We are all in the mind of God, slowly learning how to love.

Jude: Eastern Anatolia is a rugged country. Its people are poor but hard-working. For them, modern medicine is a revolutionary concept. That is why the work of the American Mission Hospital in Van is so vitally important. For many peoplue in the region, our hospital offers the only medical care available. People come from hundreds of miles around. And the only reason we are able to provide for them is because of generous donations from open-hearted Christians like yourselves. There are impedements, of course. Eastern Anatolia can be a place of unspeakable violence and transgression. But it is also a place of fierce spirit. And the people who have survived there... When I first came to Van as a newly graduated doctor, my plan was to stay a year, do my service, and then come back to te States and open a properous practice. Well, that was eight years ago. I didn't intend for it to happen, but once I got to know these people and live among them, I knew I would never leave.