Book Description

It's amazing how God can use us when we surrender our lives to the Lord. As a young girl on a farm in Michigan, Mary Broeckert prayed, "Thank you, Lord, for what You have done. Please guide my life to accomplish whatever You desire with it, for Your glory." And with her surrender, the Lord took her on a journey of a lifetime. Present and Powerful: A Testimony of God's Working in Medical Missions by Mary Broeckert, M.D. is a compelling book which tells the author's inspiring story of serving the Lord as an overseas missionary doctor. Throughout her years of service, God led Dr. Mary, her husband, and her children to the Sahara Desert, to a mission hospital in Central African Republic, where for many years she was the only doctor in a large region, and to Cambodia. Through her experiences, readers see God's faithfulness in the author's life in distant places, in medical work in resource poor settings, and in the variety of ways God worked to bring people to Himself. Including memories of the author's childhood days, journals and letters written at the time of the actual events, plus pictures showing her life and work in each place, the book is organized chronologically from 1953 to 2017. From continent to continent and country to country, including a creative access country for four years, God guided her steps throughout life and then directed her to write this book for His glory. Now retired in the USA, Dr. Mary's heart passionately desires that God's people would joyfully entrust their lives to God's faithful hands and know His presence and power as He takes them anywhere He chooses. Come along on the journey and witness how God can move in the life of a willing heart.