Thank you for your continued partnership with FAME through your prayers for the ministry. Each month we are blessed in knowing that you have come alongside us in praying for the FAME board, volunteers, mission partners, scholarship recipients, the staff, church visits and conventions or events.

This month, with so many of the kids going back to school, we ask that you partner with us in praying for our FAME scholarship recipients who are studying to become medical professionals in their home countries. These Christian students all desire to serve God through their medical professions. Each of these students are sponsored by a FAME Partner mission.

Please pray also for a short-term medical mission trip that will be leaving at the end of the month to serve with Central Brazil Mission. This team of 10 participants will be serving on a boat trip along the Amazon River. They will be docking at multiple remote villages along the river and will treat patients experiencing both physical and spiritual needs. Patients will make their way on board the boat to be seen by medical professionals on the team.

We also ask for your continued prayers for our partners in Ukraine and Haiti. Please pray that they will remain strong in their faith during these turbulent times. Recently, our FAME partner in Ukraine gave an update on the ministry there and wrote,  Russia needs to understand that just like David and Goliath, just like Gideon, this battle isn’t about human strength.  This is a battle of good and evil.  Ukraine may not have modern weapons or sufficient numbers of soldiers, but they have God with them.  The people of Ukraine continue to need our prayers most of all.

Thank you once again for your faithfulness and your partnership in prayer for FAME.

Blessings in the coming month.

Click Here for the August Prayer Calendar

In a small mountain village, a young girl was carried to a clinic after traveling in Pastor Philip’s car for over 12 hours to reach the clinic.  Many of FAME’s partners LIKE YOU heard her story and wanted to help prevent such a tragedy from occurring again.

FAME partnered with YOU, churches around the country, Asia Christian Services (ACS), and IDES to send the needed funds to Pastor Philip in this small Himalayan foothills village to purchase an ambulance.  Here’s the quote from ACS about the Medical Evangelism in that region.

The eastern part of the State is devoid of many basic resources and Medical Outreach has been a very effective evangelistic tool.  It has given the team favor with the Government and the people in the area.  Philip regularly charters a taxi to take extremely sick people to a hospital 6 hours away.  IDES and FAME jointly sent funds to purchase a new vehicle to use as an ambulance, but the funds were frozen in the India bank system by the Hindu government.  After much prayer and many months, the funds were released and the vehicle is in the hands of the team.  THANK YOU TO OUR PARTNERS FAME AND IDES! 

Partnership has many layers, from YOU, to churches, to global agencies, missionaries, and the indigenous leaders in the community being served.  But I specifically want to recognize our partnership with IDES!  FAME and IDES have been partnering with a global impact for decades, we share many churches here in the USA as partners and around the world.  We both have differing focuses, but many times we overlap and are able to multiply our impact!  In a book I gave to our staff a few years ago it says this:…if you have the right people with you, they will give you the courage to keep going. 

I was in communication with a church partner recently as they told me about a trip they took recently, and how amazed they were to see an Ambulance in operation in this country they visited.  They shared how this wonderful ministry was changing lives, and treating people in the name of Jesus, and that it was so wonderful that this ministry had somehow acquired such a wonderful Ambulance.  I enjoyed the fact that they hadn’t seen or mentioned what I already knew, and then pointed out in their photos– that FAME and IDES had partnered with YOU once again to meet the need of this Central American mission Clinic.

Thank you IDES for your partnership!

Thank YOU for YOUR partnership that makes global partnerships possible!

Bill Warren
Executive Director

Atifa was expecting her first child and came to the Malek Christian Hospital. She was concerned because 8 out of 10 mothers in South Sudan experience sepsis and tetanus infections during labor and birth. Due to traditional practice, there were no clinic deliveries by skilled birth attendants in this place before Malek Christian Hospital was built.

Atifa is pictured here in the current waiting room resting on the floor waiting for her time to give birth. This is not how the hospital wants things to be, but they have increased the quality of care greatly! BUT YOU CAN HELP UPGRADE THIS SITUATION.

Regina is the Registered Midwife Volunteer worker at MCH Maternity Unit who is one of the heroes who have created a safe and clean clinic where 45-55 mothers are giving birth free of infections every month!

FAME is partnering with the Malek Christian Hospital to build a 4-bed Maternity Delivery room will be a significant upgrade not only in the capacity but also in the quality of care given to mothers in this remote isolated region.

