2012亞洲大會心得-Judy

Whenever I recall upon the days I spent with the group deep in the Mt. Ali and in Xitou, I cannot resist having a smile on my face while feeling so blessed by the Lord who has always want to cultivate my heart and help me tear down the given me so many friends for life. At the night we arrived at Mt. Ali, Pastor An shared with us that he hoped that in the three days of English Camp we’d be Big Brothers and Big sisters who live to resemble Christ and to love them with Christ’s love and that we’d be whom with good characters that the kids could look up to. At first I only focused on teaching them discipline and trying to raise their interest in learning English. I tried not to pour in too much caring and love for I would only be there for three days. I was too focused on how sad I would be at time of departure and doubted how much we could offer the kids in three days. One of the teenage girl in my class really liked holding my hands and kept on asking me many questions throughout the day. I did not know how to respond her. God spoke to me thru Pastor An during the morning meditation that my life is influencing the kids’ as I spend time with them during the camp and God reminded me if I were not to respond the kid with love, it might hurt them. I think it is similar to what it says in Revelation 3:16 : “So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth.” I should either do thing whole-heartedly or just step out of it. You cannot be neutral with someone who is made of flesh and bones; I know how it feels like to be treated “neutrally”. So I prayed that God would help me being a channel for His love to flow through. On the very last day, I tried my best to have fun with them on the very last day. I believe that God will faithfully cultivate what He has planted in me and in the children’s hearts. No wonder Jesus said in Luke 18:16 “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.” Their pure and genuine hearts and their laughter really blessed my heart and made me fell in love with them. Hope I would be able to visit them again soon.

The two Dr. Chens who were with us up on Mt. Ali had shown me what it means to do for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of Christ. I remember most part of their sharing is the new ideas they have come up on how to serve the people in the tribe. I will not forget how Dr. Chen Herng-Der was kneeling down to wash one of the old ladies’ feet and telling me how gentle he would need to be because the old lady was diabetic and the disease made her skin very fragile. Dr. Chen was living out Lord’s command of serving the least with his medical profession. I will always have to remind myself of what Dr. Chen has showed me that my profession as a medical doctor is for serving other. When he was kneeling down it did not make him petty but admirable and really reflecting God’s image. I pray that God make me humble under all circumstances so I can kneel down and serve.

In Saline training, we were taught the 5Cs ( Christ-like character, Competence, compassion, Communication and Courage). The coming school year will be my first year of pre-clinical training; this marks the start of my professional competence. I must be all-in while I am still at school learning all the basics.

Lastly, I am very thankful that I was able to make friends with medical students from different schools in Taiwan and from Hong Kong and Korea. By having each of them as my friend, I do not feel alone pursuing the dream in sharing God’s love through my medical profession. Moreover, all the seniors I have met in the conference have encouraged me greatly with what they have been doing in different parts of Asia.

Sadly, I did not dare to walk up to each one of them and ask them to share their word of wisdom that might be precise to us, the prospect medical workers. But, I will pray for courage from God to initiate a conversation with the seniors in future conferences so I may learn from their experiences in the field and how they have walked with God as medical workers.