There’s a lot of talk about knowing your “why.” I tell you a lot of stories about the people and projects of the “how” of medical evangelism, but as we head into a new year, may I emphasize the “why” and take it a step further to ask for your prayer?

Part of the results of what you make possible at FAME are in our “control” but there is one part that is up to the Holy Spirit.

One thing to pray for in 2025 is that each person treated in the name of Jesus and who is told the good news will respond “Yes!” to Jesus!

Every FAME partner has a plan for evangelism. Each one is a little different but they are all intentional in their approach.  Above is a picture of the Chaplain’s motorcycle for one African partner. They not only share the good news while someone is a patient at their clinics, but the chaplain follows up and visits them afterwards too! At this specific mission, which has multiple 24/7 clinics, the chaplain is also the church planting director for the area!

So a prayer request for 2025 is that doors will open for FAME partners and trip participants to share the gospel (our part) and that each person who hears will respond “Yes!” to Jesus!

Thank you for your partnership in medical evangelism!

Dear FAME Prayer Partner,

Blessings in the New Year! Thank you so much for your continued support of the ministry of FAME through prayer. It is because of faithful prayer warriors like you that our ministry is strengthened and that people all around the world are being healed both physically and spiritually through medical evangelism. We at FAME have seen God’s blessings this past year and we look forward to seeing what God has planned for the ministry in 2025.

As we start a new year, may we remember that no matter what lies ahead in the coming year, Jesus is right there with us guiding us, comforting us and strengthening us in times of need and uncertainty. Recently I came across a devotional in Guideposts that speaks of just that and how sometimes we just need to be reminded that Jesus is in control.

The author writes about a gift that was received by her husband and how it gave her comfort for the new year. The gift was a simple framed message penned by a professional calligrapher that read, Trust Me. I have everything under control. Jesus

She goes on to write, He set the frame down amidst the clutter on the kitchen counter so I could see that simple message as I went about my tasks. Slowly those words began to change my frame of mind. If I needed something to help me carry my old concerns into the New Year, I’d just found it … the determination to face each day’s concerns, trusting in the words of this promise from the Source of all comfort and strength.

How wonderful it is knowing that Jesus is always with us. He comforts us, strengthens us, and hears our prayers.

As we start the new year, please partner with us in praying for the following that are on each day of the January calendar.

• God’s provision for the ministry in the coming year
• FAME Board members as they continue to lead the ministry
• A short-term medical mission team that will be going to Thailand to serve with Asia Christian Services. Pray for not only the team, but the people they will be serving around Mae Sot. Mae Sot sits at the border of Myanmar (Burma) and Thailand. The ACS clinic is serving thousands of refugees who are fleeing Burma, as well as those who live in the surrounding area.

Thank you again for your partnership in prayer and blessings in the coming year

Click here for the January Prayer Calendar

They traveled “afar”
2 hours
3 hours
8 hours
11 hours

What do these all have in common? These are the travel times walking that I have been told recently about people to reach a FAME partner clinic. Before a FAME clinic, or where one is needed the number of hours is higher and sometimes just as many hours driving!

The wisemen who arrived After Jesus was born in Bethlehem followed what they knew. And they found Jesus.

Because of you, every day people “travel afar” seeking what they know they need and they find Jesus!

Timon just wanted to find out what was wrong with his mother. She had been ill for many weeks and no traditional remedies or treatments by ‘practitioners’ in their village were improving her condition. So he packed supplies, and was able to put his mother in a 2 wheel cart that was pulled by his motorcycle.
He drove her the rough (terribly rough) journey for 4 hours to a 24/7 clinic staffed by a nurse who had received a FAME scholarship!

The first good news is that antibiotic and fluids were all she needed for treatment, and the second good news is that because she needed to stay overnight a couple of nights she and Timon heard the GOOD NEWS. Most of your FAME partner clinics are connected to local churches which have been started through medical evangelism. Timon was waiting for his mom and so he was outside of the church and clinic on Sunday morning. People arrived and were kind to him. He remained outside though, but as the service began he was drawn to listen. Next thing Timon knew he was drawn (like the wisemen following the star) into the building.

May I jump to the conclusion that you see coming? Timon and his mom came to the clinic seeking treatment, and they found the true CURE also!

They came seeking one thing and found Jesus!

That’s because of you! As you celebrate the gift of Jesus to the world, could you consider one last gift of the year to help people like Timon and his mom who travel afar to find treatment, but also find the cure in Jesus?

Thank you for your partnership and the opportunity to impact thousands every day around the world with the good news of great joy that is for all people!

This week’s Character of Christmas is YOU!

In the biblical story of the nativity, there may have been an innkeeper who played a subtle yet pivotal role. Though his inn was full and unable to provide a traditional space for Mary and Joseph, he offered the only available option—a stable. This small act of compassion, though seemingly modest, created a safe and sheltered environment for Mary to give birth to Jesus. In a moment of need, the innkeeper’s generosity provided a place of refuge for a family that would change the world.

