Recap of Mobile Medical Disaster Relief in 2011

    Provided medical care for 8,000 people in the developing world who had no     access to health care.

    Provided clean water for 10,000 people who previously drank only contaminated     water.

    Rescued 6 children from slavery in Africa.

    Took 200 volunteers overseas to participate in missions, comprising 16,000     man hours of work in developing countries.

Utilized    1600 volunteers working 3200 hours at MMDR HQ.

Spread the Gospel to 6,000.

Baptized 32 precious souls.

Built widows’ houses, medical clinics, schools and orphanages.

Thank you to all who made this happen!

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Under the Mango Tree

Under the Mango Tree

 We crossed Lake Volta for the second time, coming back to the island of Bakpa where we had previously met the chief under the mango tree.  Meeting under the mango tree means that our meeting was important enough to be accepted by the elders and the chief.  Coming back the second time meant that we honored our promise and would now be accepted as friends of the tribe.  As our underpowered rented boat approached the shore, the island children recognized the "abrunis" and danced and waved. Soon the news of our medical team's arrival spread throughout the island and we were surrounded by men and women who were excited to have the first medical on the island since our last visit 4 months ago.  They quickly directed us to the shady mango tree, produced hand hewn wooden benches and we resumed the friendly conversations that we had suspended months before.   As is polite in Ghanian tradition, they inquired about our mission and we honored the chief with questions about his health and his people. 
Our mission was to provide medical care to these terribly oppressed people in a way that both honored them and their tribal traditions.

As we erected our modern, portable medical clinic under the mango tree, the people of the village crowded around looking in wonder at the pulse oximeters, the immunohistochemical based lab equipment and the latest medications. Since they were without electricity, we set up solar panels to charge the sodium hydride batteries in our equipment. Since they were without clean water, we implemented water purifiers which employed state of the art electromagnetic chlorinators to provide clean water for the clinic.   

As patient after patient came into our clinic to be rid of their various diseases, it occurred to me that we honor them by giving them the best medical care possible and they in turn honor us by allowing us to sit under the mango tree.

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Celebrating Christmas

 This year, instead of buying and decorating a Christmas tree to adorn our house for two weeks, instead of spending time putting up holiday lights which last a month, instead of buying thousands of dollars of irrelevant Christmas presents for our friends and family, we decided to do something different.

We enlisted family and friends to sew stockings, collect presents and travel with us to Haiti where we shared these gifts and the gift of time and love with the fifty orphans at the Children of Hope Orphanage in Thomazeau, Haiti.  Since these children had never celebrated Christmas, they had no frame of reference for Santa Claus or the sickening commercialization of this frantically materialistic holiday. 

Instead, they shared the Love of people who desperately care for them. 

They countenanced the Joy of playing with soccer balls, board games and making crafts with their new found friends. 

They found Peace sitting in our laps reading their new books.

A Godly man once said, “...give to those who can’t give back to you without expecting anything in return.  Then your reward will be great.”


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