Beyond Surprise

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• Publisher: Inspiring Voices
• Year: 2012
• eBook ISBN: 9781462402632
• Edition: 0

As an Oregon farm boy growing up in the 1930s and 40s, Kenneth Magee wanted to give the best he could to God. His motivation led him to study medicine, and through his years of medical service, Magee sought to work for the Lord. But what he didnt expect was just how far God would stretch him. Beyond Surprise shares Magees life-altering experiences of practicing medicine not only in the United States, but overseas in battle-scarred countries and disaster areas. Working with people of varying faiths and backgrounds as part of Medical Teams International, Magee visited some of the poorest nations on Earth. Each journey showed him the importance of listening, maintaining a sense of humor, and hoping in the decency of mankind. From war-torn Iraq and Afghanistan to poverty-ravaged El Salvador and refugee camps in Liberia, Magee helped people regardless of age, nationality, race, or religion. He listened to a woman named Nergis explain her frightening flight from Saddam Hussein; aided a terrified mother with her infant in tsunami-ravaged Sumatra; endured the torrential rains of Uganda; and enjoyed the simple pleasure of petting a black lamb in an Afghani sheep camp. Beyond Surprise shares the remarkable true story of how one mans faith gave him a lifetime of hope in Gods goodness.

Table of contents

• BEYOND SURPRISE
• Copyright © 2012 Kenneth Magee
• Contents
• Dedication
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction—Stories Teach Everyone
• Learning—Taught by a Dog
• Turkey—Aftermath of Crushing Earthquakes
• A New Adventure: “Coming Home” Letter to Family and Friends
• Heros: Hrant’s Story
• El Salvadoran Tragedies
• Glimpses of El Salvador: Beyond the Tragedy
• Aftershocks!
• Eyes of El Salvador
• The War in Afghanistan
• Journeys to Afghanistan—A Lengthy Road
• En Route to Afghanistan
• Afghanistan: “Oh My! What Am I Getting Into?”
• Sounds in the Night
• Kamer Bandi Balq—Brown Drinking Water
• Hyroton Hospital—Mixing Hope and Deep Concern
• A Focus of Recent History: Stepping Carefully
• Khorasan“Unsafe”
• Coud-E-Barq—A Needy, Russian-Built Hospital
• Buzkashi: Sporting with Decapitated Goats
• Downtown Mazar-i-Sharif
• Salaam A Lakum
• And There Were Shepherds Keeping Watch
• The Civilian Hospital: (Notes from My Journal)
• The Taliban—Recent Stories
• Clinics in Afghan Villages
• Chosen
• Letters to and from President Bush
• Gene—My Hero
• Iraqi Wars
• Is God in Iraq?
• A Child’s Perspective
• Journey to Iraq—“In You I Trust”
• Border Crossing Surprises
• The Tea House—Wonderings
• Irbil Classes—Advanced Cardiac Life Support
• The Story of Millenium
• Dr. Ahmad’s Compassion
• Meeting Derrick
• Nergis: Pursued by Saddam Hussein
• God Is in Iraq
• Liberia
• Singe Camp
• Captured
• English Lessons in Liberia
• Is There Hope for Liberia?
• John Mohammed Nayab
• The Sumatran-Andaman Earthquake and Tsunami
• When the Earth Moved
• Closer than Ringside
• Abdulla
• Sri Lanka
• Sri Lanka, a Tale of Two Countries
• Diary
• Resplendent Land
• Old Joe
• The Log
• Jarbidge—Antidote for Compassion Fatigue
• Loved by Pets
• Uganda
• Solomon—Hidden in Uganda
• Learning Ugandan Ways
• Violence—I Don’t Have an Answer
• The Final Question
• Beyond Surprise
• Deep Thanks