work with the mission. Recently Cynthia took a position as an associate professor at Nepal's only medical school, and Tom has written a one-volume commentary on the New Testament, first in Nepali and subsequently in English for translation into other languages.

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      Thomas Hale had planned a career in politics. Christine was training to be a concert pianist. Both felt God’s call to become medical missionaries and changed their studies to medical school. As the only two prospective missionaries in their medical class, they soon became friends and eventually married. After finishing school, internships and specialties, the two, now a surgeon and a pediatrician packed up their two young sons, and headed to Nepal. They had assumed they would be in a city hospital where their specialties would be put to the best use. Instead, they ended up in a tiny hospital high in the mountains, accessible only by hiking several days. When they arrived in 1970, although it was not illegal to be a Christian, it was illegal to proselytize, so they could only show their love of Christ through their actions. They had been taught by their missionary organization that they must be on guard to never let themselves feel that they, their education, or culture were superior to the people they served. The Hindu Nepalese, in turn, regarded all acts of kindness or charity as an effort on the part of the giver to increase their merit for a better rebirth in the next life. The Nepalese felt that they were doing a kindness to the missionaries by letting themselves be treated by them.This is their story, told with both humor and good humor of having very limited medical options to treat patients, who were often carried for several days to be seen by the doctors. I believe social conditions have changed somewhat since the tourism rush to climb Mt Everest had not yet begun during the time of this book.The book ends in 1982, with the Hales still in residence in Nepal. The author leaves the readers with some thoughts about Jesus telling his followers to give all their possessions to the poor and how very few in the West make such a monetary sacrifice. Recommended to Christian missionary work or those interested in remote hospitals.
    • 4/5
      The author was a doctor at a Christian mission hospital in a remote Nepali town in the 1970s. Things are in Nepal are quite primitive now, but they were much more so back then. I'm not a Christian, but I enjoyed reading about the doctor's experience trying to practice medicine in third-world conditions, and his explanation of trying to run a hospital in a developing nation: the challenges of making the limited funding stretch, of maintaining good relationships with the local villagers and the Nepali workers at the hospital, and so on. I would love to see how things are different in Nepal now, over forty years later. The only thing I would have liked more of is something about the author's non-hospital life: his marriage, how he and his wife raised and educated their children in Nepal, and so on.

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