October 2014 -  Newsletter

MEDICAL MISSION INTERNATIONAL Updates from the Mission Field


Words from the Director

Greetings to all,

This is the Thanksgiving season!  Here at MMI we have a lot to be thankful for.

This past August, we did our first skin graft clinic in our new home in Sokod�, Togo, Africa.  The team in Sokod� worked hard in preparation for the clinic.  They cleaned up the house, the grounds, built a small dorm, put a grass roof over the Gazebo, and set up a room to treat the patients - all within a couple of months.  We were so excited to have such a nice environment to treat our patients.  Imagine ... we even had light and a fan.  Really we felt tremendously blessed.  Many of you sent us words of encouragement and financial support for this ministry.  We thank you for your love and for entrusting us with your donations.  We are privileged to partner with you in the work being done in Togo. Having your support behind this ministry gives us greater motivation to continue.

Wishing you all nice Thanksgiving Celebrations.

Madeleine Allard
Director of Medical Mission International 
 
 
Really?

This is the medical team who worked in M�, Togo, Africa in August.  

August is a time of heavy rain in central Togo. We are not talking of drizzles but rather HEAVY rain - pouring down in buckets. To protect ourselves, we set up the clinic and sleeping tents inside a vacant school, not being used during August.   

We were prepared for the deluge to come but it didn't come on the first day, nor the following days.  We had dry skies. People coming to the clinic and visitors reported that the surrounding villages had heavy rains with thunder and lightning, but there was no rain in M�. 

On the last day, the clinic was closed to the villagers.  We attended only the volunteers who had worked with us during the week.  That day we had rain.   It was disconcerting to us since that evening we were planning to show the "Jesus" film.  We thought surely it would soon stop, but it didn't.  By 3 o'clock it was still raining.  

We went outside to the yard and made a big circle to pray for the rain to stop. Since  we had seen the Lord holding up the rain the whole week for us, we had faith that He would do the same thing again.  At 4 PM the rain stopped and we were able to present the film that evening under the stars.  Many people came to see the film and expressed a desire to know the LORD that night.

We heard that the heavy rains resumed the day after we left the village.

Daniel 4:2
 
Not Ashamed Anymore
(with permission granted from patient) 

This patient came to us in April.  He did not have a steady job.  Sometimes he found work but it was labor work which was difficult for him due to the pain from his wound.  He had no money to seek treatment.  He told us that he had had the wound for more than two years.  When he came to us, it was severely infected.  

Many of our patients have chronic wounds, but they also suffer emotional wounds.  They retreat from loved ones because their wounds smell.  Often they believe that they have been cursed.

We treated this patient with antibiotics and a skin graft.  In August he came back to show us his healed wound.  He was clean, wearing a nice African outfit and a huge smile.  He was "not ashamed anymore".  His dignity had been restored and his life was transformed.

 
Baptism 


















On our first Sunday in the village of M�, many villagers came to the church service to see what was going on at the school where we had set up clinic.  We started by singing praises. Then the pastor explained the good news about Jesus and there was an unexpected response from the attending crowd.  Many expressed their desire to become Christians. Someone came up with the idea to baptize.  The pastor was very clear that only those desiring to be baptized should come to the river.  

Were we actually living in what had happened in the book of ACTS when many came to the Lord? We remembered that in Acts 8:35-38, Philip had explained to the "official" the good news about Jesus.  The official said, "Look! Here is some water.  Why can't I be baptized?" Indeed, why not? Philip didn't have an answer, and we didn't have one either.  So we baptized 39 people that afternoon.

This was a great celebration.  It is a serious commitment for anyone in Africa to publicly confess one's faith in Jesus.   They are currently building the new church in that area.

Christmas Cards

We need your help!!!!

Over the last few years we have been selling Christmas cards to help us pay for medicine and nursing supplies needed for the ministry.

They are selling the cards for $5.00/card or $10/3 cards.

If you would like to help us by selling or purchasing some for yourself, please let us know.  Before we send them to you, we will give you an estimate of the cost of shipping, for your approval.

Thank you!                             I am interested in the Christmas Cards


                                                                           

We hope you enjoy it and that you will make comments in our "News" section.

You are invited also to check our prayer section.  Please don't hesitate to leave a comment.  Your responses are a source of encouragement to us.
 
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