The vision for the clinic (one day hospital) pictured here began with a crisis of an expectant mother.

She came to a mountain village clinic where a husband/wife physician couple had just opened their first one room consultation clinic. She was in the early stages of labor, so they prepared her and sent her and her husband on a two-hour drive to the nearest hospital for a safe delivery. Tragically that hospital had her wait in the waiting room for hours, so long that a crisis occurred and both the mother and the baby didn’t survive. At that moment – they began planning this facility, which is now ready for the flooring tiles that are scheduled to be delivered this week.

There needs to be a safe place for the 21,000 people who live in the villages surrounding this wonderful new clinic / maternity clinic; and other places like this!

Much like the innkeeper’s act of kindness, FAME partners extend their generosity to create safe spaces for mothers and fathers around the globe. Through your generosity, hospitals, birthing centers, and other facilities have been built, ensuring families have access to secure, supportive environments to welcome their children. Just as the stable became a sanctuary for Mary and Joseph, these places of care stand as testaments to the transformative power of compassion, offering hope and safety to families in need.

The innkeeper’s small but meaningful gesture parallels the impact of you and many people like you who invest in creating havens for families worldwide. Whether a stable in Bethlehem or a fully equipped birthing center, these actions share a common thread: the provision of a safe, nurturing space for the miracle of life to unfold. In both cases, such kindness not only meets immediate needs but also sets a foundation for hope because of the message of the Good News of Great Joy!

Thank you for Providing like the Inn Keeper! You are one of the Characters of Christmas!

Blessings and Merry Christmas!

Dear Prayer Partner,

We are so blessed in knowing that we have partners like you that come alongside us daily to pray for our FAME partners, staff, board of directors, volunteers, mission trips, and other items of ministry. Through times of plenty and times of storms in life, we find such comfort in knowing you are partnering with us and the ministry through prayer.

This month we continue to pray for our FAME partners in Ukraine. Please continue to pray for the safety of these partners, for wisdom and discernment, and that through such tragedy, people may turn to God and find Christ as their true Savior. We have shipped or will be shipping much-needed medical supplies to many of these partners.

One of our FAME partners in Ukraine has many workers still in their home cities serving those in need. They also have workers that for their safety have left the country or have moved to the western part of Ukraine. As to protect those serving, we are listing only their initials at this time. God knows who they are. Please join us in praying for the safety and strength of each of these Christian Healthcare workers and that they may show the love of Christ in this time of need for so many.

A.Z. M.S. O.K. A.M. V.K. N.K. I.B.
N.V. V.Y. E.K. E.L. N.N. L.K. D.S.
V.S. T.L. V.K. S.B. I.S. D.S. J.O.
E.K. O.B. S.P. R.K. V.M. L.G. L.M.
N.Z. L.L. A.I. O.Z. S.B. A.D. A.I.
G.S. G.G.
J.N. serving refugees food at a train station and treating others
S.L. was injured in war and needs surgery
V.H. wife is expecting soon
N.G. and L.R. there has not been contact with these individuals

Other people to pray for this month include our FAME Board of Directors. The Spring board meeting will be held in late April, and leading up to that we ask for your partnership in praying for each of the board members that they be led by God as they make decisions for the ministry.

In addition, please also pray for some volunteer groups that will be coming this month. We are so blessed to have so many wonderful volunteers help us in our work. If you or your group would like to volunteer, you can contact Barry Reed, FAME’s Director of Mission Resources at barryr@fameworld.org. We would LOVE for you to come. All ages are welcome. 😊

In a devotion I read by Billy Graham written some years ago he says, As Christians, our great task is to obey the command to tell the whole world about Christ crucified, buried, yet risen again. My prayer for you during this season of the year, when we meditate on our Savior’s great sacrifice for us on the cross, is that you will be filled with great peace and hope, because “He is risen!” That is the Good News.

We too, pray that you may find peace and hope this Easter season. He has Risen!

Blessings in the coming month.

Click here for the April Prayer Calendar

The man was brought to the FAME Partner hospital with a serious machete wound across his face and his head and his life was in danger. FAME partner doctors examined him closely, looked at all of their options, but came to realize that because of the supply issues in Haiti they did not have the antibiotic or other medicines they needed to treat this man and he probably would not make it.

Ro Ro Eustache of Haitian Christian Outreach (HCO), who oversees the hospital, arrived that evening just in time to hear the story of this man whose life was in danger.  He gathered the hospital staff to pray since the only obvious option was a miracle from the Great Physician to be able to treat this man with his machete wound. 

At the same time, the security guards at the gate to the hospital compound were very frustrated with a truck driver who was continuing to honk at the gate requesting to be allowed to pull his delivery truck into the compound to have a secure place to stay for the night. The men kept telling him that they could not allow him to come into the compound just because he was seeking a secure place to sleep in his truck.  The truck driver continued to honk and disrupt the prayer meeting they were having for the life or death situation of the man with the machete wound.  Finally, after the honking continued, Ro Ro went to the gate to ask the security guards what was the problem. They explained the situation and Ro Ro decided to step outside the gate and ask the man how he could help.  He explained he had a delivery to take North many miles and he would not be able to drive safely that night and was requesting a place to park his truck so that he could sleep safely until morning. 

