Haitian Clinic

Where’s the Ship?

In partnership with Haitian pastor Rodne Romeus, AMG has opened a new medical clinic in Grand Bassin, Haiti. After months of prayer, sweat, and sacrificial giving, the building was recently completed and dedicated. A nurse, pharmacist, and lab technician are giving tender, loving, Christian medical care seeing to the extremely poor residents of Grand Bassin. Along with that care, patients also receive encouragement from God’s Word, and an explanation of God’s plan of salvation. Two patients recently trusted Christ as their Savior at the clinic.

So the Bethesda Medical Clinic is up and running, but just bare-ly. Funds have been exhausted just getting the building open. National Worker sponsorships are helping with the staff salaries. But equipment is needed! Beds, stethoscopes, BP cuffs, cabinets, a wheel chair, a refrigerator (for drugs) otoscopes, a microscope, a centrifuge, an autoclave, and lots more. Thanks to our good friends at Equipping The Saints ministry, most of this equipment is available and “ready to go” to Haiti.

What’s holding us back? MONEY for shipping. Another ministry has agreed to share a shipping container, so the shipping cost to AMG is only HALF. But it’s still $3,000 - that we do not have.

So… we have a shipping container full of supplies. Can you help us “hire the ship” and become a part of this vital ministry to some desperately poor people in Haiti?

Cedarville team trip to Peru - March 09

The team from Cedarville

Certainity in Uncertain Times

Recently the staff at AMG read through and discussed in their weekly department meetings, an interesting book for the current times. The book is relevant to the majority of Americans today who are experiencing some fear of the future. This book brings to light a topic most people do not like to hear preached in church–giving. Next to speaking about our sin nature and eternal separation from the Lord, this topic would rate high on the list as objectionable subjects.

However, in my opinion the book Fields of Gold, written by Andy Stanley, was a book that spoke loudly to me even to the point of giving it to several people and recommending it to many others. I thought another way to possibly communicate to even more people was to put a blurb on my blog to challenge others to read this book. No one will agree with all Andy states in the book but the practical and scriptural input of his insight to help each of us deal with the emotions of fear, giving and God’s care for us is worthy of investigation through reading Fields of Gold.

Do we trust or are we fearful? Are we afraid to trust what God promises during these times of economic uncertainty? Are we willing to let fear engulf us or are we willing to be good stewards of the resources the Lord has entrusted us? Only you can answer these questions, but know that trusting God totally removes fear, regardless of whether it is finances, life issues, illness or even death. I will not say that reading this book will ease your concerns, but I do believe that the biblical insights will strengthen your faith. I challenge you. Read Fields of Gold.

Peru Mission Trip

This is my second trip to the country of Peru since December. I had the pleasure of hosting a twelve person team from Cedarville University. The team ministered in a church in Lima before heading north on Monday for an 8 hour bus trip to the town of Huaraz. The team ministered to children on Tuesday at an AMG sponsored child care center. On Wednesday it was off to another mountain area of Yungar and than on Thursday turning south for another two and half hour bus ride down a descending mud road to a village town. This town isolated by high mountains had not been visited by any prior team. We found both children and adults appreciated the ministry by the students in song, games and skits. One teacher even came to the afternoon ministry time and requested the words to the songs that she and her first grade class had heard earlier in the morning in the town square. Five or more children responded to an invitation to accept Christ as Savior.

It really is difficult to put into words how the Lord truly worked through the team blessing children and adults that were separated by language for most of us. However, the hugs and showing the children of how to play games and with the help of another AMG missionary that could speak Spanish he made it possible for three good days of ministry. God opened doors and touched lives that will only be known once we are in Heaven.

It was a blessing to have a co-worker Roberto on the team and my special gratitude goes to Pastor Jose, Andres and Eric as well as many others that made arrangements for transportation and guiding us to the various ministry locations. May the Lord bless them for their servant's heart and to the Cedarville leader and students that were a delight to serve.