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Winter 2007 | Volume 14 | Issue 5 |
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Orphan Care
Center Opens in Zambia |
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Thanks, in part, to a generous gift from
First Presbyterian
Church in Wilton, IA, the Mandevu Orphan Care Center and
Community School facilities in Lusaka, Zambia are now completed. |
Iowa congregation has continued that connection, sending boxes of clothing and toys for the children and a donation from the summer VBS project. Pictures of the people of both congregations have been exchanged. "The joy of the church at Mandevu is contagious," says Pastor Giese. "It's the poor helping the poor."
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Endowment income provides critical long-term financial stability to support the people and programs of the Presbyterian Church (USA) |
international health
ministries via MBF. These endowed funds have one objective: to
support initiatives not just for one year, or even one
generation, but in perpetuity in the name of Jesus Christ.
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Prayer Requests
*** Beverley Booth is on medical leave from mission service in Nepal. Please pray that she’ll be able to return to her work with PC(USA)’s United Mission to Nepal soon. |
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Approximately 50
children, grandchildren, great-grands, nieces and nephews joined
the party. After each $20 was counted, Day read a note of how
many trees they would be able to buy for their Congolese
friends, over 300 trees.
Rev. Carper, with his wife Bessie, went to what is now DR Congo right after graduating from seminary in 1940. After 12 years of happy service together, Bessie died of malaria. Later he was married to Blanche, a nurse serving at Mutoto. They have continued their service (overseas and stateside) together for almost 55 years. A nephew writes, “Uncle Day is amazing! He has been an inspiration to many. We had a great time at his 95th birthday.” |
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alone for Kenya, I felt a little intimidated with the thoughts of all that was needed and what little I had to offer. I struggled with the thoughts of not being enough and what was I thinking that I could accomplish by this short two–week mission trip. For me the rewards of the trip were many--a renewed reliance on God in all circumstances, an appreciation for the beauty of Kenya and the warm and welcoming people of Tumutumu parish, a loving connection with a few special people I met while there. I did not go on safari; I did not buy any souvenirs; but returned home with a full heart and warm memories.”
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Malawi
Mission Trip, late February - early March |
Malawi
Travel Study, May 14-18 |
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This Christmas we invite you to share God's love with a hurting world. Through Medical Benevolence Foundation (MBF), you can give a gift of life through vaccinations, cataract surgery, or other forms of support for healing ministries. When you do, you can name a friend or loved one as an honoree. MBF will send a Christmas card to the honoree informing them of this important gift in their name. This Christmas give a gift of love.
If you are interested in Alternative Giving, please contact us
at 800-547-7627. You can order a brochure, or simply place an
order with your credit card. You can also visit us online at
www.MBFoundation.org to place an Alternative Christmas Gift
order. |
Note to
Churches: |
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Through American Schools & Hospitals Abroad (ASHA) shared
funding grants, donors have a unique opportunity to multiply the
giving power of their gifts. Helping us to match the shared
funding needs of these grants essentially means that for every
dollar you contribute, about five dollars goes toward that
cause. Three of five active ASHA grants continue to need shared
funding as the end of 2007 approaches. They are: |
EMG/EP lab,
ventilators, CT scanner, ICU beds, plasma pheresis machine and
other furnishings |
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MBF is proud to announce that it no
longer requires a 5% administration charge in order to process
restricted gifts. This means that when you
donate to a
restricted purpose, we can now pass along all of those funds to
the programs you specify. |
Keep an eye out for next year’s first
issue (Spring). We’ll be changing to a new topical format for
each issue, in order to bring you even deeper and more engaging
news on mission! |
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Mission Connection is published by the
Medical Benevolence Foundation, |
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Medical Benevolence Foundation (MBF) has set a goal of raising
its endowment funds to 10 million dollars by 2013, the 50
Please pray for Everett Morgan, the
22-year-old son of Les and Cindy Morgan, our mission coworkers
in Bangladesh. Everett has been diagnosed with Ewing’s sarcoma
of the left pelvis and is being treated at the M. D. Anderson
Cancer Center in Houston. Praise God for recent reports the
tumor is shrinking. The Morgans thank you for your prayers and
for God’s obvious hand in their lives. As Les says, "God has
looked upon our family in one of our darkest moments and
extended to us his grace and showed us his love."
Thanks to medically trained volunteers with a heart for mission,
PC(USA) partner hospitals and clinics can continue to function
when there are gaps in their personnel needs. Short–term
volunteers like Sandra Cornish, R.N. offer their services for
two to three weeks, or even several months. Like Sandra, they
return home feeling they have received more than they’ve given.
