Harris United Methodist Church

Global Missions - Liberia

Dr. Elma Jocson

Currently on study leave, Dr. Jocson will cpompelte her specilaty training in early 2010. She will be accepting a new assignment in Liberia, in West Africa and will leave for Liberia in early July 2010.

“Jesus didn’t just preach the kingdom of God. He ministered to the sick, healing both the body and the spirit,” Elma says of her mission service. “My time in Nepal has taught me that as I come to obey God’s call, it’s not just the patients or the people of Nepal that I am called to minister to. I belong to a big team of fellow missionaries and have discovered that it is equally important to mirror God’s love to each other within the family of God, where we come from different cultures and backgrounds. Serving in Tansen also gave me a very wide scope of practice. There were lots of times where my skills and knowledge were so limited that the desire to pursue sub-specialty training was borne. I will pursue further training in Pediatric Surgery and then come back to the mission field better equipped to serve. I also want to learn hairdressing to minister to fellow women missionaries who go to the barber instead because there’s no one else.”

Dr. Jocson studied Medicine at the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Manila. She completed her residency training for Family and Community Medicine at Ospital ng Manila, and then continued with general surgery at the Rizal Medical Center. Elma is a Fellow of the Philippine College of Surgeons and Fellow of the Philippine Society of General Surgeons. Before her tenure with GBGM she worked in Good News Clinic and Hospital in Banaue, Ifugao.

Elma is from the Philippines and a member of the Marikina United Methodist Church in Marikina City, Philippines. She is passionate in teaching bible studies and Sunday school. She loves cooking, hiking and having a good laugh with friends. She is the eldest daughter of Mariano Jocson and Magdalena Tiamzon.