Travels: (Dios mediante--Lord willing)
March 19 to 23: To Orlando, Florida for Child Safety training.
April 2023: To the Christian Health Service Corps base in Texas for a board meeting.
May 2023: To Reynosa, Mexico for Children's CHE training.
June 2023: To Guatemala for a CHE Internship (or Residencia)
Prayers and Praise
1. The training with the CHE Internship in Ghana was challenging but it went well. One day I arose before 2 am (due to the time zone difference) to teach for six hours. And most of the participants spoke French, so I was working online, to Africa, in the very early morning, with a small screen, working through translators! Thank God for the technology and for carrying us through it.
2. This Sunday I leave for training with the Child Safety & Protection Network. Their purpose is "Empowering organizations around the world to have an effective, wholistic child safety programme". Even missionary kids are at risk. I am being trained to respond to reports of child safety problems.
3. The board meeting with the Christian Health Service Corps was postponed until late April. CHSC is a great ministry, training and sending out medical missionaries to mission hospitals and communities around the world. Many also do community health evangelism, bringing Christ's transformation to villages. As CHSC explains, "CHSC doctors and health professionals are often the only access to care for families in poor communities." While I am in Texas, I hope to also check on the progress on the cabin.
4. You may remember that I started working as a medical missionary in Reynosa, México, across the border from McAllen, TX, more than twenty years ago. Now they have invited me back again to work with a group of pastors and church leaders who would like to be trained in Children's CHE, or community health evangelism with children. Pray that this training will be effective in mobilizing them to begin CHE in their own communities. Pray also for safety in travel.
5. Side note: I think there has been an increase in drug activity in Zihuatanejo, but I live in a quiet neighborhood and feel safe here. Thanks for your prayers.
6. In June, I have again been invited to Guatemala to give Children's CHE training at their Residencia, or CHE Internship, A CHE Internship serves to give more training to leaders who have already received basic training in community health evangelism.
7. Praise note. We are in the process of publishing an updated CHE USB, containing all our training materials--more than 15,000 files. Thanks to all the people who worked on this. If you have taken CHE training and would like a copy, please contact me.
8. Our Zihuatanejo ministries are going well. Continue to pray for new leadership for Talita Cumi, our small orphanage, and for a new pastor to come alongside Ron.
9. Continue to pray for relief from the drought in Africa. Pray for the families without enough food, who are waiting for the next harvest.
Thank God for his protection! And thanks for your prayers and encouragement. Let me know how I can be praying for you.
With love in Christ,
Jody