Great books for Medical Mission in Nepal

1. Don't Let the Goats Eat the Loquat Trees,
2. On the Far side of LigLig Mountain,
3. Living Stones of the Himalayas, and
4. On Being a Missionary

These books are about the life and experiences of an American Family as missionary doctors in Nepal.

Drs. Tom and Cynthia Hale have been working in Nepal under the United Mission to Nepal since 1970. Cynthia is a pediatrician and public health educator and concert pianist while Tom is a surgeon and author.

For their first twelve years in Nepal, the Doctors Hale were assigned to a remote rural mission hospital where Tom served as both surgeon and medical director, and Cynthia served as pediatrician and family physician. Cynthia is an Associate Professor in the Department of Community Medicine and Family Health at the Institute of Medicine of Tribhuvan University, Katmandu, Nepal.

Tom is an author of four popular books above. Tom has also written a New Testament translated into a number of languages, including English, Spanish, French, Marathi, Sinhalese, Filipino, and Yoruba.