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Clowns and Hospitals

Many of you might remember the 1998 film starring Robin Williams that chronicled the early career of Hunter "Patch" Adams. He began using humor as therapy in his sessions and opened a free hospital in West Virginia.

Here is a clip from the film...

Fast forward 13 years to a hospital in Vienna, Austria...to a children's surgery ward.

As we were sitting talking with some visitors we noticed Justin had more visitors...


They proceeded to hand out musical instruments; here's the problem...this was less than 12 hours after Justin's surgery. It really hurt him to laugh at this point...and he still felt horrible


After that nonsense, the clowns made 2 more appearances; once when they delivered lunch, and once later in the day when we had our friend Tom Mason visiting. Tom is a fellow missionary serving as a pastor at a local church and a teacher at ICSV. He is also a amateur magician. Pictures of him doing tricks have found their way onto this blog on multiple occasions...and here's another one.


Our experiences using the Austrian medical system have been amazingly positive. They have shown great care and consideration for us each time we have had to use the hospital. We are so blessed and thankful to be serving in a country where the medical care is readily available, considerate, and accessible by ALL.

Perhaps a socialized medical system isn't so bad after all?

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  1. I have often though socialized medicine is not a bad idea. That is awesome you guys are so well taken care of.

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