1.0Serve Globally Bloghttps://blogs.covchurch.org/servegloballyrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Owe9tvye03"><a href="https://blogs.covchurch.org/serveglobally/2014/03/21/remembering-our-legacy-judith-peterson/">Remembering Our Legacy: Judith Peterson</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://blogs.covchurch.org/serveglobally/2014/03/21/remembering-our-legacy-judith-peterson/embed/#?secret=Owe9tvye03" width="600" height="338" title="“Remembering Our Legacy: Judith Peterson” — Serve Globally Blog" data-secret="Owe9tvye03" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://blogs.covchurch.org/serveglobally/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> 10,869 men, women, and children filtered through Bethesda Hospital Training School between 1939-1940, in Sianyang China, to receive treatment for malaria, fevers, bomb injuries, dysentery, cholera, typhoid, and typhus, by the loving hands of missionary nurses Judith Peterson and Ruth Edlund. Judith wrote, “At the beginning of the year, our students and head nurses were all with us. Because of repeated air raids and our hospital over-crowded with patients, we had to begin work in the wards and operating room before daylight and continue late in the evening. But all worked cheerfully and a good spirit prevailed. In March, when our hospital was bombed, our students and women head nurses left for Nanchang. There had been three days of almost persistent bombing in these two cities. One bomb that fell in our compound damaged the nurses’ dormitory, making it impossible for anyone to live there.  After a few weeks, they begged to return. The most urgent repairs were made so we could admit patients and have our nurses back again. We thank God for His protection and care over our hospital staff. It is of Jehovah’s loving kindness that we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are […]https://blogs.covchurch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2014/03/Judith-Peterson-226x300.jpg