• Brand New Delivery Rooms
• 4 Brand new beds
• Privacy will be increased
• Brand new equipment and supplies
• The 4 delivery bed structure will impact good health through: infection prevention and adequate room for effective and efficient practice.

Dr. John Kuot, the Sudanese overseeing Physician says, “We are pursuing the great commission and we don’t feel good when the mother and children we are supposed to help are getting infections or risk getting an infection at our facility. These upgrades will allow us to give quality care WITH the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.

If you’d like to know more about this Project click here.

“From the 25th floor of our Kyiv apartment, my daughter woke up at 5:00 am to the sound of bombing and began crying because she could see the explosions of war in the distance.”  As they got closer and closer, this FAME partner realized that they needed to find a place of safety.  From basement to basement, and shelter to shelter they eventually (over 2 months) were able to get to the West and then out of the country to Turkey.

Escape!  I can’t imagine having to escape my home and Country.  I was relieved last week when I was able to escape the oppressive heat outdoors and go into air conditioning.  Your FAME partners around the world serve people who have no escape from lack of access to healthcare, illness, or disease, except what you help provide!

Back to our Ukraine ministry partner; She is still coordinating a team of nearly 40 healthcare workers, the majority of whom are still serving the elderly, injured, and vulnerable in this war-torn region.  She visited us at the FAME headquarters last week- so many stories of heartbreak and impact!

You, in partnership with FAME, have sent 150 shipments through this partner to Ukraine!  Many times we are excited to report about the successful delivery of medical equipment and supplies to you, but today I need to ask for prayer for 120 of these shipments.  30 of them can be accounted for and have reached the intended destination INSIDE Ukraine!  But 120 have not been received, and actually are not trackable at this time.

Here’s the opportunity – these shipments not only have needed medical equipment and supplies- this partner (Marcel Fund)includes what is called “In-Touch” players – basically small MP3-like players that have the Bible, the gospel/salvation message, and encouraging messages in multiple languages.  They have been received by thousands and the gospel has been heard in Europe through these players.

Please pray that these shipments will reach the people God ordains, whoever that may be!   I heard of a Border guard many years ago who confiscated Bibles at a border crossing; he read one and became a powerful leader of an underground church!  God can do more than we can ask or imagine with a shipment of supplies – whether they reach the people to whom they were sent or the people God re-directs them to impact!

Thank you for your partnership in prayer, funding the shipment of gospel-impacting medical equipment and supplies – all that open the door for the good news giving access to help and hope around the world!

Freedom, Access, Hope.   Can you imagine a country missing those three things? The USA  is one of a kind out of nearly 200 countries in the world!  Many do not have these values that give us a reason to celebrate.

Freedom, Access, Hope. 

Malika woke up to sounds of terror in their village and they realized not only had their government invaded the village, but it was killing leaders and burning every home in the village. Malika did exactly what every other village family did; grabbed what they could carry and ran into the jungle. 

This isn’t a story from years ago in the past…this is happening to Village after Village in Myanmar this year.

FAME partners have brought help and hope to refugees by providing food, shelter, and even starting churches in refugee camps along the border of Myanmar and Thailand. 

FAME recently approved a project with Asia Christian Services (ACS) to establish a clinic in one of the Refugee Camps that will bring Access to healthcare and the gospel.  ACS will bring Hope, and we will continue to pray that the day will come that they will have Freedom from the tyranny of the government. Until that time, you through FAME, and other partners will bring help and hope through Medical Evangelism. 

If you would like more information about this Project at the Refugee Camp at the Myanmar/Thailand Border click here: 

Thank you for your partnership!

Bill Warren
Executive Director

Thank you for your continued prayers for the ministry of FAME; its partners, staff, board members, volunteers, trip participants, scholarship students, and special projects. People all around the world are being blessed by your faithful prayers each day.

As we begin the month of July and then celebrate July 4th, Independence Day, let us be reminded of the freedoms we have here in the US. With these freedoms, we have religious freedom where we can express our faith in Christ and share that good news with others. In other places throughout the world that is not always the case. Many of your FAME Partners face opposition and persecution for the faith they profess. May this Independence Day be one where we reflect on God and the ways he has blessed us through the freedoms we have here and pray for FAME partners that are sharing the love of Christ through medical evangelism in the midst of persecution.

