A touching story from Turkey

I was in turkey when the following incident happened :

Some christian doctors were running a medical clinic attending to survivors of the earthquake in Turkey. When the opportunity came for another clinic to be opened, the doctors decided to go ahead with another clinic in a different location. That morning, before the clinic opened, the one remaining doctor saw a long queue of people had already formed outside the medical tent waiting for him to start his clinic. He saw that he could not attend to all people so he had asked the interpreter, a turkish girl to tell the queue of people that he could not see all of them and requested them that those with minor ailments should go to the government hospitals and clinics so that he could attend to only those with serious problems.

The interpreter kept very quiet and did not know what to say. The doctor then asked her why she would not interpret for him. The interpreter replied, " I cannot tell these people what you just said, I cannot send them away. I have watched you all these past few days, how you work and care for my people. These people need a touch of God's love that only Christians can give them.


By Lim Eng Hoe