Going back to Jordan

In early February I am heading back overseas to Jordan on a 10 day medical mission trip. Again this year, we will be providing free medical care for Syrian refugees and some local Jordanians who do not have access to medical care. I am excited for the opportunity to go back and minister to this group of people who continue to be displaced from their home country and are facing a very difficult situation in Jordan.  Last year we treated over 700 refugees (~400 for medical treatment and 300 for dental care). This year we anticipate that we will see a lot more people. 

Normally on medical mission trips we are able to bring medications through customs in personal baggage to use in country.  However, like last year our hosts in Jordan have told us this method is not possible. Therefore, we will again have to purchase medications in Jordan to be able to serve in the capacity that we have been called. There will be a significant expense involved with this purchase and I am asking for you to consider contributing financially to this cause.

As a team we are hoping to raise $12,000 to purchase the necessary medications and cover the costs of the trip. I'm asking if you will consider making a $20 donation towards this trip. Any funds that are raised above the expense of the medications and/or the trip will be donated to our host group for the intent purpose of being used towards addressing ongoing medical needs.

If you are able to make a tax-deductible donation to go online to this link and select my name.https://vcbc.ccbchurch.com/form_response.php?id=78 or you can write a check, make it out to Valley Community Baptist Church and in the memo section write - Jordan trip and mail it to me.

All donations need to be received by January 24th.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me. Below are some pictures taken last year. 

Many thanks to those who can help meet this need. 

Keep Smiling,

Short Term Trip

In February I am heading overseas to Jordan on a 10 day medical mission trip. We will be providing medical care for Syrian refugees and some local Jordanians who do not have access to medical care. I am excited for the opportunity to minister to this group of people. Many who have have been displaced from their home country are facing a very difficult situation in the refugee camps.  I anticipate that we will  see a lot of people with some challenging medical needs given their current living environment.  

One challenge that we face is deploying medications to the patients that we will be treating.  Normally on medical mission trips we are able to bring medications through customs in personal baggage to use in country.  However, our hosts in Jordan have told us this method is not possible.  Therefore, we will have to purchase medications in Jordan to be able to serve in the capacity that we have been called.  There will be a significant expense involved with this purchase and I am asking for you to consider contributing financially to this cause.  

As a team we are hoping to raise $10,000 to purchase the necessary medications. I'm asking if you will consider making a $10 donation towards this purchase. Any funds that are raised above the expense of the medications will be donated to our host group for the intent purpose of being used towards addressing ongoing medical needs.  

To give on-line, go to www.valleycommunity.cc /Online Giving. Select the 2014 Jordan Mission Trip and write "medications" in the memo section. If you prefer to pay by check, checks should be made out to Valley Community Baptist Church, write Jordan Mission Trip in the memo line and forwarded to me at my home address. 

Many thanks to those who can help meet this need.