THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN TAIWAN
Area
Celebrations and representatives: Taipei - Jack
and Betty Geddes and Louise Gamble, The following week I spent with Wilma and Margaret
visiting church related places in Tam Sui, Hsin-chu and Changhua.
We attended worship in Changhua Hospital and met the new
superintendent. Dr Wei, and attended the Erhiln Branch Worship
where they also celebrated my birthday and we met many of the
nursing staff at my Birthday parties!
I remained in Changhua for the rest of the month- to visit more friends, churches and the branch hospitals. I shared in some of their events and participated and lead in some of the worship services. I tried to do a little more work on our department’s Nursing History and organize pictures etc for future use. I visited our other branch hospital in Lu Kang that opened last year and spent time with the supervisor, and attended a monthly meeting and their worship service. We also have a hospital in Yuan Lin we have helped and the supervisor and head nurses there used to be on our staff. I enjoyed the tour and sharing with them. Many of these visits were a time of
encouragement and sharing in their concerns for the future of
nursing in these various places. I visited Pull
Christian Hospital where the superintendent is a good friend
of mine too and I know some of the other staff there too. We also
had time to visit Sun Moon Lake, my favorite spot in Taiwan, and
other places when rain and flooding did not stop them. I attended my church,
Eng-Hok and enjoyed the service and meeting so many members
and their children again. Some of the elders had a meal which was
special as two elders’ children are to be married in Aug. They
had this celebration since I would not be there to attend the
wedding. Another Sunday our nurses’
choir visited a Hak ka church to sing and do a screening
clinic. Many nurses and their children decided to go in order to
have time away with me as well thus the numbers were increased.
The choir sang one number in Hak-ka and this pleased everyone
there. One of our ministers, Rev Khu had taught them and he was
the guest preacher that day. When we got back to Changhua that
night we had dinner with the supervisors, head nurses and their
families. I think there were over 60 so a little noisy but a
joyous occasion. One more joyous event was the announcement
that the Director of
Nursing, Miss Susan Chang, has been accepted into the Doctoral
Programme at Kaohsiung Medical University and plans to begin this
fall. This is a great honour to her and our whole Nursing Dept and
the hospital are behind her. I have continued to support her in
prayer and encourage her in many ways and appreciate your prayers
for her and the nursing dept. I am most thankful for this wonderful
opportunity to return to Taiwan for this celebration and to see
the future plans and concerns of the Presbyterian Church in
Taiwan. The time at
Changhua Christian Hospital and our branch hospitals was most
rewarding and to see the new Pediatric Hospital fully operating
since it has been a year since it had opened.
I am thankful that I was able to support the Nursing
administrative staff during that time and help them with the
continuing History of Nursing at Changhua Christian Hospital. When I am home
in Cobourg, I try to carry out my responsibilities as an elder
at St. Andrew’s Church, sing in the choir, member of the WMS
group and new Vice President of Peterborough Presbyterial. In the
afternoons I sometimes visit the older people of our congregation. I have been asked to be the chair person for the Personnel Committee of the International
Ministries and thus a member of the Advisory Committee of
International Ministries Praying I will be able to continue to
serve our Lord in these many ways and according to His plan for my
future. Appreciate so many friends still keeping in touch with me
and always glad to hear from you. Joy M. Randall. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Taiwan
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Top photo: (At
gravesite of George Leslie MacKay) Mr. and Mrs. Jim Herder (St. Andrews
College, Aurora, Ont.) Wilma Welsh, Jack Geddes, Dr. and Mrs. David (Leslie
MacKay) Jenkins, Betty Geddes, Albert Yao (TamKang Middle School Principal),
Joy Randall, Louise Gamble, Rev. Paul McLean
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