2023 Missions Opportunities
2023 Global Health Trips To all those interested in making a difference through global health, You’re invited to join one of the 2023 trips listed below (and attached). The UB Global Medicine Program partners with trusted people and organizations to serve those in need all around the world. For more information about the UB Global Medicine Program or to make a donation to support this program, please visit: www.medicine.buffalo.edu/globalhealth. Your donations will be used to purchase medications and medical supplies for the teams to use when caring for patients overseas. For more info about...
Read MoreRoca Blanca update 1-2023
Active in Mexico Retired Drs. Dave and Mary Kay Ness have been involved in cross-cultural missions for several years, primarily to rural populations served by the Roca Blanca Mission Base the in the region surrounding Roca Blanca in Oaxaca, Mexico. This past month they’ve been active with adventures, both personal and professional. Read their January reports and pray for them as they look forward to another month on the mission field. Dave and Mary Kay at work in Mexico.
Read More2023 Missions Breakfast report
Winter Missions Breakfast We had a wonderful time yesterday in personal fellowship at our annual Missions Breakfast hosted this year at Wallace Hall in Brighton Presbyterian Church after a 2-year COVID lapse into remote Zoom meetings. Over 34 enthusiastic attendees, including students, practicing providers, and spouses. were in attendance as we received five inspiring presentations from our colleagues. Check out (or review, if you were there) the presentations linked below: Dr. Christine Borghi-Cavallaro (with Dr. Leslie Purnell) – Medical ministry at Women of Hope, Honduras Dr. Jerry and...
Read More2023 Winter Missions Breakfast
Focus On Missions Please set aside the date and sign up now for our Winter Missions Breakfast coming up on Saturday, January 28th, from 9-11 am in Wallace Hall at Brighton Presbyterian Church, 1775 East Avenue, Rochester, NY . We’re looking forward to some inspiring presentations (see list below) so mark your calendars, respond using our RSVP page, and come out to hear how some of your colleagues are crossing cultures to share their faith and skills with people groups in need. Dr. Christine Borghi-Cavallaro (Family Medicine) – Honduras/Nicaragua Dr. Jerry and Adelaide Svoboda...
Read MoreChase Miller in Kijabe
Praise God I arrived safely in Kijabe Kenya on October 1 with uneventful travels. I did get stopped at the border and searched. I was sternly told that even donations are now taxed. But God was gracious and we were able to pass through without extra Tarif. Please pray Jimmy is as fortunate. He begins travels on Sunday. My first week was at AIC Cure Hospital doing cleft lip and palate surgeries. We had a small team of eleven with 4 surgeons. What a privilege to be involved in a such a transformative surgery. The children are precious in God’s eyes and yet the world would say they are...
Read More2022 Fall Breakfast
“While COVID Passes By” Our 2022 MCCF Fall Breakfast Saturday, October 15 from 9-11 am Brighton Presbyterian Church Blossom Room* Feel free to invite and bring others. Click here for a PDF flyer you can distribute. Ethan Helm will be visiting from Cambodia and sharing a report! We’ll also have an open time for all to share, so come with a word of testimony, encouragement, insight, prayer, or an amusing or uplifting anecdote with us all about how to live in victorious faith as the pandemic ebbs and flows through all the challenges of our times – Gospel up, politics down. You’ll be our...
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