Jonathan Marshall

Having served many years as a foreign medical missionary, Jonathan Marshall returned to the United States in 1990 and has been in active private practice as a urologic specialist and general surgeon since then. He and his wife Jenny, live on a cattle ranch in Central Texas and prefer to commute daily to work as, after living rurally in the African bush for so many years, city life just didn't cut it. His wife, Jenny, was born in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) to Scottish Presbyterian missionary...See more

Having served many years as a foreign medical missionary, Jonathan Marshall returned to the United States in 1990 and has been in active private practice as a urologic specialist and general surgeon since then. He and his wife Jenny, live on a cattle ranch in Central Texas and prefer to commute daily to work as, after living rurally in the African bush for so many years, city life just didn't cut it. His wife, Jenny, was born in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) to Scottish Presbyterian missionary parents and as a registered nurse, her training is highly valued on the mission field, particularly in the area of obstetrics and midwifery. She also earned a degree in paralegal studies. They continue to travel together frequently to foreign countries to work as short-term medical missionaries, most often in Southern Africa, where they are most familiar with the customs and language. Jonathan spent his early years in suburban Philadelphia, but as a boy of ten, he moved with his family to rural South Carolina to run the family cattle ranch. Most of his post-high school education was at Ivy League colleges and he obtained his Doctorate in Medicine from the University of Pennsylvania. As a urologic and surgical resident, he began to yearn to travel abroad in order to share his knowledge and expertise and became convinced of his higher calling as a medical missionary while on a tour to a Southern Baptist mission hospital deep in the heart of southern Africa in 1970. This also compelled him to pursue a doctorate degree in Divinity in 1980 and later he earned a Ph.D. in Theology from Trinity Seminary. The books in the Lucas and Angela Stuart series are based on the couple's experiences on the foreign mission field, as well as those of their missionary friends and colleagues over the years. The events are condensed and summarized, but are basically true to life - just dramatized to some degree. The purpose of the Do Unto Others books is primarily to entertain the reader, but Jonathan hopes that any reader contemplating contributing in any way to the mission field might gain some insight into the tremendous experiences that await them- including the enormous frustrations and heart-warming achievements to be found in foreign mission work. See less