In Feb. 2006,  after I had purchased my airline for summer mission trip #2 to Bangkok, Thailand,  I received an invitation from Dr. Rebekah Naylor to come to Bangalore Baptist Hospital (BBH) to help Dr. Benjamin with their 3 libraries.  It seems that numerous books had been purchased and donated for use by the medical students as well as in pastoral care; however, no one could catalog and process the books in a usuable fashion.  Dr. Naylor has retired from the hospital after 30 years and is heavily involved in recruiting all kinds of volunteers for BBH. 

I told Dr. Naylor that if the request was still open for summer 2007 I would pray about accepting the invitation.  The invitation is still open and I am responding to the need for a librarian.  Nancy Williams is a librarian and a friend and she also has joined me.  So now we are IndiaMission2007 Team!  It will be really a blessing to have someone to share the burden with.

BBH is  Bangalore Baptist Hospital and is located at Bellary Road, Hebbal,
Bangalore 560024.  It is a 220-bed teaching hospital and is a unit of Christian Medical College, Vellore.  Its existence began in 1963 when Dr. and Mrs. Jasper McPhail were the first Southern Baptist medical missionaries appointed to the area.  The property for the hospital was purchased in Hebbal, which is located on the northern edge of Bangalore. In 1969, the Mr. John Wikmans and Mr. Richard Hellingers arrived. The architectural plans for the hospital building were completed, and construction began in 1971. Four other churches and some preaching points were established by this time.

On January 15, 1973, the ‘Bangalore Baptist Hospital’ was dedicated. From then on the number of missionaries assigned to the work began to increase as more staff were added to the hospital.

 More information about BBH can be found at http://www.bangalorebaptisthospital.org