AMA Philippines

What Are You Waiting For?

wrguptill — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 01:29:32 +0000

I want to share a story with you how I became a witness of Emie's decision to be baptized. My first time I met Emie was when we visited Limbasan church on Sabbath 6 month ago. She volunteered herself to translate for Andrey. Just after worship was done, I came to her and asked if she would agree to go with me to the village of Lapiak and help me with the kids program. Even though I had already asked another girl to join me, I just felt I should ask Emie too. The next day, after we finished our kids' Bible study in Lapiak, she asked me if we could start the same study in her place because there are many kids that will be happy to have something like that. And so we did. In the morning we would go to Lapiak (15 km on a bumpy jungle road) and then in the afternoon we would do it in her place (it is part of Limbasan, and still a jungle). The kids there were so attentive to the Bible stories. Even their parents were showing interest. Since that time Emie has been pretty busy every Sunday. The whole day long she is helping me in conducting our Bible studies for children. Even though she has small 3 and 4 year old kids of her own and even if it’s raining, she will still come for the children’s program. She never looks for excuses and never asks for anything like money for gas. I would say, she took this ministry devotedly. When it was time to start our evangelistic meetings in Mainit, Emie somehow and for some reason, moved to live there in Mainit just a couple days before. Even in that I could see God’s providence. I had my children's part in the meetings every night. Somehow my translator lost her voice in the first night (it was not a surprise; we had more than 100 kids) so I texted Emie to help me , and she agreed gladly. Thus she was helping every night from 5pm to 11pm, never tired. And miraculously God kept our voices working every night. I was really surprised when brother Nitz (our bible worker) asked me to talk with Emie about baptism, since I thought she already was baptized! I decided not to push her, instead I told her my story, how I came to Christ. The next night during the kids program, one little boy came to us with a handmade guitar and he sang for us. When he was singing I could feel a reverence and presence of God, even if I couldn’t understand the words. I could see my hundred plus, usually screaming and noisy kids, sitting perfectly quiet at that moment. Emie also felt the same way, she told me later that she was deeply touched with the song. The words in the song were about how soon Jesus is coming, and it was asking, “Are you ready?” The next night Emie seemed so thoughtful. Actually it was the last night of our evangelistic meetings. Then she said to me that she couldn’t sleep last night, she was thinking about the song and about what I was telling her of my experience with God (I told her that at one point God seemed to be asking me, “You know so much, what are you waiting for?” Emie said that she was ready, and she wanted to be baptized tomorrow. Oh, what a joy it was for me to hear that news! I couldn’t keep my tears any more, I embraced her and we wept together in unison. Now Emie is a member of the Adventist church. She is still busy every Sunday with the children's programs, but now it takes more sacrifice, because she is coming from Mainit 20 km away every week by herself! Praise God!

By Tanya Mershalova

PAMAS Palawan Missionary

Reaping the Harvest

wrguptill — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 11:39:06 +0000

Thank you so much for your prayers and support for the recent evangelistic meetings held by our team in Palawan! We praise God for the 36 baptisms! These are a result of many months of bible studies and medical outreach in the surrounding areas. A dental outreach in several villages was also held right before the meetings began (See pictures below). Read this inspiring report about the nightly adventures and children's programs and how satan tried to attack in several ways but was not successful in stopping the meetings! Please continue to pray for the Palawan project and the new believers that they may stand firm through the trials that come their way.
Wendy and Dwayne

Reaping the Harvest
First Sabbath with the newly baptized souls! So encouraging! It's like a little heaven in this sinful world. Everyone was so happy having fellowship with the rest of the brethren, singing, reading the Bible, sharing each others' food during lunch and sharing testimonies of how they accepted our Savior, Jesus Christ. But before this very inspiring scene, we held a 2 week Evangelistic Meeting last October 16-29, 2011. Bible students from Mansalay, Mainit, Calapi, Limbasan and Lapiak who have been studying with us and our Bible workers for more than a year (and others for almost a year) were gathered into one group for this meeting. Andrey, our pilot was in charge of transporting the Bible interests from 4 different locations to the meeting place. He started to pick them up at 5:00 in the afternoon to be able to finish transporting them to the meeting place at around 6:30. We could feel His presence during these quite stressful times. It wasn't that easy for us and for the Bible interests because Satan was really doing his best to destroy us. A couple times the truck with the trailer full of people who would attend the meetings was targeted. Someone threw stones at the people and some were hurt, but still they continued to attend the meetings. Satan even sent some drunkards to disrupt the meetings but praise God He is always with our speaker, Rolly Reyes and He gave him the right words to say.

