wfn.org | TCN:‘Angel of Penghu’ Marjorie Bly remembered in film

["Lydia Ma" <enews@pctpress.org>]

>Taiwan Church News

>2980 Edition

>April 6~12, 2009

‘Angel of Penghu’ Marjorie Bly remembered in film

>Reported by Chiou Kuo-rong

>Written by Lydia Ma

Taiwan’s Christian broadcast station Good TV spent over one year  visiting different locations in Taiwan, China, and US to film a  documentary on the life of US Nurse Marjorie Bly and released a film on  the first anniversary of her death on April 8th. The

documentary was shown at a performance hall in Penghu Island where many  local officials gathered to view the documentary.

According to documentary producers, Taiwan was severely affected by  Hansen’s disease (commonly known as leprosy) in the

1950s and was even reported to be the country with the most leprosy  patients in the world. In addition, Penghu Island happened to

be the region most affected by this disease in Taiwan.

With the help of friends who served as her translators, Bly visited  every home in Penghu Island, seeking out leprosy patients and

protecting them from mandatory isolation imposed by government  authorities at the time. Because of her work in gathering patient

information and hiding patients so that they would not be cast away,  local officials suspected she was a spy sent by the US

>government.

Tidbits about Bly’s life in Taiwan and her contributions to  Taiwanese society that were once secret have now been made into a

documentary. In the film, people who knew her first-hand were  interviewed on what they remembered the most about this amazing

missionary. The documentary will no doubt become another precious  addition to Taiwanese church history.

Producers of the film hope the documentary will be shown on television,  movie theaters, church gatherings, and art exhibits so that

churches across the country will be encouraged to get involved with  missions and share the love of Christ with others.

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