One of the things I have been a little sad to see as we have been interested in medical missions over the years is how they are diminishing.  In some ways, maybe that is good.  Countries are doing a better job at providing for their people, so perhaps there is less need.  On the other hand, sometimes it is not so good.  The cost of running a mission hospital is very high, and it takes a lot of work and commitment.  A mission hospital is not usually financially sustainable within the context of where it has been placed.  These hospitals are in the poorest areas of the world.  So they need money from the West.  Christians in Europe, the United States, and Canada give of their own resources to maintain hospitals so that people who cannot fund them will have access to care.  I noticed a lot of mission agencies were leaving this type of mission behind because the cost is too high.  And I think that this is a shame, because as Christians our witness of the work of Jesus Christs is both in words (of course) but also in deeds.  Compassion often wins hearts where logic will not.  Check the article below to see how hard Dr. Klaus John works traveling the world to keep our little hospital to the Quechua people open.

The medical missionary visits England, Spain, and Germany

It was a bumpy flight and even at an altitude of over 30,000 feet, the view was obstructed by clouds.  But then, somewhere over the Atlantic, suddenly was the bright morning star, a small dot in the sky.  Last night, Dr. John arrived in Oxford for two important appointments on Tuesday and Wednesday.  On Friday, the journey continues to Barcelona, where five lectures and interviews are waiting for him.  A Spanish women a few months ago had read the book “Seeing God” during their return flight from Peru to Spain.  A few days later, she sent Dr. John an invitation to Catalonia.  On May 15, the mission doctor will begin a tour of Germany.  So far, over 75,000 people have attended one of the 1,843 presentations given by the Dr. John.

A stopover in Paris, en route to London