Dear Friends and Partners of FAME,
Do you remember the Earth, Wind & Fire song from 1978, “September”?
Ba de ya, say do you remember?
Ba de ya, dancing in September
Ba de ya, never was a cloudy day (are you humming it now?)
Do you remember last September? Do you remember what it was like to live in a world without an unrelenting pandemic, an increase in racial tensions, masks, getting together with family and friends, going to church, going to school, going to work, receiving medical care, volunteering, attending sporting events, going on a vacation, going on a mission trip, and no “social distancing”?
Last September, as well as other Septembers, seem like dreams compared to the world we live in now. So much has changed as we look at the current world we live in. What has not changed is the love of our God and He being with us through all of this.
Recently, FAME Executive Director, Bill Warren said, “Even though several FAME short-term medical mission trips this year have been canceled and some of our Sustainable Healthcare Projects are “on hold” because of mandated lockdowns, God is still at work! We have heard from so many of our partners with stories of their unique opportunities to reach out and help people in their communities during a pandemic. One partner in India is waiting for the pandemic to end so they can continue work on this desperately needed primary care clinic. Today it is just a foundation but soon it will be a place where people will find help and hope – both physically and spiritually. In the meantime, they are feeding people who are hungry, and I recently saw pictures of the baptisms of six people.”
There are great needs among our partners, and this month we invite you to partner with us in praying for many of them and the medical projects we have committed to funding for their missions.
Other items of prayer for this month include our FAME scholarship recipients who are studying to become medical professionals, FAME’s short-term mission trips that are currently scheduled for 2021, some upcoming conferences that will now be virtual instead of in person, volunteer groups, and some church visits where Jeff Coon, FAME Director of Development will be presenting FAME and how churches can partner with us in reaching the lost through medical evangelism.
Please know that we are grateful to you and your partnership. Your prayers are making a difference in lives around the world.
Many blessings to all of you!
Click here for the September Prayer Calendar