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This is a guest post from Dr. Jon Pollock, originally featured on his personal blog<\/a>. \u00a0Dr. Pollock is a staff surgeon at Myungsung Christian Medical Center in Addis Ababa<\/a>, our sister hospital. \u00a0Our surgery residents, including Dr. Daniel Gidabo, train at both facilities: here in Soddo and at MCM in Addis. \u00a0(In fact, Dr. Pollock himself previously served as one of our staff surgeons here!) \u00a0The following is his account of Dr. Daniel’s graduation:<\/p>\n

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Dr. Daniel surrounded by our staff surgeons and current PAACS residents<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Last Saturday, we celebrated the graduation of the sixth PAACS resident in Ethiopia. \u00a0 Dr. Daniel Gidabo finished his five years of training in general surgery at the end of August. \u00a0 Daniel has taken a position as a surgeon in his hometown, a city of more than 100,000 people that has not had a full time surgeon in a very long time.\u00a0\u00a0 There Daniel will have the opportunity to treat hundreds and thousands of people who otherwise would have died without surgery.\u00a0\u00a0 We are very proud of Daniel and his accomplishments.\u00a0 He has a well deserved reputation as a bold and effective evangelist and has led literally hundreds of people to Christ during our time with us.<\/p>\n

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Dr. Pollock speaking at the graduation ceremony<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

During my remarks at his graduation ceremony, I spoke to Daniel from Psalm 34, one of my favorite Psalms.\u00a0 It begins with triumphant words of praise.<\/p>\n

I will extol the Lord at all times;<\/i><\/p>\n

His praise will always be on my lips.<\/i><\/p>\n

My soul will boast in the\u00a0<\/i>Lord;<\/i><\/p>\n

let the afflicted hear and rejoice.<\/i><\/p>\n

Glorify the\u00a0<\/i>Lord with me;<\/i><\/p>\n

let us exalt his name together.<\/i><\/p>\n

These words were particularly appropriate for this day.\u00a0\u00a0 We praise God for what he has done for us.\u00a0\u00a0 When Daniel started his training five years ago, he had no guarantees that his work would amount to anything.\u00a0\u00a0 The PAACS program in Ethiopia was not accredited at that time.\u00a0\u00a0 There was little hope that this little upstart program would ever amount to anything.\u00a0\u00a0 Fast forward five years and we are accredited by both the Ethiopian Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Health and the College of Surgeons of East, Central and Southern Africa.\u00a0 We have expanded from one hospital to two and have tripled the number of residents in the program.\u00a0 This is only because of what God has done to bless the work he has called us to do.\u00a0 Praise God for what he had done. I sought the\u00a0<\/i>Lord, and he answered me;<\/i><\/p>\n

He delivered me from all my fears.<\/i><\/p>\n

I assured Daniel that there will be times that he will be afraid.\u00a0 Fear is an integral part of being a surgeon, particularly in the first year starting out on your own in practice.\u00a0 I urged him to seek after the Lord, and He would deliver him from all his fears.\u00a0 Delivery from fears comes with another promise if we look to him.<\/p>\n

Those who look to him are radiant;<\/i><\/p>\n

their faces are never covered with shame.<\/i><\/p>\n

I encouraged Daniel to look to Him and be radiant.<\/p>\n

This poor man called, and the\u00a0<\/i>Lord heard him;<\/i><\/p>\n

He saved him out of all his troubles.<\/i><\/p>\n

I reminded Daniel that his hometown has been without a surgeon for years and that people were crying for help.<\/p>\n

Taste and see that the<\/i>\u00a0Lord is good;<\/i><\/p>\n

blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

As PAACS surgeons, this is as essential to our lives as anything we do in the operating room.\u00a0\u00a0 We have the unbelievable privilege to invite people to \u201ctaste and seek\u201d that the Lord is good.\u00a0\u00a0 I encouraged Daniel to continue to be bold in his witness.<\/p>\n

The righteous cry out, and the\u00a0<\/i>Lord delivers them;<\/i><\/p>\n

He delivers them from all their troubles.<\/i>\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

The\u00a0<\/i>Lord is close to the brokenhearted<\/i><\/p>\n

and saves those who are crushed in spirit.<\/i><\/p>\n

Finally, I told Daniel that as surgeons in Ethiopia, if we let ourselves, our hearts will be broken and our spirits crushed.\u00a0\u00a0 There are so many challenges, so much pain and disease, so much death that if we are not careful, we can become hardened and uncaring.\u00a0 But as painful as it can be, we must allow our hearts to remain soft and able to be broken, because the pain, disease and death that we face everyday, breaks the heart of God.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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