This month, please also partner with us in prayer for the FAME staff and Board members that serve the ministry. Pray for wisdom and discernment as FAME starts a new fiscal year and considers new sustainable healthcare projects, locations to ship medical supplies and equipment, and locations and dates for short-term medical mission trips.

Other items of prayer include praying for FAME Executive Director, Bill Warren and Director of Development, Jeff Coon as they speak to partner churches and at special events on behalf of FAME this month. Pray that partnerships with the churches or organizations they will be visiting will be strengthened and that new opportunities for partnerships may form.

And pray also for all our volunteer groups listed on the calendar this month. FAME could not do all we do without them, as they share their time and talents in serving the ministry.

Blessings in the coming month.

Click here for the July prayer calendar

If you walked to school as a child, you understand the situation of Jolinea and millions of people in the world. 

I walked to school until sixth grade.  I took the route out the back door, up an alley about a block to my school.  I walked home for lunch and back in time to play on the playground.  My co-worker Jeff Coon claims he did the same thing but walked further (7 blocks) and in worse weather (Michigan vs. Ohio)!  You may have walked in snow, heat, uphill both ways and carried your sister J!  Either way, you’ll understand this global need a little more! 

Recent research of how FAME can best help the medically at-risk found that 805 million people walk more than 3 hours to receive healthcare, and 20% walk more than 24 hours!  One of the studies used a “walking OPTIMAL SPEED” variable- and acknowledged that “being unwell will increase travel times” – now that’s an understatement! 

Every FAME partner Clinic, Health Ministry, and Hospital shares the gospel with every patient. 

That makes EVERY HEALTH FACILITY OR TEAM –
 EVANGELISM OUTPOSTS!!! 

That is why YOUR FAME IMPACT has Eleven (11) facilities ready or under construction to move access to healthcare and access to the gospel CLOSER TO MILLIONS of the world’s most vulnerable! 

YOU help people like Jolinea every day!  Jolinea was feeling pain in her abdomen, she rested hoping it would go away.  The next day she was in so much pain she could barely stand, but decided to walk to a FAME partner clinic she had seen many times, but never visited.  She walked only 7 blocks (notice I said, only, Jeff) and was able to be treated caringly, hear about Jesus and resolve her medical issues.  Most importantly she is now attending one of the churches which is partnered with the clinic! 

ONLY 7 BLOCKS FROM HER HOME WAS THE HELP AND HOPE SHE NEEDED!  And she never had heard the gospel even though it was only minutes away!  This is Medical Evangelism! 

Together, let’s shorten the trip for more of the world’s people in great need of help and hope! 

FAME and YOU together can move access to healthcare and access to the gospel closer and closer to more of the world!  

Thank you for your partnership!

Bill Warren
Executive Director

I’m sure it’s no surprise to you that we aren’t the only ones facing an economic pinch these days.  Many of your global FAME partners are working diligently to maximize the help and hope you have sent to stretch and be used to complete their projects to the best of their ability!! 

Eleven (11) sustainable projects are READY or UNDER CONSTRUCTION right now!
One of those is a long-term partner of FAME, Ghana Christian Mission! 

Last year FAME funded the construction of critical Housing for Hospital Staff for the Ghana Christian Mission.  In Ghana the majority of Ghanaians WALK to reach healthcare, a high percentage of those people walk more than 3 hours to reach even a clinic!  The staff faces similar limitations for travel, so adequate housing is needed for the mission to hire and keep quality Nurses on staff. 

The solution:  Kumdi Nurses Project! 

                                           

 

 

 

 

But inflation is hitting Ghana hard!  Here is a report I received recently: 

Several factors have led the economy in Ghana to see a 25% increase in materials costs on most items, most notably cement and steel.  Fuel prices have increased the most by nearly a 50% increase from January to this point in 2022.  Of course, this increases the cost of living for all the skilled workers and so it is affecting labor costs on the project

The results of all these external changes have led to a projected shortfall of about $20,000 to fully complete the Kumdi Nurses Quarters.  Wisdom (Wisdom Nyador Executive Director in Ghana) has been diligently managing the cash flow and reducing the number of workers for the time being to ease the situation. 