The night before the last day of the meeting, the Bible students were so upset and afraid because someone along the way threw carabao feces at them mixed with water. We were about to start when they arrived and we encouraged them to still be strong with what they believe is right because this is Satan's doing to really make them afraid so they might not come to the meetings anymore. We gave them this text from the Bible, "Greater is He that is in me than He who is in the world," 1 John 4:4. We changed the time of the meeting to a much earlier time and all of the Bible students still attended even those hit with the carabao feces.

Praise God because in God's guidance we were able to finishe the whole 2 weeks with more than a 130 adult attendees and also more than 130 children attending the children's program. Each one of the 36 baptized souls have their own inspiring story to tell of how God led them. They also share with us the sad stories of how their relatives and neighbors treat them now as a new believer. These will all be a great challenge and trial to them. They have stepped forward by accepting Jesus Christ as their Savior, now they will be needing our prayers and more care for the trials they will be having along the way. This is not a small thing for them because they are new in faith but they believe and have faith that God will continue to lead them. May the Lord bless us all as we continue to serve Him.

Shielah Reyes
PAMAS missionary

First Mission Flight

wrguptill — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 11:31:49 +0000

I pray that this email finds you all blessed and excited about the times in which we live. Even with all the challenges the world is facing at this time, we can have confidence that Jesus is interceding on behalf of God's people. I recently experienced an example of answered prayer and I am compelled to share my testimony with you to the Glory of God. More then five years ago now, in the privacy of my bedroom, there in Westmoreland, TN. I knelt next to my bed and asked Jesus to make me a missionary. You are aware that He answered that prayer three years ago, but I had also requested that he allow me the honor of serving as a missionary pilot as well.

Almost one year ago now Jesus answered part of that prayer by providing the resources for me to complete flight training to become a private pilot here in the Philippine Islands. Last week on Nov. 9th, Jesus fully answered that prayer and allowed me to finally use the skill he had provided to fly my first mission to the small Muslim Island of Mapun. This island is located in Tawi Tawi south of Palawan next to Malaysia. I flew there with Mission Pilot Ed Brennon of AWA (Adventist World Aviation) and two other missionaries, to servey the Island and meet with some Adventist missionaries operating a school on the island. During our visit I was able to visit the Major and his officers, and the local hospital as well. While visiting the hospital, I learned of a 23 year old young man that had been in a serious motorcycle accident the night before we arrived. He was bleeding from his ears and head, along with multiple injuries from sliding on the road after his crash. It appeared that the head trauma was very serious and that his condition was grave. The P.A.M.A.S. missionary that was with me (Roy Reyes) asked me to pray, using Muslim phrases in the name of Isa Al Ma ( Jesus ) so I raised my hands in prayer and asked Jesus to spare the life of the boy so that the Muslims would know that He sent us, and that He may be glorified among them.

After our prayer we offered to fly the boy to the Adventist hospital in Palawan where much better treatment could be provided, and the family, touched by our generosity, agreed that we would life flight him to Puerto Princesa. The flight was nearly two hours over open water (a personal first for me in a single engine airplane) back to the international airport in Puerto Princesa, Palawan. As soon as we arrived we we're challenged with getting the young man transported off the tarmac to the hospital. The tower had given clearence for us to bring a ambulance in to get the boy out of the plane, but the guards did not want to comply because a commercial airplane was also present on the tarmac. More then one hour later the transport van was allowed in to the parking area where the plane was waiting with our patient. I then climbed into the cockpit to lift the young man out of the back seat and onto a stretcher. As I began to arrange his head so I could get a hold on him, he turned and opened his eyes and looked at me. He then turned to see what was going on, then proceeded to climb out of the plane on his own power. I started to try and stop him, but he was already committed and climbed out and laid down on the stretcher. Ed and I looked at each other with amazement. "Praise Jesus" I cried in front of the puzzled paramedics and the even more surprised relative of the Muslim boy who had traveled with us to care for his injured family. "We did pray did we not"? Ed agreed and we praised the Lord for allowing us to witness such a demonstration of His power. The young man was released a couple days later with a clean bill of health and has returned to his island with a testimony of his own.

