Uncle Reggie Story: Gentle Words

URS 柔和的话语 (Dixia翻译) There is a very famous Proverb (26:4), “a soft answer turns away wrath,” applicable to many communication situations. Surprisingly, many leaders do not learn this lesson early enough in their leadership careers. When they give quick sharp answers to others, they instantly run into problems they have thoughtlessly created for themselves. By nature, my instinctive responses in…

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5 -Minute Coffee with Uncle Reggie Story: “I’m going to go away as far as I can.”
与曾叔叔喝五分钟的咖啡:“我要离开,能走多远走多远” (Andy/dz 翻译)

“I'm running away as far as I can,” I shouted. I slammed the door and left home, not knowing where I was really going. I took the public bus as far as I could go and made a tour of Kowloon, the northern peninsula section of Hong Kong. A few hours later, tired and hungry with nothing really to do,…

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Uncle Reggie Stories: “Welcome to USA”
Uncle Reggie 叔叔的故事:”欢迎来到美国” (And/Dx翻译)

Have you heard of the classic TV series “Untouchables”? After medical school I was in basic training mostly at the Queen Mary Hospital of the University of Hong Kong. After that, I was destined for America. That was unusual at the time since most Hong Kong graduate doctors went to the United Kingdom for further training. After all we were then…

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Uncle Reggie Stories: We’re All Hakkas
Uncle Reggie 叔叔的故事:我们都是客家人 (Sonic 翻译 )

There is a classical Chinese expression, “within the four seas, we are one family, shihaiyijia,” traditionally indicating the family of those with Chinese ethnicity, but at times expressing that all races are one family, onejia, in a more “magnanimous” gesture. Except there is one race of Chinese actually called KeJia, who have been historically outside this jia because they were…

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First Medical Missions Journey 1989
(1989 年的第一次醫療援助服務)

Since early childhood I felt the call to be involved in some way in medical missions. As time went on, even as I became more and more involved in local ministry and the academic life, the pull continued. In 1989, just prior to the June 4 incident in China, I was privileged to lead a team of 20 from Cincinnati, USA on a medical mission to southern China in an area not too far from my ancestral village. 2 weeks later, as we were leaving the beautiful farm lands, I watched the farmers at hard work stooping over their rice paddies. I realized that I was looking at myself. From that moment, I made a promise that I would return and do what I could. Over the years, indeed I was given many opportunities to bring medical teams into rural areas of China.

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Can You Imagine Village Schools in China?

Coffee with Uncle Reggie Stories: Can you imagine village schools in China? 曾叔叔闲聊咖啡小故事:中国的乡村学校, 你能想象吗? (Grace Lee, Dan Zhao 翻译) Coffee Reggiegrams: What goes on in village schools all over the world? And who are their dedicated teachers? 曾叔叔短短信: 世界各地的乡村学校都在做什么?谁是敬业的教师? What does the world outside look like? As part of my medical mission to China, beginning informally over 30 years ago,…

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Ideas Are Cheap, Show Me the Data

URS “Ideas are Cheap, Show me the Data”Reggie 叔叔的故事:想法是廉价的,给我看看数据 (Sonic 翻译)I’ve always enjoyed taking young doctors on ward rounds, and teaching and talking with them about medicine, their patient, or life. At times, some young enterprising doctor would make a sensible suggestion about what could be done to improve patient care. I would compliment her, then often challenge her, that…

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