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The Agent

In an arranged marriage a mediator plans

an important role. His mission is to see if a

marriage can be arranged between the

son of those who sent him and the daugh-

ter of those to whom he was sent. It hap-

pened the same way in ancient times.

Abraham sent his servant to a foreign land

to find a bride for his son Isaac. So the

servant embarked on the journey, bringing

with him Abraham’s treasures as gifts for

the bride. He ended up meeting the young woman Rebekah. After saying yes to the

proposal of marriage, Rebekah embarked with the man on a journey back to the tents

of Abraham where she would, for time see Isaac face to face.

There’s a mystery there.

Abraham offered up Isaac as a sacrifice. Not long after that comes the account of

Isaac’s bride. To what would that correspond

The offering of Isaac foreshadows the sacrifice of Messiah. So after Messiah’s sacrifice

comes the search for the bride and the bride is the church and each of us.

And whose mission then begins?

The Spirit of God. The Spirit’s mission is especially to the bride.

Yes. The Spirit is the Agent, the Agent of Father, the Agent of God and the Spirit

comes to the bride and shares with her of the Father and the Son and draws her to

them and the Spirit comes bearing gifts from the Father to the bride, the gifts of the

Spirit. The Spirit leads the bride on a journey to the Son and the Father. And do you

know what the name of Abraham’s servant was? Eliezer. And do you know what

Eliezer means? It means “my god is the helper”. And what is Spirit called? The Helper.

So you’re never alone, not one moment of your life. You have one beside you, who is

the Agent of God…For alongside you in your journey is God, your Helper.”

The Mission: Live today in the awareness that you are not alone. God himself dwells

with you in the Spirit. Live as one with whom He is present.

-The book of Mysteries

I N S I D E T H I S

I S S U E :

DEVOTIONAL 1

FAMILY

FOCUS

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LAMP LIGHTING &

OATH CEREMONY

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WHEELCHAIR

DISTRIBUTION

2019

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INTERNATIONAL

WOMEN’S DAY

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FEET WASHING &

WELCOMING

CEREMONY

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NEW

RECRUITMENTS

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THE DUNCAN DYNAMICS A P R I L 2 0 1 9 T H E D U N C A N H O S P I T A L

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FAMILY FOCUS Dr Novin Chacko

(Dr Novin is a consultant Anesthetist and Dr Angel is a Psychiatrist )

It was a dream come true, when God granted me an opportunity to pursue medicine as a career. I am

grateful to God for providing me Dr. Beena as a mentor, a

vibrant fellowship and my believer batch mates. During

the various fellowship meetings attended , I was deeply

impacted by many seniors who ventured into missions

and were instrumental to bring about transformation of

the community they served. I too whispered in my heart

and to GOD, that I too would like to do this. We visited a

couple of mission hospitals to get a first hand experience,

of which one was Duncan hospital (in 2008).

I am grateful to God for Dr Mathew, Dr Latha ,Dr Philip ,

Dr Joji and Dr Mini for broadening my vision about mis-

sion. There was so much need for medical expertise in

these remote areas of our country.

After internship I was confused about what to do with my career. My sister in US wanted me to do

USMLE coaching. Thinking about going to US, my heart was not at peace. There was so much need for

doctors in our own country, then why go abroad. So I shifted focus to NEET coaching. My batch mate Dr

Steive had decided to come and work in Duncan Hospital. But I enrolled for a one year coaching program,

and before the coaching started I came again to DUNACN for 2 months along with him. Towards the end

of 2 months I again was in a dilemma whether to continue or not. Cutting short I had to take a bold deci-

sion to stay back despite pressure from my parents to join for entrance coaching. We had a wonderful

group of friends working together tirelessly and enjoyed the fellowship. There was a constant struggle in

my mind about getting into PG and I used to compare myself with my friends who were preparing in en-

trance coaching centres. Looking back those two years were a blessing where God equipped me to com-

plete a family medicine course and the needed skills to be a doctor trained in various specialties. As Dr

Mathew used to say “ you may leave Duncan but Duncan will not leave you.”