Its so good to be part of the family of God! A great door has now opened to these Muslim people of Mapun. Pray for the school and missionaries that are working in that remote place. I also praise God that I experience nothing but kindness from the people of that island. it is known for being a dangerous outpost for Muslim rebels and radicals. in the past when Ed had visited the island he was escorted everywhere by the military. For some strange reason there was no escort for me, and I'm glad because it allowed me to talk with people without guns being involved. God was clearly in control of the entire trip. I hope this story encourages you to spend more time in prayer. Jesus is in control. And if He is for us, who can stand against us? Thank you for your prayers and support.

Danny Henson
(Coordinator, Bible Worker, and Pilot for PAMAS Palawan)

Tracts of Hope

wrguptill — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 03:47:08 +0000

Last Sabbath we enjoyed participating in the world wide "Hope Impact" literature distribution program for the second year in a row. As always, we were amazed at how many people were so open to taking the tracts. As the mass of red and white-shirted church members made their way through the market, we observed people sitting on the side of the road or in their stores or tricycles pouring over the small magazines. On the back was written the local phone numbers, radio and TV stations where the people could learn more.

Our fellow missionary friends (working in Mayoyao) shared with us that most of their interests and friendships in the community have come from tracts we gave in previous medical missions in their area which had their phone numbers on the back! They said people text or call them frequently asking for a visit or advice on medical problems. In this way, through medical missionary work, they are gaining the people's love and respect.

Please pray for the mountain people of Mayoyao and all the towns and villages scattered throughout the Philippines that are longing and waiting for the hope of the Good News! Pray that God will open doors to reach them in the short time they have left. Jesus is coming again soon!

Thank you for your prayers and support for this ministry!

We'll let the pictures tell you the rest: More medical missions, two powerful typhoons in one week, continued hangar construction etc. Thanks for your prayers for the helicopter in Palawan that needs new blades. We are looking into some promising possibilities! Keep praying!

We ask for your prayers and support for the hangar construction which is now at the point where we are ready for the shipping containers which will make the walls of the hangar and living quarters. We will also need a 10kva generator to power the welder for making the trusses and other parts of the construction. Please pray that God will provide these and other needed items so the construction can continue!

If you'd like to help, just click the "HELP" tab at the top of this website. Thank you for your gifts!

Missionary Minnie greets a patient at the couseling-literature booth at a medical mission in Mayoyao

Hangar complex foundation

Dwayne and nurse volunteers helping with a recent medical mission we were asked to hold during evangelistice meetings in a nearby town

Stuck in the muck at our project

After first storm Dwayne cut branches off the falling tamarind tree in front of our house

Dwayne and Wendy on a survey trip in the mountains of Luzon

Misionary Ellen helping her daddy tell the story in our neighborhood branch sabbath school

Hungry People

wrguptill — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 08:11:46 +0000

We just finished another whirlwind of a month starting with a couple trips up to Pagudpud (in the north) to help finish a couple churches for a friend and then pouring the cement pad for the hangar while getting ready for another group that arrived Sept. 1. We just came back from leading them on a trip for 10 days doing medical missions up in the mountain provinces. We had as many as 22 volunteers at one point of the trip! What a job, but what a blessing, as usual!

The Team
God provided a great group of volunteers once again for this big endeavor. Dr. Norbert's group from the States came with some regulars: David, an experienced nurse from Loma Linda, and Dr. Ray, 83 year old OB/GYN, and Howard, a healthy 81 year old! We also appreciated the help again of Gigi and Mariss who pulled over 100 teeth at each site and Dr. Peachy from Manila who blessed us again with her help and sweet smile! We also enjoyed having two girls from Sweden who came to volunteer for a few months. Danny Henson, our missionary overseeing the project in Palawan, also came to help, along with many invaluable L.I.G.H.T. missionaries (Medical Missionaries) including our own dear Briane and Joy Lupkey, Joe Burce, Ciprian (we nick named him "Chip" (from Romania/Germany), and many others! We appreciate them all very much!

Hungry people
We were amazed once again at how open the people are in these areas to not only health education but the Good News of the Gospel! They are hungry and waiting for someone to come in practically every town or village in this country! What an opportunity! If only we could reach all these hungry people. Our compassionate missionaries were able to talk and pray with every patient once again, and give them literature before seeing the doctor.

