She documented her life in China through letters she sent to the Angus and Mearns Council of the Church of Scotland's Woman's Guild.

In the spring of 1901, the Angus and Mearns Council of the Church of Scotland's Woman's Guild elected her to represent the movement abroad.

Stooke and Graham describe the chapel as the place where "the evangelist [hospital staff] preaches to the patients waiting to be seen (152)".

[5] At the time of Bere's arrival, a new isolation ward was being constructed to better accommodate patients with smallpox, cholera, malaria, etc.

She trained three Chinese women on how to make, clean, and repair hospital bed covers and patient garments.

She worked to reform the "great class distinctions in China" the coolies and the rest of the natives believed in (Bere, 18).

In her 14th letter to the Angus and Mearns Council, Bere states that "besides spring-cleaning, I have fresh mattress, pillow, and screen covers to make, and I am also planning two baby baskets to keep the little ones out of their mamma's beds" (36).

To better integrate with the community, a private teacher visited her home every day to teach her both oral and written Chinese.

Also, Bere taught in the local day and boarding schools when her colleagues fell ill or were on a leave of absence.

[2] In order to stay in close contact with the women of the Agnus and Mearns Council, she wrote letters to them.

She spread the influence of the Church of Scotland in China through her involvement in the local community as well as her detailed written documentation of the work of other medical missionaries.

In her own words in her first letter to the Angus and Mearns Council, she states that "in medical mission work one has the best opportunity for faithful service and witnessing for Christ" (Bere, 2).