wfn.org | CCH pays timely visit to missionary David Landsborough Jr.

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>      Taiwan Church News

>3010 Edition

>November 2~8, 2009

CCH pays timely visit to missionary David Landsborough Jr.

>Reported by Chen Wei-jian

>Written by Lydia Ma

When Yuan Sheng Hospital’s Superintendent Chen Shou-dung  visited 95-year-old David

Landsborough Jr. who had been living alone in UK since his  retirement, Chen discovered that

Landsborough had tripped while trying to answer the door.  Landsborough was immediately

taken to the hospital and was released recently after a surgery at  UK’s Mayday Hospital.

Yuan Sheng Hospital is affiliated with Changhua Christian Hospital  (CCH), which was founded

by Landsborough’s father, David Landsborough Sr. Chen  happened to be in the UK attending

a conference scheduled on September 27 when he decided to visit  Landsborough at his

>residence after the event.

After arriving and knocking on the door, Chen noticed the lights  were on inside

Landsborough’s residence though no one answered the door  after a long wait. Peeking

through a small hole near a window, Chen discovered Landsborough  had tripped and was

waving at him. Unable to enter the house, Chen sought assistance  from Landsborough’s

neighbors who gave him the house’s spare keys.

Chen took Landsborough to the hospital immediately and contacted  Landsborough’s children.

Landsborough was later admitted to Mayday Hospital and doctors  scheduled a surgery for the

>following day.

When CCH got word of what happened to Landsborough, it sent some  of its top medical and

pastoral staff to London. The delegation arrived to London on  October 2 and reported back

that Landsborough was doing fine and able to eat and talk. Seeing  so many Taiwanese

friends brought back many memories for Landsborough, who began to  retell stories of his

time in Taiwan. He even remembered the names of some of the  hospital staff he had worked

>with.

The CCH delegation shared some photos taken in the 1970s with  Landsborough, and was

delighted to find that he still thought of Taiwan often. Though  suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, looking at these photos  prompted Landsborough to write letters to his Taiwanese

>friends right away.

Toward the end of the visit, Landsborough offered CCH the medical  kit he used to carry years

ago while doing medical rounds in Taiwan as a keepsake and to show  Changhua residents

whenever they visit the hospital. Many in Changhua undoubtedly  still remember this medical kit

and the bicycle Landsborough rode while doing his rounds.

According to CCH, it has been wiring money to Landsborough twice a  year to cover some of

his living expenses. CCH will wire additional funds in the near  future to cover Landsborough’s

medical expenses from this surgery as well. The hospital has also  arranged for a personal

nurse to attend to Landborough’s health and daily needs.

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