Faith Camp WVA
After a nice weekend at AIIAS with my parents, we went straight to Iloilo (another island) for another blessed time at Faith Camp at West Visayan Academy. We led a break-out session in the afternoons for those interested in medical-aviation and also told several testimonies throughout the 3 days of the campmeeting. We had fun camping this time, even through the torrential rains, which made for quite a commotion in the night and some good memories

Here is Dwayne's update on the airbase and stories of how God has been providing for it:

Things have been busy since the last time we wrote. We
have been making progress on our airbase in Quirino, Luzon. We have completed
our water system which comes from a spring about 1 kilometer away that
is at a higher elevation than where our hanger is at so we have a nice
gravity fed flow of water. We ran about 1600 meters of pipe and
buried it about a foot deep. We started digging the trench for the
pipe by hand and it quickly became apparent it would take well over a
month to bury it if we continued by hand so I went in search of a mini
excavator. I located one through a friend from the Adventist Hospital
and the owner said he would give us a good deal. They sent an
operator with it but he worked for two days and his boss said he
wanted him back at another project so I asked him if I could run the
excavator and he consented. It took about a week to bury the pipe all
the way to the hanger. When I went to pay the bill for the excavator
they only charged us for the time their operator ran it which was
about half the time I ran it, we thanked God for that.
We started pouring the concrete pad for the hanger once we finished
the water system. We spent about 8 days pouring concrete and finished
it the day before Dr. Norbert's medical team arrived. Everyday we
started at 5am and prayed for cloudy weather. We praise God because
every day we poured cement the sky remained cloudy with a breeze
blowing and it never rained more than a sprinkle.

That's it for now! Please continue to pray for a new helicopter and new blades for our helicopter in Palawan. Enjoy the latest video made by our helicopter pilot, Andriy. The Palawan and Luzon teams continue to reach out, with God's help, to remote villages, even without the air support at this moment. Thank you for your important part in this mission through your prayers and support.
Jesus is coming soon!

People of Darkness, People of Hope.

wrguptill — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 02:06:24 +0000

Listen to the Heart

wrguptill — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 10:25:51 +0000

Congenital heart malformation is one of the top ten causes of infant deaths in the Philippines, said the Philipine Department of Health."

Three children - Jeric, Joy and Jomar - can barely lead normal lives because of their in-born heart defect. Diagnosed with heart murmur, they need surgery. However, their families are unable to afford the high costs.

The PAMAS team, together with a group of medical and media volunteers from Australia, Taiwan and Singapore, meet this three children as they journey around North Luzon, Philippines, giving medical aid.

Prior to this medical mission, PAMAS missionary Briane saw God make a miracle happen for one of these children and he is excited to see what else God can do to make the hearts of these children whole again.

A NEW BEGINNING FOR Abner*

wrguptill — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 05:39:37 +0000

By Rolly Reyes

Abner* is a 21 yr. old "M" man who was brought to PAMAS for medical help. He was bedridden from an unknown disease. His sickness came after a month of doing some missionary "M" work. He got weaker and weaker everyday. He was already treated by several "M" healers who said he was poisoned but still they could not identify the real cause of his sickness for two months of treatment with the native healers and witch doctors. He then was sent to the hospital and admitted for almost 1 month. He was diagnosed with colon cancer and pleural effusion. The doctor advised them to go to Manila for chemotherapy because he was not reacting to the medicines given to him. The family was hopeless. People said that only a miracle could heal Abner*. We also explained to them that only God could heal Abner*. We asked if we could pray for him in the name of Jesus Christ and they agreed. We shared the story of Job in the Bible to encourage them and to tell them that God heals and does not give sickness. The next day we started treatment using activated charcoal drink and charcoal poultice on his chest and abdomen. We also placed him on a mostly fruit and vegetable diet advising them to continue the diet. After 3 days of prayer, reading God's word and charcoal treatment, Abner* felt better! He has his appetite back and is able to sleep well, not like before when he could not sleep. His father also said that he has started to sweat/perspire now (whereas before he could not) and his breathing has become comfortable. The family decided to bring him back home and continue treatment there. We are so happy for Abner*. He went home with a smile on his face and walking on his own!

Please continue to pray for Abner*. Abner* promised to visit us and stay with us for a month to study God's word. Bring back the glory to God.

