tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765555411888082127.post4415663031937209797..comments2024-03-27T15:32:06.627+08:00Comments on Sarawakiana@2: Farewell to Lorraine Gribbens : Beloved and Amazing Pharmacist of Christ HospitalEnsuraihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05201156760287157665noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765555411888082127.post-73801539759984270342023-08-14T00:34:46.732+08:002023-08-14T00:34:46.732+08:00OFF-White
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thanks for forwarding this essay. I am...Dear Dr. T.<br />thanks for forwarding this essay. I am very touched. It is good to know all these details after "we" have left the Kapit Christ Hospital to the Government. Personally I was only hospitalised once in Kapit Christ Hospital and remembered the Chapel (for regular prayers and personal meditation). I was in a special sick bay even.<br /><br />The whole hospital was very small then but it was beautiful as a good hospital should be and the nurses were like angels who were so kind and patient.<br /><br />I am sure the missionaries would also be very grateful to read Dr. Lei's essay. Please tell him I shall forward photocopies to those who do not have emails too. I will try to forward by email to the others.<br /><br />May God bless you and your good work.Ensuraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05201156760287157665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765555411888082127.post-78195352073848145962010-01-09T20:29:27.275+08:002010-01-09T20:29:27.275+08:00I forward this short essay by Dr Clarence Lei, uro...I forward this short essay by Dr Clarence Lei, urologist @ Normah Medical Specialist Centre, written in response to the Borneo Post news. This essay was sent to Dr Simon Wong Ching King and me.<br /><br />MEDICAL MISSIONARIES IN BORNEO<br /><br />I happened to read a news article published in the Borneo Post of Tuesday, 5 January 2010 regarding American Missionary, Lorraine Gribbens who passed away in Asheville, USA on 30 December 2009. She was born in Chicago and had a degree in Pharmacy in 1953. In 1958, she volunteered to work in a small remote hospital in the virgin jungles in the centre of Borneo. It is a place called Kapit in the State of Sarawak, Borneo. She worked there for 18 years and when I was posted to work in the same hospital in January 1983, the hospital was still named Christ Hospital. It was set up by the Methodist Church from USA and all the wards were still named after the apostles of Jesus. The Malaysian Government Ministry of Health has just taken over the hospital although the Methodist Church still runs Chempro, Community Health Motivation Programme. <br /><br />The system of healthcare carried on by the Ministry of Health was still essentially the same except that it became “Malaysianised”. I remember that the staff nurses only collected a nominal fee when the patient was discharged. The hospital built simple facilities (mainly for safe cooking and hygiene) for the relatives to live around the hospital. The pictures of the apostles had since disappeared and there were no open prayers before we began any operation. I do often say a prayer and indeed I had to pray very hard during my first week. I had just done an emergency Caesarean section for a young lady and the uterus would not stop bleeding as she had an adherent placenta or placenta accreta. In desperation, I had to remove the placenta and the uterus to stop the bleeding; that was the first time I did such a major operation. <br /><br />We stayed in simple houses provided near the hospital. They were plenty of fish in the nearby river and I could easily purchase them every evening from the fishermen for a dollar or two. The soil around my accommodation were fertile as I could easily plant all kinds of vegetables throughout the year. There were so many patients, especially sick babies and infectious diseases to take care of that I had little time to think of the loved ones that we left behind and going to Kapit alone. <br /><br />After completing the compulsory service, I was then transferred back to the government hospitals in Kuching and Kuala Lumpur. I had never been back to Kapit since but I understand that the medical infrastructure has expanded and the fish have vanished from the nearby rivers.<br /><br />By Dr Clarence Lei Chang Moh<br />8th January 2010Sarawak Interventional Cardiologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05738302465011116316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765555411888082127.post-16174474355712433232010-01-07T15:27:53.665+08:002010-01-07T15:27:53.665+08:00Dear Anonymous,
