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One Man’s Journey to Ukraine Part IV: Equipment and evangelism

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David McKay is not a medical expert but had an interesting story to tell about how he was able to help one of the doctors.

After placing a new battery in an expensive lighted medical scope, the doctor was perplexed as to why it was not working. He took it out and tried again with the same results.

McKay happened to be standing nearby and noticed that the numbers on the batteries matched but the new one was about 1/16 of an inch shorter. He asked the doctor to let him try something.

McKay went into the kitchen and retrieved a tiny piece of tinfoil and attached it to the tip of the battery, making it just the right length. The doctor tried it out and it worked.

He told McKay, “You made a very expensive scope work with a one cent piece of tinfoil.” They joked about that incident the rest of the trip. McKay told the doctor to make sure when he was speaking to an auditorium full of doctors one day to tell that story.

McKay met many interesting people on his trip, but a few really touched his heart in a special way.

In addition to the hotel owner, he met a boy in a refugee camp named Zach, who could speak many languages, including English. Zach was from Eastern Ukraine.

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As they began conversing, McKay realized how smart this young man was. He had studied several religions and began asking questions about Christianity, stating that he was not a Christian.

McKay answered as best he could and, after exhausting his wealth of knowledge, then called the pastor over to talk with him. McKay said this man had no home, no hope, nothing, but was ready to help any way he could. Asked if he was ready to accept Jesus, he said he was not, but allowed them to pray with him.

“It broke my heart to leave him there, knowing he may never accept the Lord,” McKay said.

Editor’s Note: This is the fourth of a five-part series on McKay’s mission trip to Ukraine.

Click here to read part one.

Click here to read part two.

Click here to read part three.



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