The story of the shepherds has been told for centuries.  But the unexpected thing about the shepherds… they probably would’ve been considered some of the most undesirable and most vulnerable of Israel at the time of the coming Jesus.

But the angels of heaven chose the most vulnerable and least desirable as the FIRST to hear the GOOD NEWS OF GREAT JOY.

When YOU partner with FAME – that is the same!  The world’s most vulnerable, those who live places many will not go, those who many consider the least desirable, those who are underserved…that is who you give, send, and go to – so that they can hear the GOOD NEWS OF GREAT JOY. 

It is becoming clear, that every dollar given to FAME is then used for medical evangelism with our global partners – it is adding up that this year 2 people hear this GOOD NEWS for every $1 given to FAME.

That means you can give $50 to FAME and 100 people will be treated in the name of Jesus and hear the GOOD NEWS OF GREAT JOY that is for ALL PEOPLE!

That sounds like a GIFT YOU CAN GIVE of any amount that will impact some of the world’s most vulnerable – maybe even shepherds or many like them in 2022!

Thank you for your partnership in UNEXPECTED ANNOUNCEMENTS going to those least expecting help and hope!

Thank you for your partnership!

Bill Warren
Executive Director

I bought my first backpack in Junior High and I was inspired by its name and ready to summit every mountain.  It was called “The Kilimanjaro!”

I have never climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro, but in a few weeks a friend of mine will, and he’s doing it to raise funds for a clinic for which I care deeply!  In the Kisumu villages of Western Kenya, along Lake Victoria, some of Kenya’s poorest of the poor live with no clean water and no access to healthcare.

Kenya’s third-largest city … Kisumu has one of Kenya’s highest poverty levels and the worst set of health indicators according to Columbia University.  39% of Kenya’s population lives in this city!

His Healing Hands, a FAME partner, has just installed a solar-powered water well and water tower system in preparation for this clinic.  The next step is to raise funds for this primary care clinic with will serve at least 200 people every day!

People who have NO OTHER access to healthcare.

Mark Yeaton, a school teacher who has cycled over the Great Divide on a coast-to-coast ride, is my friend taking on Mt. Kilimanjaro’s 20,000-foot summit!

He’s climbing this mountain to “move a mountain-sized” project forward;

$20,000 toward a new clinic for the Kisumu people!

Gifts to EVERY STEP COUNTS will go toward this Kenya Clinic as part of the FAME Reeves Project Fund!

Can you give a gift equal to how much I spent on my first backpack?  It was $50 in the 1970’s.  It climbed a few mountains with me, not much impact really – but YOU can give $50 and it will help thousands of the world’s most vulnerable overcome mountain-sized problems in their lives…AND they will hear the good news of Jesus – the mountain mover!  You can have a mountain-sized impact!

Give Now

As 2021 comes to a close, we reflect upon the lives that have been changed around the world through medical evangelism this year, especially those that have had no access to healthcare. We also reflect on our many blessings, you being one of our greatest blessings, as you faithfully support the ministry of FAME through your prayers for the staff, the FAME Board of Directors, scholarship students, volunteers, missionary partners, and other partners in ministry.

During the month of December, we ask that you join us in prayer for many of our Missionary Partners who humbly give of themselves, as they minister to people in their communities abroad. These partners are either hosts to our mission teams, missions where we have provided a grant for a sustainable healthcare project, or are a partner mission to whom we have sent much-needed medical supplies.

We also ask for prayers this month for our FAME Scholarship recipients. These bright young students are studying to be medical professionals in their home country and will then serve with a sponsor mission there providing medical care after graduation in the name of Jesus. We are honored to be able to assist these Christian students by providing scholarships to help fund their medical education.

Please also continue to pray for Haiti and the political unrest there. Some of our mission partners in Haiti are listed this month. Pray also that the ports open in Haiti so that we can ship a much-needed shipping container of medical supplies to a partner there.

Lastly, continue to pray for the covid virus and that in the coming year, we will see an end to this virus that has affected so many around the world. Currently, many missionaries are under travel restrictions and are not able to return to the states. Please pray for them as well that they may be able to return home.

Merry Christmas and Blessings to you and yours.

Click here for the December Prayer calendar

KILIMANJARO CLIMB AND YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE

A clinic in this area will serve nearly 10,000 people a year who have NO other options.  In addition, evangelism will be the focus of the hope provided to the patients they treat!  

