Dr. Radcliffe officially “Cleared for Duty!”

by | Sep 28, 2014

USA / Papua New Guinea: The Asia-Pacific Region is truly praising God for his incredible touch in the lives of Dr. Jim and Kathy Radcliffe. Jim sent in this great update:

We are officially off of medical leave of absence and onto home assignment as of today (September 25th). I had a good follow-up at the surgeon’s office last week and he said I could do deputation and return to the field with no need of further follow-up or treatment, as the adrenal tumor was benign.

I am feeling fine but still know [can tell physically that] I recently had surgery again. We are on the road in Florida for a district tour. We are enjoying praising God for His miracles in PNG [Papua New Guinea] and in our healing too.

Thanks so much for your prayers. We are trying to pace ourselves for my sake. We are very grateful to God and our church for the support in this process.

But the praise doesn’t end here, Jim said that his surgeon expressed significant interest in the medical work at Kudjip, wanting to know how he might partner and even visit, having the opportunity to work alongside Jim in surgery sometime in the days ahead.

God is so very good! We never know the full impact of faithfully walking the path that we are asked to follow. May God receive all the Glory and Praise!

Jim and Kathy Radcliffe and family have served as medical missionaries at Kudjip Nazarene Hospital in Papua New Guinea since 1985. The past several months have seen a serious journey of faith through a personal medical challenge for Jim.  Click here for a summary of stories about Jim and Kathy’s journey.

Todd & Connie Lou Aebischer

Todd and Connie Lou Aebischer served as Regional Communications Coordinator - Regional NMI Coordinator respectively for over 4 years. They are now serving in Papua New Guinea under Mission Aviation Fellowship as Country Director / Program Director.

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