A great deal of our work for the Lord is in faraway places on the Island, not in showcase of Taipeh. Taipeh is not typical Formosa, but it is the place where weary travelers, in search of new material for books, articles, movies, pause and try to savour a thousand-year old civilization and incredibly dramatic lives in one or two anguished days. Even in two or three days' stay they are also dealing with tiredness, exit permits, and the time of planes.
Our work is mostly in the backwater of the Island, in the foothills of the mountains. The mountains, where the sick and humble people live, often neglected and dying, - where help needed.

▏Extracted from Lillian R. Dickson's Letters - Oct 1957▕

Photo: Lillian Dickson, the founder of the Mustard Seed Mission, came to Taiwan not to stay in the urbanized Taipei, but to go to the places on the island that need help the most. The photo shows her traveling to the tribes with the medical team to provide simple treatment for the aboriginal patients.