Vision For God - Softcover

Brand, Margaret; Jost, James L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1572931388 ISBN 13: 9781572931381

Publisher: Discovery House Publishers, 2006

Synopsis

Readers will be encouraged and inspired by the remarkable impact of this medical pioneer in the field of leprosy and by her vision for God. Her work in medicine and rehabilitation has literally touched the lives of millions, and her quiet, humble leanings upon her Lord and Savior has touched perhaps even more lives. Through this unique biography/autobiography, we have, for the first time, a look at the personal life and world-renown work of this great medical pioneer.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

From the Foreword by Philip Yancey...

"It would be difficult to invent a life more full of adventure than Margaret Brand's. Raised in South Africa, she went away to boarding school in England, took medical training in London during World War II, then moved to India, where she became a world expert on leprosy's effects on the eye...

"Reading this memoir, you find other colorful scenes: fermented marmalade exploding in the family luggage, Margaret frantically hemming an uneven dress en route to meet the queen of England. You will learn the challenges of being a mother to six rambunctious children in a foreign country. One of the Brand youngsters was always hanging from a tree, battling a tropical virus, or getting her head caught in the jaws of a leopard. You will learn too of the unexpected and providential way Dr. Margaret found herself drawn into the unexplored field of leprosy ophthalmology...

"If I had to choose one adjective to describe Dr. Margaret, I would choose humility. She downplays her accomplishments, storing awards in closets and decorating her walls instead with family photos. About her adventuresome life, she simply shrugs and gives God the credit for protection and safety...

"It is one of the great privileges of my life to have spent such intimate time with Paul and Margaret Brand. I rejoice that now other readers can get to know what my wife has always called 'the real story.'"

Through this unique biography/autobiography, written with her surgeon son-in-law, we have, for the first time, the story of the personal life and world-renown work of this great medical pioneer and woman of God.

About the Author:

Dr. Margaret E. Brand and her late husband, Dr. Paul Brand (known to readers for his books with Philip Yancey), served on the staff of the Christian Medical College and Hospital in Vellore, South India, for eighteen years, and on the staff of Gillis W. Long National Hansen's Disease Center in Carville, Louisiana, for twenty-two years, where Dr. Margaret was Chief of Ophthalmology. She is the mother of six children, grandmother of twelve, and great-grandmother of two. Now 87, Dr. Margaret still maintains a busy schedule, speaking and traveling around the world. She makes her home in Seattle, Washington.

Dr. James L. Jost graduated from the medical school at Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. he has practiced in the fields of general, thoracic, vascular, and trauma surgery in St. Cloud, Minnesota, for the past twenty-six years. Jim and his wife Mary (Brand) have four children.

About this edition

• Publisher: Discovery House Publishers
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1572931388
• ISBN 13: 9781572931381
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352