Caring missionaries use what they have to help Abner

*Names have been changed for protection

Extreme Medical Missions!

wrguptill — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 13:57:12 +0000

The Biggest Miracle!

Besides the miracle of a safe and successful mission trip with only minor glitches (Praise God!), we have to share with you the biggest miracle story of all.

As the time got closer for this big medical mission trip, we realized that another vehicle would be almost essential for the kind of traveling we'd be doing (on some of the most dangerous and remote roads requiring 4 wheel drive) and for the size of our group. It seemed impossible with all the other big financial needs we had, but we knew that God would provide somehow. We had been praying for a few months for a vehicle for the new Mayoyao mission that we're helping our friends, Briane and Joy (newest part of our team get started (about 3 hours from here). But wouldn't it be great, we thought, if God would provide it now for this trip! We tripled our prayers, found a truck for sale, and waited. The days drew closer. . . and not too late, and not too early, but the day before we left to go pick up our group, God provided a couple specific donations, and we purchased the 4 wheel drive missionary truck!! (You can see it in the pictures.) It was and is perfect for our needs! It holds 6 people comfortably and has a big bed in the back to haul supplies. What a great God we serve.

The Trip
I jokingly call this the "Extreme Medical Mission Trip" because we drug these dear people all across northern Luzon, camping on classroom floors, in missionary houses, and budget hotels--staying in 9 different places in 12 days! We drove from one end of Luzon to the other, it seems, with sometimes just a few hours of sleep! But, I did not hear a word of complaint! All I saw were increasing smiles, bonding, and great joy that only serving others can bring. What a team and what a trip God provided us!

The Team
We had 2 doctors, 5 nurses, one counselor, 2 camera men/women, and many with multiple skills that added greatly to the team (translators, drivers, massage therapists, medical missionaries, "pharmacists" and "ophthalmologis" etc We were thankful for the surgeon and dentist team from CVAH (the Adventist hospital close to us here in Santiago) who joined us for part of the time as well. We are looking forward to the video that our camera crew is making of the trip.

We had a very multi-cultural (from 5 countries) and diverse team, some seasoned missionaries and others visiting a developing world for the first time. Some were experienced, remote-area nurses and doctors, and others were just getting started. It was amazing how all the skills and personalities fit just perfectly for what was needed! It was also a great learning experience in many ways for many of us. I appreciated very much the spirituality of the team and the time and care taken with each patient.

Fun with Education
This was our first time also to make a real priority for education (and natural remedies) with half a day allotted at each site, just for that. And, though we still have much to learn and improve on, we were pleased with how things went. We gave our Australian team members (2 medical families) the responsibility of giving the health lectures and demonstrations, and they did an excellent job with top quality presentations! The people were eating it up, especially when we brought out the prizes for the quizzes between each talk! (The hats and baby blankets were the favorites that made the crowd go wild! But even the little notebooks and pencils amazingly caused a stir.) Some of the topics were hard to swallow (Nutrition, Water, Smoking, Alcohol etc.) but they really seemed to understand. It may take another generation to make the changes, but it has to start somewhere.

NEWSTART Health Fair
We called these medical missions: "NEWSTART Family Health Fairs" to distinguish from a typical medical mission. We encouraged the people to come and stay all day, which most of them were able to do. We tried to give people practical ways they could prevent and treat their problems even after we left. I feel we are finally finding a good balance between natural and conventional medicines. We used alot of garlic, charcoal, malunggay and lagundi capsules (local immune boosting and healing leafy greens), vitamins, sulfur soap, etc. Many of these things are readily available in these areas and they can continue using the fresh sources even after they run out of the capsuled versions we gave them. We taught them how to make and use their own charcoal and how to use water for healing. The local missionaries (mostly Philippine Frontier Missionaries) already teach these things to their people, but we were able to add credibility to them, which they really appreciated.

Counseling and Prayer
We enjoyed having a professional counselor along to join in the counseling station with our other "counselors". With their various backgrounds in health, they were also able to talk with each patient about their health needs. Depending on what the patient seemed interested in, they could counsel on spiritual, family, or health issues, or all three! We were so happy that God provided alot of great sharing materials too for this trip! (we're learning to give it generously away and God will provide more!) The counselors were able to pray with each patient before sending them on to see the doctor. They, along with the doctors, made notes on the patient's record forms and we left them behind for the missionaries to do follow-up. We found several special cases that need surgery or other special care that we're working on finding help for.

