From the first moment she crossed through the doorway into
that building, she sensed that there was something different
about the place. A hovering of darkness, as it were. Something
she could not define, but knew was there. She knew also that it
was something that she had never experienced before.
Rebecca is a doctor. She was just entering Memorial Hospital
for the first time to begin her training in internal medicine. She
had finished medical school the previous month and had now
moved away from home really for the first time in the 30 years
of her life. She had no idea that the tragedies she would see in
that hospital would forever change both her and the course of
her life. The brooding darkness she sensed in her spirit seemed
to be watchfully waiting ... waiting. Suddenly it would strike,
plunging Rebecca into a series of events that would test to the
utmost her commitment to her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
The first test was quick to come — Rebecca had been working
as a doctor at that hospital for about 2 months. One night while
she was working in the Emergency Room, a man in his 30’s was
brought in about 2 A.M. Rebecca recoiled in horror as she
viewed his mangled and torn body. She had 6 years of
experience working in Emergency Rooms (E.R.) in large inner
city hospitals as a Registered Nurse prior to becoming a doctor,
but she had never seen anything like this!