Mama Christine (as she is fondly referred to by her community) is raising her six children alone after she was widowed when devastation (perpetrated by rebels of a different faith) came to her community. Her traumatized neighbors wanted to flee from the area, but they didn’t have that option. “What will happen to us; where […]
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Many women have never learned how valuable they are in God’s eyes until they experienced a Women’s Cycle of Life (WCL) training. Genet in Ethiopia and says, “The men have changed a lot spiritually. Before we were trained in Women’s Cycle of Life, our husbands would never allow us to go out of the home […]
Women and children were among the nearly 250 people violently killed in a recent attack in the Plateau State of Nigeria by Fulani herdsmen against predominantly Christian farming communities. Twelve villages were destroyed. Our partners in the Nigerian CHE network immediately responded to the crisis, as several of the affected communities are CHE communities. Last […]
Dear Friends, Malaria is a dreaded word in many places in the world. Mothers watch their children burn with fever and shake with chills at the same time, aching and miserably ill. Everyone dreads the possibility of this common disease turning deadly as it attacks the brain—and either kills or brings irreversible brain damage. Fifty […]
Dear Friends, There is big news from Medical Ambassadors I want to share with you at the end of this letter. However to show you why it is such important news, I want to tell you a story. What would you do if the children in your church were suffering from malnutrition? Photo Credit: CHeitz […]
I have been told many of you are interested in missions who “play well with others.” You can see the value of not duplicating efforts, of collaboration, of partnerships. So do we. Some of Medical Ambassadors International’s (MAI’s) best partners are organizations made up of nationals, specifically formed to promote God’s kingdom through the strategy […]
Have you been on a team? Most of us have, perhaps for sports, or an academic or work project. What was your experience? Medical Ambassadors International (MAI) deeply believes in collaborating with others in accomplishing God’s work. We believe God’s plan for us all includes partnerships. He wants MAI to be players on his team, […]
When have you been in a situation in which you needed forgiveness or perhaps you needed to give forgiveness? This subject usually grabs us in the gut and sometimes paralyzes us. Forgiveness often comes hard! On my recent trip to Kenya, I heard an account that is more dramatic than any experience I have ever […]
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