By land or by air: Speed the work!
This was also our first time to lead a big group up here and these guys were perfect guinea pigs! We learned alot, and more then anything it was confirmed in us the great need for a helicopter! (After all the traveling, I even developed a condition on my legs (Erythema Nodosum) that practically laid me flat for almost a week!). For now we will keep working on the ground, scouting the areas, and preparing the airbase until He provides for air transportation. Thanks for your prayers for this need that could greatly speed God's work in these areas!

I will let the pictures and the upcoming video tell the rest of the story of this memorable trip

Pray for us as we plan another trip with a group coming this September.
May God continue to bless you as you share in this ministry!

Still Small Voice

wrguptill — Tue, 03 May 2011 08:06:35 +0000

By: Roy Reyes

The voice of the Lord is mighty; the voice of the Lord is majestic

Psams 29:4

“ I do not usually go to health centers or medical missions, but I had a difficult condition in my 8 mos. pregnancy, I usually just go to my mother which is very known as a traditional healer in our village. But suddenly a change happened when a group of medical missionaries arrived (P.A.M.A.S.) ; a still small voice was ringing in my ears and was pushing me to go, immediately I got up out of my bed and went”.

This was a testimony of Norvena, a native Palawano Muslim. It was late in the afternoon when Norvena arrived in our medical mission. As soon as she entered in the room she almost fainted, her blood pressure dropped to 70/60 and she looked very pale. We immediately rushed her to the nearest hospital. They put oxygen on her because of difficulty of breathing. Her blood was checked and the hemoglobin dropped to 40 mmol. which was very low (normal range 120-160 mmol.). Immediately the doctor ordered 2 units of blood to be transfused. But there was no compatible blood for her, so the doctor talked to her husband for her to be transferred to Puerto Princesa hospital (4 hrs. from Brooks Point). Her husband didn’t want to go, because they don’t have money. But Praise God for His providence, the hospital provided for free ambulance conduction and endorsed the rest of the responsibilities to PAMAS.

In the hospital, 2 units of blood were immediately transfused (and later 3 more), and when she was in stable condition, they did an ultrasound and found out that Norvena had twins inside her womb. The babies were also distressed so the Doctor ordered an operation (Cesarean section); They put IV’s to the babies and gave antibiotics because of Sepsis (infection in the blood). After 2 weeks Norvena and her twins were discharged in the hospital. The fear of Norvena’s husband was answered by God with the help of PCSO (Phil. Charity Sweepstakes office) who took care of most of the costs! Bring back glory to God, 3 lives were saved, and the whole family are rejoicing and praising God. Jehova Jireh…God provides!"

Roy (author of story above)--suturing wound

Wendy asseses Norvena on arrival to our medical mission

Baby Samantha and Allison

Here are a few pictures of the medical mission that Norvena came to, and the 2 week meetings we held jointly for this special group of people in Palawan. It was an amazing, extremely busy, but so awesome two weeks! Satan tried in several ways to intervene, but we increased our prayer sessions and we were amazed at what God did! It was the best team work we've experienced with our team yet! (We are so thankful to the visiting team also!--from the States . And the speaker, and the Brennan family (with AWA) who made this effort possible!)

One attendee said "I have been unhappy and had questions for so long now. This is the first time in my life that my questions are being answered!" She requested Bible studies after the meetings.

After one presentation, another attendee said thoughtfully, "Now I see that Jesus is really God!". . . . She attended every night and helped with the medical missions too! She is currently studying the Bible with our missionaries.

Praise God for what He is doing around the world to reach these special people who don't yet know the truth about Jesus!

Wendy and Dwayne Harris

pamasmission.org

P.S. Norvena and babies are being cared for by our missionaries with regular home visits. Watch for more pictures and videos with her story and the twins! (who, by the way, were named after our dear SM's--Allison and Samantha! Speaking of which, they (Sam and Al) are on their way back to the U.S. now! But praise God they have caught the mission bug and we plan to see them back again soon! What a HUGE blessing they have been to us this year!! THANK YOU, SAM AND AL!

Our team, after an exciting, exhausting, and blessed week of Medical Missions & Meetings!

Caring Doctors--always smiling!

Special couseling, education and prayer booth

Nightly 2 weeks kids program--in conjunction with the meetings

Busy Pharmacists

Sam and Al--bye bye!!