Just before winter, 7th November 2008 was a bright day with the most comfortable weather Bangladesh can offer. Just repainted, LAMB Hospital was glowing. Around the hospital and around the site there were decorations, big collages of photographs and information, and lots and lots of people.
7th November 2008 was a day for celebrating - celebrating all that LAMB Hospital has achieved in its 25 years of service - and a bit of dreaming about the years to come.
The day started with LAMB staff 
gathered in the Hospital Outpatients area for devotions and thanksgiving. Then hundreds of the staff and their families paraded around the LAMB compound and out into the lanes around LAMB playing music and dancing with banners-festoons. These were just the start.
Under a canvas roof, the main morning session started with recitations from holy books and then moved onto speeches of many types. Some speeches referred back to the late 1960s, when the idea for LAMB Hospital was first conceived, some followed through the history, and some referred to the LAMB of today, and the work it does and its people. Nineteen speeches in all, yet the t
ime flew by for the audience of 500 guests and staff be cause of the variety and energy.
Gary Hafvenstein had who came all the way from USA, representing the World Mission Prayer League founders of LAMB, noted that “Today we celebrate 25 years. But, the birth of LAMB goes back many years earlier. And it was not birthed by man. Rather, I believe that LAMB was born out of love flowing from the heart of God, a love for the world, a love for Bangladesh and her people. And it is the love of God that motivates the work even today at LAMB.”
Representing the Board of today, Ms. Elisabeth Blanc, praised Lamb's leadership as a model for the country in that its first desire is to please God and serve Him through the work at Lamb, without aspirations for a personal career or personal financial gain.
Representatives from partners, donors, and local government praised LAMB for its work and its achievements and recommended it as a fine example for others working in the field.
The session closed with LAMB chairman, Richard Waddell’s speech commending the green shoots of growth at LAMB followed by the surprise cutting of a HUGE cake with 25 candles .
Lunch was a massive exercise – feeding nearly fourteen hundred people. Much to the relief of LAMB it went remarkably smoothly.
More than a thousand gathered in LAMB compound field for the afternoon. The afternoon session was the main fun part, with lots of performances – mainly humorous – by LAMB staff and their children. FOUR AND A HALF HOURS of fun and talent – and yet there were still more than 600 people sitting and standing as the day was brought to a close.
It was a great day at LAMB, like nothing before, with so many people contributing so much energy and creativeness (and preparation).
“25 years of service” is what LAMB Hospital has been about. LAMB Hospital has proved that “Quality Healthcare for the Poor Is POSSIBLE”. LAMB hospital has indeed become a part of the community as a “Friend In Need”.
