1. Pray for aid to reach to where it is intended to go. 2. Pray the Taliban will be rendered powerless on its threat to attack aid workers. 3. Pray for grace and comfort for the Pakistan Christians to remain faithful to Christ as they face persecution by the majority religion.
Continue reading...1. August 2010
Greetings from MercyWorks! We have an exciting medical missions opportunity. This fall, from October 18 to November 8, MercyWorks is sending a medical team to Peru and have openings for doctors and nurses. Karen Youngblood, our international medical coordinator, will be heading up the medical team. The MercyWorks medical team will be serving the Shipibo [...]
Continue reading...1. August 2010
The MercyWorks office extension is almost complete! Construction of the two new offices at our headquarters began in May, adding 400 square feet and giving MercyWorks more office space and a much needed pharmacy. We are extremely grateful to those who gave generously towards this project! A special thanks goes out to Ewell Dickerson and [...]
Continue reading...24. March 2010
In other news, MercyWorks plans to build two offices onto our existing headquarters in East Texas. Construction is fairly simple but we will need help with pouring the foundation, framing, roofing, electrical work, installing insulation, drywall, painting and trim work. If you or anyone you know of is interested in volunteering to help meet this [...]
Continue reading...21. January 2010
This morning our team woke up at 6 a.m. and less than 5 minutes later, a very strong aftershock (measuring 6.1) hit. Team members immediately ran out of the orphanage house where we are staying. This morning’s 6.1 aftershock was pretty significant in that it was stronger than all previous aftershocks, and comes more than [...]
Continue reading...6. January 2010
Our first stop on Thursday was visiting Step Ahead Bangkok, a micro-enterprise development ministry headed by YWAMers John and Kimberly Quinley, American missionaries who have lived in Thailand for the past 25 years. The fruit from their many endeavors is evident in changed lives throughout the country. Our goal for the first day was visiting [...]
Continue reading...6. December 2009
After seeing the work of Step Ahead Bangkok and Step Ahead Pattaya, we then drove to observe YWAM’s SLUM ministries. This is perhaps one of the simplest and purest ministry concepts I have ever seen in 30 years of full-time missions work. I suggested to the team they use the letters in SLUM to stand [...]
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14. September 2010
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