Thomas Hale (1) (1937–)
Autor de Don't Let the Goats Eat the Loquat Trees
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Sobre El Autor
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 mostrar más 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 mostrar menos
Obras de Thomas Hale
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Otros nombres
- Hale, Tom
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1937-10-10
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- USA
- Lugares de residencia
- Nepal
- Ocupaciones
- physician
missionary - Organizaciones
- North America Board of the International Nepal Fellowship, President
Interserve USA
Miembros
Reseñas
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 9
- Miembros
- 650
- Popularidad
- #38,841
- Valoración
- 3.5
- Reseñas
- 5
- ISBNs
- 51
- Idiomas
- 4
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.… (más)