I know we’ve had to tighten our belts here in the US, but if you find it possible to help this global inflation impact in Ghana go to www.fameworld.org/donate and choose
Project Fund-Sustainable Projects and put “Inflation” in the notes!

if you would like to know a little more about the Staff Housing Project at Ghana Christian Mission, Click Here. 

 

My wife and I took our 2 young grandsons into the “wilderness” at an Indiana State Park.  As they climbed over rocks and played near the campfire…there were many “opportunities for injury” and as I watched these 2 boys I realized we were many miles from any medical care facilities if something were to happen to either of them and they needed medical care.  But I also realized:

• I have a car
• I have a cell phone, and I have service (patchy, but still available)
• 9-1-1 services would send an ambulance if we called
• Lifeline Helicopter services could arrive if it were seriously needed 

But most of those 4 things are NOT true for 646 Million of the World’s Most Vulnerable
whom FAME/YOU serve every single day! 

80% of Kenyans WALK to access to healthcare. 

1 out of 10 people in the world walks more than 3 hours to access healthcare 

Where Kelly and I were camping, we were 18 miles from a Hospital with an Emergency room.  Not a big deal if I hop in my car.  But walking with a sick child?  That is over 6 hours of walking! 

Heather was caring for an infant in a remote village.  The child became ill and had a fever which Heather had nothing to give the baby to reduce!  She began to walk to a village that she knew had a clinic (a FAME partner).  Heather walked for 5 hours to reach the clinic carrying the baby!  Upon arrival, the doctors quickly realized what the baby needed, gave her fluids, medicine, and told Heather, “If you had not come today, your little one would not have lived.  Good job mom, walking to our village even though it was difficult to do so!”  We know Heather’s story because she was so impacted by the love of the Christian staff that she became connected to the church in her village and is now a follower of Jesus! 

With your partnership, FAME is providing new clinics every year that move access to healthcare and the gospel closer within reach to thousands every day! 

Thank you for your partnership!

Bill Warren
Executive Director

 

When evening came, his disciples went down to the lake, where they got into a boat and set off across the lake for Capernaum. By now it was dark, and Jesus had not yet joined them. A strong wind was blowing, and the waters grew rough.  When they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus approaching the boat, walking on the water; and they were frightened. But he said to them, “It is I; don’t be afraid.” Then they were willing to take him into the boat, and immediately the boat reached the shore where they were heading. (John 6;16-21 NIV)

Max Lucado explains further what Jesus is saying to them when he approaches the boat. “The literal translation of what Jesus said is ‘I AM; don’t be afraid.’ I AM is God’s name. If God had a calling card, it would contain this imprint: I AM. Ever since Moses saw the burning bush that refused to burn up, God has called himself, ‘I AM’ (Exodus 3:14). This is the title of steadiness and power. When we wonder if God is coming, he answers with his name: ‘I AM!’ When we wonder if he is able, he declares, ‘I AM.’ When we see nothing but darkness, feel nothing but doubt, and wonder if God is near or aware, the welcome answer from Jesus is this: ‘I AM!’ “.(© Max Lucado, August 4, 2019)

What a great reminder in these troubling times we live in. Violence, war, hunger, corruption, sickness, disease,…the list goes on. Though we are in the midst of the storm, it is Jesus (the I AM) to whom we can always turn to get us through it. The disciples understood that and welcomed him into the boat. The Bible says then that the boat made it through the storm and reached its destination.

Though many people around the world are in “a storm” because of a lack of healthcare, God is doing great things through the ministry of FAME right now through You, as several new sustainable healthcare projects were just approved, and medical supplies are leaving the warehouse (listed on the calendar this month). As these projects are completed and as these supplies are shipped, pray that the love of Jesus will be shown so that the world’s most vulnerable can be delivered through their “storm” and that they can be healed both physically and spiritually.

Other items of prayer this month include some volunteer groups, to whom we are so thankful, and some visits that Bill and Jeff will be making to some of our partner churches.

If your church or group would like to hear more about what FAME is doing right now and how you can become involved, contact us at FAME@fameworld.org. We’d love to come and tell you about all the ways you can partner with us in medical evangelism.

We are so thankful for you and your partnership in prayer for the ministry of FAME as you approach the great “I AM” on behalf of FAME and FAME’s ministry partners.

Click here for the June Prayer Calendar