By God’s grace I could get into a postgraduate course in CMC Vellore though it was not my preferred spe-

cialty. Over the years God convinced me that Anesthesia was Hs plan for my future. God blessed me with

my wife Angel who was open to my commitment towards missions. God continued to bless our family life

and gave us Nathaniel. On nearing of completing post graduation, I was wondering where I would be

posted for my service obligation. I wanted to go to a mission hospital which had good roads, as I has a car

by then. When I got the mail from central office , I was mixed feelings—twas Raxaul. I again had a battle

of thoughts of what to do with car as roads are bad . GOD reminded me that I should not place anything

more valuable than HIM and His Call in my heart. We joined Duncan family again now a big blessed team

of junior doctors and consultants. Looking back, God has been Ebenezer to us and He will be Faithful to

us till the very end.

Dr Novin , Dr Angel & Nathaniel

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LAMP LIGHTING AND OATH CEREMONY

The 49th Lamp Lighting & Oath Ceremony function was organized by the School of Nursing. There were 20 students who took the oath, the chief guest at the program was Mr. Amit Kumar (SDM, Raxaul). Dr. Prabhu had given felicitation speech. The School of Nursing received the Award for the 100% result in MIBE.

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WHEELCHAIR DISTRIBUTION 2019 The second phase of the wheelchair distribution was conducted between 4th-9th of march in PMR depart-ment, Duncan hospital. A total of 191 wheelchairs including assistive devices like walkers ( adult and paediat-ric), crutches, canes and strollers were distributed. Each recepient were registered, assessed and counselled by the team. The wheelchairs and assistive devices were modified by the mechanics according to the individ-ual need and comfort levels. They were also given special mobility training over the ramp and stairs to ena-ble them propel the wheelchairs independently. The Joni book was handed over to each recepient during the counselling sessions. Volunteers from other EHA units like Satbharwa, Mussoorie, Herbetpur, Fatehpur and Chennai also extended their hands to make this event successful. Local volunteers including hospital staff, nursing students and missionaries also participated actively. We thank God for His gracious hand throughout the phase of distribution. We also thank Joni and friends US and the hospital management for providing us with all the necessary resources. We thank all who have supported and prayed for this event to reach out the unreached.

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INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY

8th March is celebrated as the “International Women’s Day”. It is an important occasion for all of us to

acknowledge all the women in the world for making this world a better place for everyone to live in.

On this day, ASISH Project Duncan Hospital, Raxaul organized International Women’s Day celebrations at

Pantoka Panchayat, Bhawan. As the theme for 2019 is “Think equal, build smart, innovate for change” , pro-

ject focused on “Stop Child marriage and orchestra”

The program started by lighting the lamp by the respective guests followed by several cultural programs and

speech by the guests.

The program made a great impact on the people and took an oath in writing that they will not get their

daughters married before the age of 18 and they will not use orchestra in any social occasion.

Apart from that there was a stall put up by ICDS, Kaushal vikas (for skill training) and election department to

show a demo on use of Electronic Voter Machine (EVM). Women’s were learned how to use the EVM.

Finally, certificates were distributed to the boys who had successfully completed electrician training.

– Commandant SSB (Sashastra Seema Bal) Pantoka, Project Director ATMA, Motihari, CDPO Raxaul, Mrs.

Savitri Bhandari District Child Welfare Board, Birgunj(Nepal), Dr. Prabhu Medical superintendent, Duncan

Hospital, Duncan Hospital, Sis Dorcas Principal school of Nursing, Mr. Vijay Kumar, PRAYAS, Raxaul and

Special cell for women anChildren, Mahila Thana Motihari

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FEET WASHING & WELCOMING CEREMONY FOR THE NEW JUNIOR DOCTORS BY SENIORS

NEW RECRUITMENTS

1. Mr Prince Samuel J— Research Assistant

PRAISE AND PRAYER POINTS

1. For the ongoing construction of working

Men’s hostel.

2. “SPINE” pay roll software has been put

to use.

3. For the financial year that went by and

pray for the new financial year.

Dr Uttam welcoming Dr Ramesh Babu

Dr Ravi Sunil welcoming Dr Sumanth

Dr Novin welcoming Dr Joel

Dr Emmanuel welcoming Dr Daniel

Mr Sanjay & Jasveer welcome home

their newborn daughter Aradhana