GLOBAL DISPATCH
MY SURPRISE CALLING Words: Anne McCormick
“YOU WANT ME TO DO WHAT ……IN A HOSPITAL……IN CAMBODIA?” As I sit in my workspace at the hospital I overlook a tranquil tropical garden scene on a pleasantly overcast afternoon. I wonder to myself how I got here and just what I’m doing. A few years ago I had prayed that God would use me and knew it might be overseas again. I had already worked cross-culturally for six years in Pakistan from 19891995. But a hospital in Cambodia? That’s a different kettle of fish altogether!
You see, I am not a surgeon, doctor, nurse, anaesthetist, physiotherapist, occupational therapist, pharmacist, radiographer, or any other of the myriad occupations needed to run a hospital. No, I am a librarian, and had been for 35 years when God called me to Cambodia to work as Activity Co-ordinator at World Mate Emergency Hospital. With my dislike of hospitals (I don’t have a strong stomach) I am the last person you would expect to find
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