FAME – February 2018 Monthly News and Updates

YOU MAKE A DIFFERENCE

Nurses jumping for joy at Selby Hospital, Aparri, Philippines

Thank you for your support of the ministry of FAME through your prayers, volunteerism, and financial giving. We value your partnership and would like to tell you how grateful we are for your role in our estimate* of Good News being brought to nearly 450,000 people in 2017 through our Global Partners.

This month I’d like to share a story of how your donations do make a difference. In late December at our prayer time, Andy Schamerloh, our Director of Mission Resources requested we pray because our two Containers bound for the Philippines that week were going to each cost $1000 more than expected!  Our staff prayed for that and other requests and then all went about our day.  When the mail came a few hours later, there was a note and check from a partner in Illinois who is special to us.  The note was simple, and the check was for $2000 for SHIPPING!  Partners like you do GOOD THINGS every month, allowing God to provide through YOU!

Because you partner with FAME, we can send help and hope around the world through medical evangelism. Whether your donations are designated for a sustainable healthcare project like the ones we are currently helping to support in the Philippines, Haiti, Zimbabwe, Kenya, India, Myanmar, Pakistan, and Mexico; a short-term mission trip to one of the 6 countries we currently have on the calendar; the shipping of life saving medical equipment and supplies (a shipping container to Zimbabwe was sent out last week), our Impact Scholarship Fund for international students, or our Annual Fund, your donations make a difference in lives around the world.

Those are all your stories!

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GREETINGS FROM MYANMAR

For the last few weeks, we have had a team, both medical and non-medical, in the country of Myanmar (formerly Burma) conducting medical camps and teaching community health lessons through the CHE program.  Team participant Deb Trego says “Our intention is to share the love of Christ & shine the light of Jesus. We pray with each patient because God made each of us in his image & we hope that at the end of the day the patients have felt & seen his love thru us.”

Their first medical outreach in Kalemyo was a blessing to the entire team. They ministered to 170 patients. Medication was distributed, each patient was prayed for, wounds were treated, the Physical Therapist on the team was very busy as was the local dentist who pulled teeth ALL day long! We give all glory to God!

In Khin Tar, the team went on to minister to 128 patients in a Buddhist community. The local Myanmar Christians serving with the team were a great blessing!

On another day, the team did a medical outreach at Restoration Bible Institute. The community was invited to participate in this outreach if they had need of medical attention. Some of the patients included some Buddhist monks who live in the community near RBI.

The picture above is team member Deb Trego, and Myanma nurse, Lucy sharing scripture & prayer with Aee Khine, 24 years old. Lucy will continue to follow up with her in Myanmar after the team leaves

The team has finished the medical outreaches,  but are now teaching (CHE) Community Health Evangelism. They have just finished Day 3 of the training. Lonnie Burley, FAME Director of Short-Term Trips recently communicated to us that “We have close to 50 Pastors and community leaders attending this training. God is being glorified through our team’s facilitators and our brothers and sisters in Christ who are in attendance. Feeling blessed…..”

Thank you for your continued prayers for the team in Myanmar. They return to the US February 24.