An Example of God’s People
Matthew 28:16-20
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by Edward F. Markquart

Dr. Mark Jacobson, as I recall, was valedictorian of his class at Harvard, and then he went to the University of Minnesota Medical School where again he was the top student in his class.  Again, he was the valedictorian and gave the valedictorian address. He is an incredibly brilliant man. Then he went to Arusha, Tanzania, there with immense suffering.  He used his brains and resources to work in that area of the world.  Each year, his hospital takes care of 35,000 patients, and they pay a dollar a person, or $35,000 income, paid by the patients and their families for their medical care.  The patients feel good and self-respecting about paying their medical bills. Dr. Jacobson could have used his resources to escape suffering; he could have used his resources, brains and education to build a lucrative medical practice; but he didn't. You could not have stopped him with a bulldozer or semi-truck. That's the way love is; that's the way God is; that's the way God's people are.


Note: As of September 2020 he is still there after 32 years. It is called the Arusha Lutheran Medical Centre. He is the Executive Director. 

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