Here’s how YOU CAN be the DIFFERENCE, this need seems like a mountain-sized obstacle, but Jesus said, “say to this mountain, move….”  and a friend of FAME in Southern Indiana has taken that literally!  Mark Yeaton, a teacher and cycling enthusiast who has ridden across the USA,  has decided to take on a Mountain – literally!  In January Mark is going to attempt to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro, Africa’s largest summit to raise funds for the FAME PROJECT REEVES FUND with this Kisumu Clinic as the focus of his Climb.

• Kilimanjaro is a mountain of about 20,000 feet
• Kisumu Clinic is a project of about $20,000

Mark’s goal is to raise $1 for every foot of Mt. Kilimanjaro so EVERY STEP COUNTS!

Can you JOIN MANY OTHERS BY FUNDING 100 FEET ($100) and help the people of Kisumu with a gift to FAME BY GIVING TUESDAY (NOVEMBER 30) for the REEVES PROJECT FUND- because EVERY STEP COUNTS!

Thank you for your partnership,

Bill Warren

Thank you for your continued support of the ministry of FAME through prayer. You continue to be a  blessing to people all around the world!

This month we have several conferences that we will be attending. Two of the conferences will be in Louisville, KY; the TECH (Technical Exchange for Christian Healthcare) Conference on November 11 and the GMHC (Global Missions Health Conference) November 11-13. Please pray that God will direct the conversations at these conferences and that some partnerships can be developed with people from all over the world. These conferences are great opportunities where God can bring people together!

One other conference/convention we will be attending is ICOM (the International Conference on Missions) November 18-21 in Richmond, VA. ICOM is a great place for us to connect with our mission partners and to those interested in missions.

Please pray also this month for many of our faithful volunteers that help us with our mission of sending help and hope in the name of Christ to the world through medical evangelism. They are a blessing to not only the staff and board of FAME, but also to our mission partners around the world and the people to whom they are ministering.

Lastly, pray also for many of our FAME partners for whom the board recently approved grants for sustainable healthcare projects. Please pray for the safety of the workers and that no obstacles come up that would delay the progress. Pray also for the hearts of the people who will be treated through these hospitals, clinics, and ambulances; that they will be open to the Good News of Jesus Christ, and that they too will know the hope that we have in Him.

Blessings in the coming month and may you and yours have a Happy Thanksgiving!

Click here for the November Prayer Calendar

On October 22, a crowd of FAME Partners came together to Impact a global partner in Ghana!  Over $40,000 was raised to fund Nurse Housing in the most remote region of Ghana for a clinic to function best sharing the gospel, health and hope!  The goal of nearly $52,000 was almost reached, and many other good things occurred.  The family of the first Executive Director, Bob and Rosella Reeves were honored for their vision and impact on millions of the world’s most vulnerable. Enoch Nyador reminded us that “Medical Evangelism Works!” Thank you for your prayers, participation and partnership that have allowed FAME to bring access to healthcare, that brings access to the good news.

Pharaoh was the most powerful man on earth.  At his word, individuals were honored or crushed.  With his whims, fortunes could be bestowed or removed.  Yet, this king’s dreams were troubling his spirit.  He needed an answer. Now!

Enter a young man named Joseph.

Current residence: the main jail in the capital city.

Current occupation: prisoner-in-chief.

He was trusted by the jailer explicitly to run the inside operations. You know the rest of the story (or can read it in Genesis 40-41). Joseph was called to stand before Pharaoh.  God gave Joseph the interpretation of the king’s dreams, including guidance for surviving the coming natural disaster.  Impressed by the young man, Pharaoh commuted his jail sentence and put him in charge of the national famine survival plan. In minutes Joseph transitioned from prison garb to the finest garments of the era including gold jewelry and the king’s own signet ring –a symbol of the power of his office. Following the plan God revealed to him, Joseph instituted the ancient Egyptian version of the flat tax.  20% of all the produce of the land was stored safely in the king’s grain bins to meet the needs of the coming famine. I wonder what Egyptian farmers thought of this tax.  Was it fair? Too high?  Too low?  Just right? Taxes seem always to be a topic of discussion, debate, and even dissension.  What should be a Christian’s viewpoint toward paying taxes? As stewards seeking to live the giving life, we are obligated by conscience and Scripture to obey the tax laws of our land, as long as they do not cause us to disobey God.

In 2021 you can lawfully, and in good conscience, reduce your taxable income to zero by giving to charity.  If you are interested in avoiding federal income tax through charitable giving this year, we would welcome a conversation about how this limited tax opportunity might work for you.

Download our Guide to 2021 Short-Term Giving Opportunities!