I am delighted to know that you ca...Dear Anonymous,<br />I am delighted to know that you can make use of E. Heard's address and how the article helps ou reconnect with the past.<br /><br />If you happen to be in Miri may be we could all gather in Flor's home one day for a small thanksgiving/memorial for Lorraine and share stories and look at her old photos...<br /><br />today in the Borneo Post YB D. S. Dr. James Masing commented on her demise.<br /><br />Praise the Lord.Ensuraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05201156760287157665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765555411888082127.post-64000735434581058232010-01-07T15:25:22.299+08:002010-01-07T15:25:22.299+08:00Dear Ann
Nice of you to remember the episode in Ka...Dear Ann<br />Nice of you to remember the episode in Kapit when the Gypsy Baron travelled to perform there. I am sure she was there.<br /><br />She was a dynamite! And so enthusiastic in her little frame. I only wished that she and the other teachers had stayed longer in Sarawak.<br /><br />May God bless her soul.Ensuraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05201156760287157665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765555411888082127.post-46497152787649039062010-01-07T13:01:53.541+08:002010-01-07T13:01:53.541+08:00Dear Sarawakiana@2,
Yes my father had.. with his ...Dear Sarawakiana@2,<br /><br />Yes my father had.. with his simplicity and profound love. That's why I still feel the pain and I still miss him so much even after 9 years of his dead.<br /><br />Ng. Mujong agricultural and missionary center.<br /><br />Unfortunately Ng. Mujong has not seen much improvement or growth than anticipated. Now there is no more agricultural station. Dr Swing would have been very sad today to see what he aspired and started is now a futile. Surprisingly, though still in existence the Methodist Missionary activity is not going to any formidable direction either. This is manifested by that fact that most inhabitants of the area (especially those from the Mujong tributary) were either absorbed to RC or practised back their old belief. The noted difference now is the availability of tar-sealed road from Kapit to Ng. Mujong (the opposite river bank)and likely to Gaat and Upper Balleh. <br /><br />Heartily, I wish to commend you that your facility and network do bring me kind favour. The names and details of all these wonderful people gradually emerge one by one. Ernest Heard was my former Hostel Master/Teacher.I managed to communicate with him by ordinary mails several years after he left Kapit. This was made possible by courtesy of Lorraine Gribbens who gave me his mailing address. However I lost touch with Ernest Heard after few mails.<br /><br />Lastly I wish to thank you and also your contributor, Mr & Mrs KD Lau for the email and mailing address of Ernest Heard. Praise the Lord!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765555411888082127.post-12154463614776973712010-01-06T18:56:16.207+08:002010-01-06T18:56:16.207+08:00I mean didn't know her. ( As opposed to last c...I mean didn't know her. ( As opposed to last comment did know her.)Ann, Chen Jie Xue 陈洁雪https://www.blogger.com/profile/04399207312968010460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765555411888082127.post-89783011175559226532010-01-06T18:55:44.669+08:002010-01-06T18:55:44.669+08:00Did know her, but may be when I was admitted to th...Did know her, but may be when I was admitted to the Kapit Hospital during our Gyspy Baron Musical trip in 1968, she may very well had prepared my medication.<br /><br />Her CV reminds me of Miss Fries.Ann, Chen Jie Xue 陈洁雪https://www.blogger.com/profile/04399207312968010460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765555411888082127.post-29017120186951812902010-01-06T14:56:53.604+08:002010-01-06T14:56:53.604+08:00Hearing names from the past....Jalip Manurung....
