"I Can't Do This!"

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When you are sure you can't do something...are you really sure?Elizabeth Engkjer could well be your neighbor, the lady sitting in the church pew three rows ahead of you, or the psychiatric nurse you hesitantly consulted about a family member. So how in the world did she become the administrator of Buen Samaritano Clinic in impoverished Florón, Ecuador? During twenty-five years of multiple challenges, Elizabeth unveils the motivational force that built a clinic from the ground up, brought professionals from a variety of venues...and yes, an impoverished community that surrounded her with love, tears, and laughter in the midst of severe flooding, no water, disease, and death...as her thoughts often screamed, I can't do this! So who did?

Elizabeth Engkjer thought she someday would be a medical missionary. Little did she know the twists and turns her life would first take. After graduating from nursing school, Elizabeth married USAF pilot Richard Engkjer. The couple moved from coast to coast with their three children, finally settling in the suburbs of Denver, Colorado. The couple participated and led in the resettlement of Vietnamese and Laotian families. The entire family went to Jamaica with Christian Medical and Dental Society, and Elizabeth spent two summers in the jungle of Belize on medical missions to indigenous families. In 1997, Elizabeth was coaxed to join a women's mission trip to Ecuador. This initiated twenty-five years in El Florón. Richard ultimately built a mini water purification plant next to the clinic. The Engkjers have three married children and six grandchildren.