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Our Trained Helpen
••sc: Dr. Sarah L. Hosmok
m o NE of the most serious prob.

lems of our Mission it
our
■*i trained helpers. Since tbit J
lit.*!
* 1 " ix xlill u pioneer lieM,
'A nee no coiiverU we emi iruln |*.j
u these most oeeessury position*. \V«1
A*
i. are thus driven to seek helper*
other parts and thereby imralm,,*:
m >2 another foreign element into
missionary work.
First let us see who are the** ‘
..
trained helpers. They are the tc*b»
ers for both the boys’ and KirV
schools, colporteurs for the lliUt /
shops, and nurses for the ho>|»ul» '■
and dispensary. Where to xrot 1
;• - •: . them is a discouraging problem U» Aj
cause the eastern Christians arc n>« j
vjn filled with a missionary spirit. TU*.-j
£12 is one Mission field that tests thr*.

eastern Christians severely. They
NURSE SUNDRI do not want to leave their own am.
munities and go to a foreign :
The col])ortcurs and teachers have been Armenians who have come
from Mosul, Marlin and Iraq. The nurses have come from India, altliu^ A
trial has been made of two Syrian nurses who were of the W.#- !
a recent
East Refugees.
I .el us look at some of their problems after they accept a position \n<m .3j
They are foreigners placed in a community of Moslem*^-,
Mission.
, ,, u;n ft is verv lonely for them except m Basrah
no Christian (dlowstap. 11 is vuy | J........ (,u|( |h,r
ilmv i* mi Armrniiiii nimiminily.
I,indy lift: and unless they get help, they soon huccuiuIi to llvcir humeWW-?:
With the Indian Nurses they have to learn the language. .!»,
ness.
they come from lands where they could get plenty of fruit and vcgculi*.
while in our Gulf Stations where it is so barren they have to live on a um,
monotonous diet. They also have to battle with malaria and at time* mu*
furiously. They may receive letters from their relatives telling tlirm «4
illness and they lose interest in their daily duties. When they have a ***.
tion their relatives focus all their persuasive powers to induce tlx-ra *
remain at home to marrv or to take a job nearer home. Money is a
gerous temptation for them. How to keep these trained helpers taitW*...
happy, and contented in their foreign mission work year after year u »
problem that seems bigger to us missionaries than all their problem* am-

bined.