This story of YOUR IMPACT with re-bar, concrete, sand, aggregate, etc……all matter because of vulnerable people like this 60-year-old woman in India. 

“She came with a small marble-sized swelling on the left upper jaw, we scheduled a simple in-clinic procedure for the next week.  But quarantines and lockdowns prevented her from coming and our outpatient clinic (NACEA in India- Dr. Rajesh Paul) from being open.  Months later she returned to us with a large swelling occupying the whole of the left side of her face.”  After testing, it was obvious that they COULD NOT DO THE PROCEDURE, BUT WOULD HAVE TO REFER HER to a Doctor they trust.  BUT AFTER THIS IN-PATIENT HOSPITAL IS COMPLETE – THEY WILL BE ABLE to do this procedure!  This story ends well.  The treatments were completed and this family of all Hindus, except for one Christian niece, began to be visited by a NACEA planted church Preacher.  Rajesh writes, “Last Sunday was the first day that the lady and her husband went to church for the first time in their lives.  Pray that this family grows more in faith and accept Christ in the near future!” 

This is something YOU have done!  You have made it possible for women like this to be treated in the name of Jesus and HEAR the gospel!    It may take two trucks of 40 tons of sand, 22 tractor loads of stone aggregate, 20000kg of cement, thousands of pounds of rebar, and many hours of labor; but this 2nd Story Hospital Floor (poured last week) is the OPEN DOOR FOR THE GOSPEL for thousands in the North Andhra Coast of India. 

 

It was a quiet Saturday morning in the Haitian Village of les Cayes.  Sabrina and her family were getting up and making plans for breakfast.  Sabrina is a 22-year-old girl who had dreams of attending a Haitian University to be a nurse.  She had been recommended to FAME for a Scholarship by a Haitian FAME Partner but had not yet heard if her application had been received or if she had been chosen to be a FAME Scholarship Recipient. 

FAME Scholarships provide nationals the resources for the in-country schooling needed to become medical professionals and then serve their sponsoring ministry in that nation!

As Sabrina and her family were sitting down to eat, the ground began to shake. They ran to safety as they watched their home crumble in the August 14th 7.2 Earthquake.  They lost everything!  It seemed her chance to go to school to be a nurse was also lost. 

But that’s not how God works.  Unaware of Sabrina’s earthquake status, this week, FAME approved her application and notified her sponsoring ministry!  We just received the message back that told us of her tragedy- but the amazing response that she will be able to start her education and become a Medical Evangelism, Medical Professional!  

Amazing!  Global Health Situations are not predictable, but our FAME Monthly Partners are!  Your faithful partnership allows FAME to empower nationals to become medical professionals and change communities one person at a time! 

Thank you for your partnership!

 P.S.  A Shipping Container of Supplies for a FAME Partner Hospital overwhelmed by the Earthquake and Tropical Storm, is on the Ocean right now on its way to Haiti!  Please Pray for FAME’s many Medical Evangelism Partners in Haiti!

*Sabrina’s name is changed for her privacy

Every doctor appointment around the globe begins with a measurement.  Height and Weight, blood pressure, oxygen level, heart rate, blood work etc. 

But how do you measure impact? 

Abieto was losing weight and unable to eat without getting sick.  His parents tried homemade remedies for an upset stomach but nothing helped.  After finding transportation from a distant relative, Abieto and his parents traveled nearly two hours to a FAME partner clinic where an ultrasound (which YOU helped to provide) discovered the problem and surgery was required.  His parents were scared of the surgery because they were fearful of losing their son, as all of us would be – but here is the difference – this FAME partner doctor was able to tell them of the hope in Jesus Christ.  The whole family believed, and were baptized!  Abieto had the surgery, and is back in his village, in school, and playing with his friends! 

That’s our measurement of impact.

IMPACT = treated in the name of Jesus + hear the gospel 

This next year FAME’s IMPACT goal is that for every dollar given to FAME – that 2 people will be treated in the name of Jesus + hear the gospel.  I wish all my financial decisions had such an impact!  For 50 years lives have been being changed by medical evangelism with FAME, and to think that 2 people will experience the hope and help of Jesus for every dollar I give to FAME!  WOW! 

Can you go to www.fameworld.org/donate and make a special 50th Anniversary gift or become a $50 Monthly Impact Partner if you are not already? 

Global Health situations are not predictable- but our Monthly Partners are- and that has allowed FAME to be your partner in medical evangelism for boys like Abieto.

*Abieto’s name is changed for privacy

The whole earth is filled with awe at your wonders;
where morning dawns, where evening fades, you call forth songs of joy.
                                                                           Psalm 65:8

We so appreciate your continued support of the ministry of FAME through prayer. We are humbled in knowing that you are faithfully praying for FAME Mission partners, volunteers, scholarship recipients, staff, board members, along with various ministry activities.

This month, we ask that you join us in prayer for many of our regular FAME volunteers that come weekly or monthly to serve. We are blessed to have them use their time and talents to help further the Kingdom through the important part they play in medical evangelism.

We also ask that you pray for the FAME scholarship recipients that are studying to become medical professionals in their home countries. The current scholarship recipients are studying to become doctors, surgeons, nurses, community health workers and Pharmacy techs. We are blessed to be able to provide these medical scholarships to these talented Christian young people who have a heart to serve others.

Other items of prayer this month include FAME’s first medical mission trip in over a year and a half to Mexico from August 21-28. Please pray for the host mission, Worldwide Hispanic Outreach and the trip participants that will be going on the trip. The team will be involved in medical outreaches and teaching preventative health.

Lastly, please pray for many of the shipments of medical supplies that have been sent in recent months and that have arrived in-country or will be arriving soon. Please pray that the medical supplies will be a blessing to the ministries to whom they will be going and that they will help the mission in their efforts to bring people to Christ through medical evangelism.

Thank you again for your continued partnership with FAME through prayer!

Click here for the August Prayer Calendar