2023 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...
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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...
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“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...
Read MoreMillers in Africa 10-22
Back to Kenya! It seems like an eternity since I was at Tenwek in February. The cleft trip is restarting after a 2 year break due to COVID. We have a small team heading to AIC CURE in Kijabe, Kenya. This will be a 1-week trip to repair cleft lip and palate defects. There will be 4 surgeons, accompanying nurses and techs who will team up with the Kenyan hospital staff. This work is such a tangible demonstration of God’s redemptive power. Tenwek Hospital will be my next destination for 3 weeks. As usual, I have no idea what awaits me at this growing referral hospital. My prayers have been...
Read More2022 CCHF Conference
2022 CCHF Conference April 7th-9th • Cincinnati, OH Conference Website Clinicians and Christian Community Health Fellowship (CCHF) clinics all over the country have experienced great stress for many reasons this past year. Amazingly, by the grace of God, most have also experienced growth and supernatural provision. While we are grateful for growth, growth carries its own set of stressors. So April 7-9, CCHF will be gathering for an in-person conference designed to encourage and refresh. In addition to our normal agenda, we plan to offer a series of sessions focused on encouragement and joy....
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