{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Serve Globally Blog","provider_url":"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally","title":"Remembering Our Legacy: Paul and Lois Carlson - Serve Globally Blog","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"ttLzYqaSbC\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/2014\/04\/09\/remembering-our-legacy-paul-and-lois-carlson\/\">Remembering Our Legacy: Paul and Lois Carlson<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/2014\/04\/09\/remembering-our-legacy-paul-and-lois-carlson\/embed\/#?secret=ttLzYqaSbC\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Remembering Our Legacy: Paul and Lois Carlson&#8221; &#8212; Serve Globally Blog\" data-secret=\"ttLzYqaSbC\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!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);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"In 1965, North Park University\u2019s Carlson Tower was dedicated in loving memory to Paul Carlson, a medical missionary to Congo from 1962-1964. Within its foyer hangs a plaque that commemorates his legacy with these words: Doctor Paul E. Carlson, or Monganga Paul as he was known by the Congolese to whom he gave his life, came to North Park University in 1948 as a student with a quiet conviction to serve as a medical missionary. After gaining his M.D. degree in 1956, Dr. Carlson began a surgical career. When an opportunity arose to go overseas to the Republic of Congo for a brief period in 1961, he remembered his early aspirations. Almost immediately he fell in love with the people and the people with him. Soon after, the president of the Evangelical Church of the Ubangi asked him if he would return as a permanent missionary doctor. In 1962, Dr. Carlson, his wife Lois, and their young son (Wayne Paul) and infant daughter (Lynette) left everything they considered home and moved to an understaffed hospital in Wasolo, a remote town in northern Congo. When asked why he became a doctor and traveled so far, Dr. Carlson answered, \u201cHere there are [&hellip;]","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2014\/04\/Carlson-Family-192x300.jpg"}