How Do You Keep Loving a Broken World You Can’t Fix? with Dr. Matt Woodley
Dr. Matt Woodley joins host Dr. Mike Chupp to share his journey from a teenage calling to medical missions to serving at Kudjip Nazarene Hospital in Papua New Guinea, where his love for the people grew alongside the weight of suffering and loss. His story, told in That Beautiful Question by his father, pastor Matt Woodley, offers an honest look at the personal cost of caring for others. He reflects on how lament helped him lean on God and what it meant to discover his identity beyond the work he had long felt called to do.
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Meet Our Guest(s):
Matt Woodley is committed to following Jesus wherever He may lead. From 2017 to 2024, he and his family served as medical missionaries at Kudjip Nazarene Hospital in Papua New Guinea. Trained in Emergency Medicine, Matt worked as a general physician, caring for patients in both their physical and spiritual needs.
Matt, his wife Tammy, and their children, Elana and MJ, remain passionate about serving others and look forward to continuing to volunteer at Kudjip Nazarene Hospital in the years to come.
