A decision has been made! Through continued
prayer, we have decided to commit to Tansen, Nepal for at least 2 1/2
years of service. There are many things that make us excited about this
hospital--see below for a full list. We have notified Samaritan's
Purse and now must submit an application to the United Mission to Nepal,
the organization that runs the hospital, for acceptance by them. We
expect things to go smoothly but would still appreciate prayer for the
process. We plan on leaving between October and December of next year.
Regarding Tim's employment situation, the interview previously mentioned went extremely well. In fact, it went so well that the owner wanted to offer him the position! However, the fact that Tim would likely not be able to commit to more than a year of work was a deal-breaker. He had another interview yesterday that went well, and we are waiting to hear back about that one. But we're still not sure if he should even be working right now. There are many things that need to be done in preparation for going overseas in addition to the things that he wants to learn about in order to try and be more helpful to the Tansen hospital. We could still use prayer over this issue.
We'll continue to keep you posted as we move through this process. As always, we appreciate your support, prayers, and your own updates!
Things we like about Tansen:
- They are excited about and respectful of Family Medicine
- They act as a team, both among the expats and alongside the Nepalese
- The expats are from around the world
- They are a teaching hospital, raising up Nepalese to be physicians, nurses, midwives
- It is possible to continue full spectrum family medicine in their hospital
- There are opportunities to disciple
- Not all of the hospital workers are Christian
- Most of the expats live outside of the hospital compound rather than becoming isolated from the community
- The hospital is involved in the community: school physicals, teaching women's health, a community town clinic
- Things are set up so that expats are partners, coming alongside Nepalese, rather than just leading them and creating dependence. This is our desired model, and this is a good place to learn it...and possibly take it elsewhere in the future
- They need an engineer
- It would be a good place to start learning medicine in a developing country, so it may provide a little more buffer to Leona. But there are still areas that can be improved, so it's not like working in a place that already has everything figured out
- Less than 5% of the country knows Jesus
- There is a possibility to have a garden, chickens, and other animals
- It's beautiful
- The food (and tea!) are very yummy
Regarding Tim's employment situation, the interview previously mentioned went extremely well. In fact, it went so well that the owner wanted to offer him the position! However, the fact that Tim would likely not be able to commit to more than a year of work was a deal-breaker. He had another interview yesterday that went well, and we are waiting to hear back about that one. But we're still not sure if he should even be working right now. There are many things that need to be done in preparation for going overseas in addition to the things that he wants to learn about in order to try and be more helpful to the Tansen hospital. We could still use prayer over this issue.
We'll continue to keep you posted as we move through this process. As always, we appreciate your support, prayers, and your own updates!
Things we like about Tansen:
- They are excited about and respectful of Family Medicine
- They act as a team, both among the expats and alongside the Nepalese
- The expats are from around the world
- They are a teaching hospital, raising up Nepalese to be physicians, nurses, midwives
- It is possible to continue full spectrum family medicine in their hospital
- There are opportunities to disciple
- Not all of the hospital workers are Christian
- Most of the expats live outside of the hospital compound rather than becoming isolated from the community
- The hospital is involved in the community: school physicals, teaching women's health, a community town clinic
- Things are set up so that expats are partners, coming alongside Nepalese, rather than just leading them and creating dependence. This is our desired model, and this is a good place to learn it...and possibly take it elsewhere in the future
- They need an engineer
- It would be a good place to start learning medicine in a developing country, so it may provide a little more buffer to Leona. But there are still areas that can be improved, so it's not like working in a place that already has everything figured out
- Less than 5% of the country knows Jesus
- There is a possibility to have a garden, chickens, and other animals
- It's beautiful
- The food (and tea!) are very yummy
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