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 Operation Renewed Hope: MEDICAL MISSIONS: WORLDWIDE: CURRENT |
"A great blessings for ORH is the participation of the church people hosting the clinics.
It is wonderful to watch their enthusiasm for helping their people physically And spiritually.
Our week-end clinics require
much help from the churches in
country. The El Salvadoran
Christians were magnificent providing two dentists, two doctors, and multiple staff.
The pastors and people of the
churches conducted the spiritual
ministry of preaching and witnessing to the patients and were responsible for the 45 people receiving Christ.
ORH supplied 9 professionals
and support staff. With the El Salvadoran people the team Swelled to almost 40 people.
God bless those good churches as they labor for Christ."
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EL SALVADOR ORH MISSION
God was good to our July El Salvador medical team. The team
worked over a week-end and was hosted into the country by a national pastor and his independent Baptist church. The clinic was conducted from July 17-20, 2009.
The team consisted of medial professionals from the US and support staff. Two of the support staff were medical students. One of the students was a pre-med student at Clearwater Christian College. The other student was a first year student in a medical
school in Ohio. It is great to work with these young people as they train for medical service and future medical missions.
On our last trip to Peru, we were so blessed to have over 10 nursing students and faculty from Maranatha Baptist Bible College. This college works directly with Operation Renewed Hope to place their students on medical mission trips. Brian Trainer, a member of the faculty and administration, encourages the students to travel to develop their mission aptitude. We want to say thank you to all the colleges and universities who have students and faculty members traveling with ORH.
The two day clinic resulted in over 400 patients and 45 people coming to Christ. Two churches were strengthen through the clinics. The pastors asked us to return for more clinics.
Pastor and Mrs. Jim Logan from Neodesha, Kansas were also on the trip. They were such a blessing. Pastor Logan testified of the wonderful blessing of the trip. He said the trip opened his eyes to the possibilities of evangelistic medical missions. He said a defining moment of the trip was when the host local pastor expressed to him how grateful his people and village were for the “good” that the team had done. Pastor and Mrs. Logan were truly great blessings.
Their church is working on gathering materials to help future
trips and for shipments to hospitals in need. We say thank
you for their efforts is our behalf.
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Jan Mlton
Founder, Operation Renewed Hope
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PANAMA ORH MISSION
This is a communication I received from Missionary Jim Childress. Jim has been in Panama for over 25 years. He was the first missionary that ever worked with ORH. In my opinion, he is the model of a missionary. He is my mentor in missions. I am very blessed.
Please read his journal about a trip into the jungle to churches formed after ORH Clinics. We must give credit to Jim and his group of preachers for the great work done in the jungle of Panama. This is longer than usual; please take time to read it all.
Journal Excerpt from Missionary Jim Childress:
Here is an update on our recent trip to the coastal area where I have been the last 11 or 12 days. This is an area of the country with no roads, electricity and only a few phones that only work sometimes.
1. We spent our first three days in Río Concepción where Aulio Gonzalez has been pastor for the last several years. This church has about 50% of the town population attending the church on a regular basis. There was a good attendance during the morning and evening services. Each day had a prayer meeting at 6:30 AM. There were classes for adults, young people and children in the morning and evening. Some evening services had two preaching sessions. Three were baptized on Friday, one young lady and two older adults, one around 60, maybe older. Another new group of 10-12 came from another village called Plantanal, which is further up the river than the church in Barriga. Brothers Jorge and Roderick and I were tasked with the teaching and preaching.
2. Saturday I traveled about 2 hours to be with the small church in Caimito, that has been struggling pretty much on their own for the last five or six years. I preached three times, Saturday evening and twice on Sunday. Around 25 - 30 were in the services. I noted that most of the people, who have been in the church for some time, need new Bibles. Some were in deteriorated condition to the poing that the covers were missing. Newer converts do not have a Bible.
The church is going through a difficult time of testing. An ex church member and family member of the most faithful in the church, has caused problems….They are building their new building on the edge of the town instead of remaining upriver. They cut their own board with a chain saw and have just installed the first floor support posts and beams. They have cut 3" by 10" by 42 foot beams, and the church in Belen came to help them move and set the posts and supports. They figure they can move into the new building by the end of the year. Presently they meet in the downstairs of one of the houses. (Note: In June they will have perfect attendance month. Those who come to all Sunday and Wednesday services will earn a new Bible. If they should have a Bible, they can choose a Hymnal.)
Jorge baptized five more in Rio Veraguas on Sunday while being in one of their services. The church in Rió Veraguas also needs to build a new building because of problems with an old, ex, disgruntled church member. They will need about $1,500 dollars to build the building and put a metal roof on it. (Note: This church is worthy of some help with the construction costs.)
3. The Bible Institute classes in Belén. There were 9 in the class for pastors. Three were new students while three older students could not make classes this session due to family commitments. I taught the Tabernáculo and the Doctrine of the church y la Doctrina de la Iglesia. Jorge taught History of the Old Testament. Roderick taught Spanish and Missions. There were classes with regard to music and guitar. We had the opportunity to do some serious counseling and encourage one family struggling in marital problems once the classes over.
4. Jorge is talking about ordaining the two preachers in Rio Veraguas and Belen by next year. He will probably wait until I return from furlough in late April. I am impressed with our two coastal missionaries. They have done a good work. Although they both have new ministries in new areas, we will continue to do these conferences and Bible Institute seminars twice a year.
6. We are encouraging the pastors in this area to attend our national retreat. Some have already made a commitment. The problem is the travel expense from the difficult access area is expensive and we will try to organize it so that all leave together. That way the travel expense will be limited to around 250 dollars. This would be a good project for a Sunday School Class.
Thank you for reading this. These are very precious people struggling to serve God in a very desperate surrounding. ORH is so blessed of God to play a part in the formation of these churches through our clinics. Thank God for missionaries and nationals like the men in this report.
- Jan Milton |
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