Dr. Bill Jordan of Tualatin, Oregon, isn’t your typical dentist. In fact, when a friend of his retired from dentistry and, instead of selling his practice, sent all of his patients to Dr. Jordan’s practice, Dr. Jordan didn’t see it as a chance to amass more wealth. “When we got this huge influx of patients from my dear friend who retired, we saw it as a huge blessing and my wife and I thought, ‘There’s a reason God gave us this and it wasn’t so we could have more money. It was so we could help more people,’” reflected Dr. Jordan. “We always felt it wasn’t our money—but something God put in our hands so we could help others, so that’s what we’ve been doing.”
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