Ro Ro was intrigued and inquired what the man was delivering and found it was medicines to the government hospital.  Ro Ro invited him to pull his truck into the compound and asked him for permission to contact the hospital to be able to find out what type of medicines they had inside the truck.

They called the hospital, finding out that the exact antibiotic, IV fluids, and supplies that they needed were on the truck.  The hospital agreed and they immediately treated the man with the machete wound and his life was saved!

Amazing, that the very answer to the prayer was an interruption to the prayer meeting! 

This FAME partner relies heavily on medical shipments and supplies that you have helped provide for many many years.   But they also rely on the prayers of God‘s people! 

When you receive our Monthly Prayer Calendar- and pray, it IS healthcare and evangelism work by you! 

Thank you for your partnership! 

As a partner with FAME, you have already been helping Ukraine’s Most Vulnerable!!! 

Impacting the world’s most vulnerable is what YOU do through FAME every day!  Refugees are being helped in Africa, Asia, and Europe in an ongoing way by FAME partners year-round.  By partnering with FAME you ARE HELPING HUMANITARIAN CRISIS’ every day – but your impact includes something that many don’t – an Evangelism message and the hope that comes from Jesus! 

In 2016 a current Ukrainian ministry with 39 community health workers scattered throughout that country began receiving medical equipment and supplies from FAME.  Well before most of the world knew of any conflict between Russia and Ukraine, these partners, the young man pictured in particular, provided Wound Care Supplies that were given by FAME to a rescue organization on the front lines to treat and care for victims of violence in the war zone! 

In other words, you have been providing the “boots-on-the-ground” the medical supplies they need as they share the hope of Jesus for 6 years! 

Here are 3 recent stories from the last few weeks:

1. The head of a Ukrainian surgical hospital expressed his gratitude as this FAME partner provided crutches for the hospital when the hospital had NONE!  These were processed, repaired, and shipped from Indianapolis!!!

2.  A FAME partner community health worker Thanks God for your prayers- she shares that one Babushka (grandmother) was resting on her bed in her room when her son called her outside to see how he was working in the garden preparing it for Spring.  She got up and went outside.  At that very moment, a huge shell flew into her window in the bedroom where she was just resting and destroyed the wall and everything in the room.  

3. Additionally, a large Emergency Fund gift was just approved to help refugees who are being safely cared for by an Evangelistic organization that has been training leaders, but is now caring for a growing number of Refugees! 

Your FAME partners have been courageous- taking food to Ukrainian soldiers, making runs in their vehicles to take people to safety, visiting the elderly, and taking them a stockpile of food/blankets/medicines at great risk to their own lives.  Power is off, water is off, store shelves are emptying, gasoline is hard to get.  The lines of vehicles waiting to be processed at borders reach up to 30 kilometers long. 

Help and hope is being given to the people of Ukraine, now and for the last 6 years, because of YOU!  Here is what one partner reported, “our team is doing everything they can wherever they are, leading, loving, sharing the Gospel.  And people are listening…”  They also share, “Our team is alive…this is the direct hand of God…”

When you partner with FAME, you partner with heroes like these in Ukraine and over 50 other countries this last year!  Even when the news media did not report on the Ukrainian war zone, YOU WERE ALREADY HELPING THERE! 

Thank you for your partnership in prayer and generosity!

**To give to the Ukraine Emergency Fund Click Here  and choose Ukraine-Emergency Relief in the drop down. 

For years a young couple had been creating much trouble for a FAME partner’s work among a  remote people group.   This husband and wife criticized the gospel and raised up many young people to oppose their work.  They were so aggressive that they would work with these radical young people to chase the evangelists and workers from their neighborhoods in the villages.

This faithful FAME partner put them on their prayer lists for over one year. 

Recently the husband became very ill and it became serious!  His wife went to the ministry to ask for help and prayer.  This ministry had the Grand Opening of a brand-new clinic in February which FAME funded through YOUR generosity! 

“We responded quickly to go to him, pray for him and help all that we could!  We added them to all of our prayer cells at the churches and also in our Tuesday fasting, we prayed for his speedy recovery.” 

By the grace of God, work of the medical care at the clinic, and prayer he was cured.  The husband and wife started coming to Church on Sundays.  Your FAME partner reported March 6th in an email, “Today they asked me to give baptism for the remission of their sin.  After their baptism, they both smiled for the first time.  Because of their life change, they took the new names, Mercy and Stephen.” 

Because of you, stories like this happen every day!  Every day over 5,500 people hear the Gospel Message when they receive Medical Care through FAME’s partners!  And not only are they treated in the name of Jesus, but MANY also receive eternal hope because of you! 

Thank you for your partnership with FAME. The world’s most vulnerable are less vulnerable because of you!