...Hearing names from the past....Jalip Manurung....<br /><br />Dear Anonymous....I am sure your father must have taught you well.<br /><br />Yes Lorraine and all the other missionaries have helped lots of people in Kapit area. Nanga Mujong is one place I will remember well too where a vibrant agricultural station and a mission were set up. If it had gone right on with support from all corners I truly believe then and now it would have been one of the growth centres of Sarawak and a wonderful hinterland for Kapit. <br /><br />The Manurungs and the Mamoras have given most of their lives to serve God and the people well. B.Baughtman left a legacy of Iban hymnals and lots of Iban language documents for posterity. So did many others.<br /><br />It was a pity that Christ Hospital had to be handed over to the government. Timberland and Normah came more than 20 years later!!<br /><br />But I am sure the Hands of God will continue to guide all of us ....Blessed be those who are meek and humble.Ensuraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05201156760287157665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765555411888082127.post-54498547574304561112010-01-06T14:01:23.252+08:002010-01-06T14:01:23.252+08:00an excerpt from an email from Mrs. Lilyc Lau...I w...an excerpt from an email from Mrs. Lilyc Lau...I would like you dear friends to have this small window into Lorraine's work in Kapit at weekends...<br /><br /><br />In 1960 Lorraine and I travelled up-river in a Longboat with 2 or 3 older students (to pull the longboat over the rapids) to 3 Iban longhouses every other weekend to hold Sunday School classes and worship services. We would go to the furthest longhouse which was a Christian longhouse on Friday evening for Sunday School, and on Saturday morning we would have the worship service. after which we would go to another longhouse for Suday School and Worship service, then in the late afternoon on Saturday we would go to another longhouse and have Sunday School class and worship on Sunday morning. Then homeward bound on Sunday afternoon to get ready for work the next day. It was all by His grace for His kingdom work, honor and glory be to Him!<br /> <br />Just share what I still remember. Three years ago we went to visit her and took pictures with her. ( It was our very dear Rev. Mary Lou Gilbert who drove us there to attend a Senior Conference at Lake Junalaska, NC. )<br /> <br />Have a very Blessed New Year in the Lord our God!<br /><br />L.LauEnsuraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05201156760287157665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765555411888082127.post-22413975545790755042010-01-06T13:38:14.800+08:002010-01-06T13:38:14.800+08:00Forwarded by Mr and Mrs. K.D. Lau
Dear Friends,
...Forwarded by Mr and Mrs. K.D. Lau<br /><br />Dear Friends,<br /><br /> Last night Dot Crisologo called me and gave me the following information regarding the memorial service for Lorraine Gribbens:<br /><br />· The service will be on Thursday, January 7, at 3:00 p.m. in the Biltmore United Methodist Church, located at:<br /><br />376 Hendersonville Rd<br /><br />Asheville, NC 28803<br /><br />Telephone: 828-274-2379<br /><br />· The church is located at the intersection of I-40 at Exit 50. From the East or the West, take Exit 50 and turn right and an immediate left onto Yorkshire Road. The church is on your left on the hill.<br /><br />I regret that Swan Choo and I will not be able to attend the service, but we will certainly be with you all in love and spirit for our dear friend Lorraine.<br /><br />Blessings and Peace to All,<br /><br />Ernest<br /><br /> <br /><br /> <br /><br />Ernest Heard, ED.D<br /><br />Director of Library Services<br /><br />Belmont University<br /><br />Nashville, TN 37212<br /><br /> <br /><br />615-460-6424 (Office)<br /><br />ernest.heard@belmont.eduAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765555411888082127.post-39701386266309197522010-01-06T11:58:21.893+08:002010-01-06T11:58:21.893+08:00Thanks Sarawakiana@2,
Hearing names of the past i...Thanks Sarawakiana@2,<br /><br />Hearing names of the past indeed brings me to the good old days where my late father was one of the Methodist Lay Preachers operating and covering areas like Ng Meluan and Seputin Kapit.<br /><br />Instantaneously I recalled names like Jalip Manurung, Mamora (Pengajar Tuai), Burr Baughman, Vincent Sutlive, Joshua Bunsu etc. Those names were closely remembered because they were not only friends but mentors of my father. Just as what you have responded to the first anonymous the list of names is long but it did help me to reminisce and rekindle my past where I was being brought up in a closely knitted missionary outfit. It was simple but memorable life because it was full of love and happiness.<br /><br />Inevitably the news regarding the the demise of Lorraine Gribbbens and the rest is very sad to me because these special people were all part of my happy and eventful past.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765555411888082127.post-25156653492338588462010-01-05T23:26:57.794+08:002010-01-05T23:26:57.794+08:00Dot Crisologo called yesterday to let us know that...Dot Crisologo called yesterday to let us know that the memorial service will be at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, 7th of Jan, local time at the church Lorraine attended when she was able to get to church, the Biltmore UMC in Asheville. Her beloved minister, Rev. Ashley will be there to preach at her memorial service. Lorraine was very fond of this lady minister. She has been appointed to another church up North but has agreed to be there for Lorraine's special service. According to Dot Crisologo, Glenda Cox Jevans will be there for the service. I cannot go. Thanks for your prayers and please remember to let the students formerly of Kapit who Lorraine helped a lot know about her demise. She has been a great help to so many people. Prayerfully, Nina<br />--Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765555411888082127.post-64372717172426341292010-01-05T20:22:21.073+08:002010-01-05T20:22:21.073+08:00Hi Bengbeng