Or Contact Jeff Coon today- he’s giving you his cell phone # 317-675-7373 so you can speak to him or he will direct you to partnership experts at the CDF Foundation.

Meet Ivole, she has been using flip flop sandals to protect her hands as she travels her village for many years…  UNTIL you helped her!  Ivole lives in Kinkole, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and has NEVER walked her whole life.

Sometimes help and hope are medical intervention and treatment – but sometimes mobility is the life-changing solution.  Last month a shipment of medical equipment and supplies arrived at a brand new clinic in the DRC and care for patients has already begun.  Some of the items shipped from FAME were the Personal Energy Transport (PET) Carts – and our FAME Partner, Dr. Jonas immediately had one assembled for Ivole.  Not only is she mobile for the first time in her life, but she is also able to do her job in a much better way!  How wonderful!  Here is what Dr. Jonas said when we spoke to him this week, “Her family was amazed to see their daughter empowered and transformed by the practical message of the love of God to their daughter and their whole family.” 

What an amazing message of Good News we are able to share with your partnership!   Thank you!

 

 “My wife Denise, and I were traveling North on a 5-lane ultra-busy highway here on Indy’s Southside- when all of a sudden a delivery van was coming directly toward us!  It kept coming and crossed another lane of traffic – I pulled over into a wide driveway as the van passed our car.  We saw the driver slumped over and I ran, opened the door; the driver came to enough to follow my instructions as I ran alongside, he put his foot on the brake and I was able to get his van into Park.  Meanwhile, my wife had called 911.  While I was still getting the van into Park and asking the driver the first couple of questions- I looked up and saw a First Responder vehicle approaching.” –Jeff Coon- FAME Director of Development

35 seconds after Denise placed the call, the First Responder Vehicle was exiting the Facility doors.  Granted, this event occurred only ¼ mile from the Fire Station – but it dramatically reminded me of the stark contrast between the Access to Healthcare here in America compared to the majority of the world’s most vulnerable.

In Kenya, FAME partner, Community Health Partners, has 9 clinics surrounding the famous Maasi Mara National Game Preserve.  The ambulance there drives on the worst roads I have ever traveled -and I’ve traveled some terrible roads around the world!

Not only has their ambulance faced terrible roads, been stuck time and time again- but recently the ambulance lost its front bumper and grill from a lion attack! It is time to help them replace this life-saving vehicle.  Even with this vehicle it often takes 2 hours to arrive – but without an ambulance, LIVES WOULD BE LOST.  And especially important, is that this partner shares the gospel with their patients – without the gospel SOULS WOULD BE LOST.

This is one of your 2021 Sustainable Projects in the Reeves Project Fund.  Gifts to this fund are touching thousands of lives!

One of our Reeves Project Fund projects in Ghana will be the focus of our Night of Hope Banquet which is on October 22nd – Please join us if you can, or support the event if you live too far away to join us!

Thank you for your partnership in bringing Access to healthcare to those who have such limited access around the world.

Bill Warren
FAME Executive Director

P.S.  Jeff reports that the delivery driver who blacked out was unhurt, treated, and released!  But what a great reminder of the global need for what we all take for granted!

You are invited to our

50th Anniversary Night of Hope Banquet! 

If you DON’T LIVE near Central Indiana – look below how you can participate! 

If you DO LIVE near Central Indiana please come join us

October 22nd!

Click Here to RSVP and to purchase Tickets

As we travel, we often have many of you say, “I wish we could come to the Night of Hope Banquet!” 

We wish you could also, and we wish we could have 100 events around the country so we could spend time with many of you; but of course, the Central Indiana event makes the most sense.  But here is what we would invite you to do.

1. Wouldn’t it be fun to have 250 “tickets” covered by people who love FAME but can’t join us at the event?  That would mean that 100% of the tickets acquired by those who DO attend would go toward the Ghana Clinic project!  If you’ve ever catered a meal for a large event, you’ll know that the $30 per person covers the meal with only a portion leftover.  You can go to the same RSVP Button above and choose “Sorry, I can’t attend, but I would like to show my support by making a donation”.  If you do so, just look at the ticket cost options, and type in a donation level to participate!
2. The program will be Live Streamed – information will be on our Facebook page of how to watch the program portion that evening! 

We are excited for our walk-through-History of 50 years of Impact with FAME!  We also are excited to have Enoch Nyador of Ghana Christian Mission join us – wait until you see the video of him from 1988 when Bob Reeves first visited him after Phase One of the Ghana Clinic at Makango was first constructed!  

Whether you come in person or sponsor those who do;
THANK YOU for your Partnership with FAME!