Medical Missionary Training
Medical Missionary Training“In returning and rest shall ye be saved.” “The Lord wants human beings to take time to rest, time to think of and appreciate heavenly things. Those who do not value the things of heaven sufficiently to give time to them will at last lose all.”Letter 181, 1903
Medical Missionary classes have been in session now for 3 weeks. Our whole team is privileged to be here together. The first week, Sebastian, a man from China, taught many wonderful natural remedies and ways that really work to detox people, and heal diseases. Of course all the things that we might use on someone else, is exactly what we do to ourselves, so we can help our patients understand more. Though this class was quite rigorous, I must say that it works! You end up feeling even better than when you thought you felt great! You start out the whole program by drinking sea water at 4:30am. The results of this “lovely” drink, is a fast and thorough way of scrubbing out your entire GI tract, if you know what that means! This episode is followed by 2 days of water fasting. You guessed right, nothing taken by mouth except water. For the faint and shaky soul there is lime juice or coconut milk to strengthen them up. The next day there is a plain watermelon and water smoothie for breakfast and a variety of vegetables blended together for lunch. During these 3 days we are doing a series of detox treatments. A few of these are: Clay baths,
(during this procedure we are relatives to the pigs! But I must say after all the sticky goo is washed off and clean dry clothes put on, you feel on top of the world)! There is also molasses rub, salt glow, honey massage, hot foot baths, foot massage, many kinds of poultices, infra red light and a special 1 hour body massage which can cure cancer and many other diseases.Please note that fasting is not for everyone. Only if God has placed a burden on your heart and you feel the need for His guidance and Holy Spirit etc.After the first day of fasting we had a night of prayer. Many prayer requests were listed and prayers were raised up to heaven along with songs, Bible readings and discussions. We lasted until about 2 a.m. this particular night. This is a wonderful way to see the Saviour more clearly, love Him more completely and earnestly, pray for others and for your own personal battles and struggles, be braced for the duty ahead of you, plead for more Holy Spirit, claim His promises, beg for His guidance and find much spiritual food to nourish your soul. I find that prayers done in this manner bring big results usually within 24 hours. Oh in these last days let us live on the promise, “Let him take hold of My strength, that he may make peace with Me, and he shall make peace with Me.” The peace He gives is real and very sweet!We break our fast carefully, Sebastian now introduces us to parched grains! We know very much about this food, because we made it and we ate it for one week! Some thought they would die before taking another bite of it, but myself and most others were hooked on it and saw so many benefits. We did have fruit with it and later vegetables. I’ll tell you how to make this delicious treat. It is simple. First soak a variety of rice, red rice, brown rice and black rice for approximately 6 hours. Next boil it until it is a little overcooked. Drain well and place high over a fire, fan or in the sun until THOROUGHLY dried. Using a heavy iron skillet, or large clay pot, heat up several cups of sea salt, then add small amounts of dried rice to it at a time. Mix it well and keep it moving until you see the kernals parch, or turn white. The trick is to know when to quickly remove it from the heat. Scoope it all into a strainer and shake very well to remove all the salt. Let it cool and then eat it, (but never in between meals)! You can parch wheat berries, oats, rye or other grain, any kind of bean and corn also. Eating parched grains will cause longer chewing time and perfect digestion. The little bit of salt that lingers is tasty. Eating parched grains is cheap, easy, stores well and is an excellent quick meal while traveling. You avoid the stomach aches and other digestion problems. For one of our examinations we had to list about 20 benefits of parched grains, massage and fasting. It is unbelievable how these 3 things can change peoples lives of sickness into vigor and good health.We miss Sebastian after his week was up. He is someone you might think hates you at first but you end up loving him. The hate part is because if you are late to class you have to get up front and sing a solo, then stand in the corner for 5 minutes. Others, he might have clean all the toilets in the morning, or do several pushups in front of the class. If your cell phone rings, he will confiscate it for a very long time. The result? Every one is always on time, and there is quiet attention during each class. The love part is because he puts his entire soul into his classes. He focuses on the Bible stories of Jesus healing, and delves into the little details making it come alive and inspire you to care for others needs, as Jesus did, no matter who it is. Sebastian wants to hear from us after we leave to inform him of our success in our Medical Missionary work, and also to answer any questions we may have.Worship begins at 6a.m. every morning, followed by exercise and then breakfast. Classes are about 2-2 ½ hours each. They are at 9a.m., 3p.m., and 7p.m. 
In spite of all we’ve gone through, we started our class with 31 students and right now we have 30. One had to leave for an emergency at home. The next week Dr. A from Bangkok taught us anatomy and physiology. She was a rare find! Here was a doctor who practiced natural medicine and wove Jesus into every phase of her life. She taught many wonderful lessons on Bible topics and had us organize ourselves to teach the 8 natural remedies. These classes really made me feel I was back in nursing school again. Even though the classes were too deep for non medical people, we all gleaned a better understanding of our bodies and the wonderful way God made us. We are half way through this training session and look forward to the rest. We keep asking ourselves if we are getting spoiled with a variety of good food, a little house to live in with a shower, refrigerator and real beds with mattresses, but we miss our little village in the mountains and pray God keeps them in His hands and enables us to return better equipped to meet their needs.