Thanks. She had been a true friend and...Hi Bengbeng<br />Thanks. She had been a true friend and a "mother" to so many in Sarawak!!<br /><br />We will miss her.Ensuraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05201156760287157665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765555411888082127.post-22879581664651516882010-01-05T19:47:58.841+08:002010-01-05T19:47:58.841+08:00her life must have been an inspiration to all thos...her life must have been an inspiration to all those who knew herBengbenghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17125654531487342492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765555411888082127.post-17205169913665330382010-01-05T17:05:13.426+08:002010-01-05T17:05:13.426+08:00Dear Readers
To the very last Miss Lorraine was t...Dear Readers<br /><br />To the very last Miss Lorraine was the Christian that she always was - and willed her body (like Ed Temple) to a local university hospital for research.<br /><br />Dr. Crisologo was one of the longest serving doctors in Christ Hospital and also the last to leave Kapit.<br /><br />The Fowlers also served in Sibu Sarawak.<br /><br />For additional information please call Miss Ida Mamora 084330614<br /><br />Thanks.Ensuraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05201156760287157665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765555411888082127.post-87630557841436398412010-01-05T17:01:40.163+08:002010-01-05T17:01:40.163+08:00Forwarded from JWong and I.Chong
She willed her b...Forwarded from JWong and I.Chong<br /><br />She willed her body to a local university hospital for the study of Parkinson's Disease. A memorial service is planned for her in Ashville. The Crisologos were with her to the end since her cousins are far away in Chicago. Nina FowlerEnsuraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05201156760287157665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765555411888082127.post-73763468882193514962010-01-05T16:55:23.147+08:002010-01-05T16:55:23.147+08:00Dear Anonymous
Thank you for writing in such a war...Dear Anonymous<br />Thank you for writing in such a warm manner. I truly believe in Lorraine's skill as a healer. My friend travelling with me in a long boat had a few fingers "smashed " when we collided with a rock. She prayed over the hand and put a bandage around the fingers and prayed over all of us. When we arrived at the destination my friend's fingers were only swollen. There were no broken bones and strangely my friend remained calm throughout even though she was screaming at the beginning!!<br /><br />Lorraine was able to cheer us up all the time. And she also cheered us on like a cheer leader!!<br /><br />May more stories come in and I can forward all of them to the other missionaries.<br /><br />Thanks.Ensuraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05201156760287157665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765555411888082127.post-53955232755599819112010-01-05T16:51:25.487+08:002010-01-05T16:51:25.487+08:00Dear Anonymous
Thanks for mentioning all those na...Dear Anonymous<br /><br />Thanks for mentioning all those names. In fact there are more names and the list is extremely long. God bless her soul.Ensuraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05201156760287157665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765555411888082127.post-50116507127107957442010-01-05T14:09:29.643+08:002010-01-05T14:09:29.643+08:00Her legacy touches many, be the persons were withi...Her legacy touches many, be the persons were within the Methodist Circles or not. Lorraine was so close to every body's heart, including to myself being a student at the Methodist Secondary School Kapit up till 1972. <br /><br />I was invited by "Mummy (Flor)" to meet with her at Miri during Lorraine's last visit to Sarawak. Her fond memories will be indelibly written in every Kapitian's heart. <br /><br />One of my memories that Lorraine was so close to the locals was about the healing of a patient. The patient kept on asking for medicine from Lorraine but Lorraine gave the person a tea instead. Miraculously the patient was healed, not by medicine but by her mere confidence on Lorraine Gribbens!<br /><br />May the eternal light shine upon her and may GOD grant her wonderful soul to rest in peace!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765555411888082127.post-51248638768561059052010-01-05T11:21:46.584+08:002010-01-05T11:21:46.584+08:00James Jemut Masing - Jelaing Mersat - Catherine - ...James Jemut Masing - Jelaing Mersat - Catherine - tutom and Clara - Mary Giman - Juwing - there were all there in Kapit with Miss L and Miss Florentina.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com