Dear Friends and Partners of FAME,

Thank you so much for your continued partnership in praying for the medical ministry of FAME. We find great encouragement in knowing that people all around the world are praying for the ministry and our mission partners.

This month we ask that you pray for our FAME Board of Directors, as well as the semi-annual board meeting that will take place on October 23. Please pray for wisdom and discernment as decisions are made regarding the ministry for the remainder of this fiscal year and beyond.

Please pray also for our Annual Night of Hope banquet taking place on Friday, October 22. This year’s event will be raising funds for the Reeves Project Fund, in honor of FAME’s first Executive Director, Bob Reeves and his wife Rosella. The first $40,000 raised will go toward a healthcare project for Ghana Christian Mission (GCM). Enoch Nyador of GCM will be the guest speaker for the event. For more information, or to purchase tickets, please visit our website at www.fameworld.org/2021-night-of-hope.

Other items of prayer for the month include various volunteer groups, for whom we are so thankful; church and mission visits that Executive Director, Bill Warren will be making; Community Health Evangelism Training (CHE) here at FAME (for more information about the training visit www.fameworld.org/sustainable-projects/che); Mission Partners; and FAME Staff.

Thank you once again for your prayers and may our prayer for you be as Paul expressed in Ephesians 1:15-21 (NIV).

¹⁵ For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all God’s people, ¹⁶ I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers. ¹⁷ I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit^[f] of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. ¹⁸ I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, ¹⁹ and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is the same as the mighty strength ²⁰ he exerted when he raised Christ from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms, ²¹ far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is invoked, not only in the present age but also in the one to come. 

Blessings in the coming month

Click here for the October Prayer Calendar

One healthy, cared-for baby born in Haiti was born safely just after the August Earthquake.  Her name in Creole is “Dieufely” which means “God made her.” What a beautiful name and moment of hope for this family after such a trying time.  

Healthy, cared-for babies are born at one of your FAME partner hospitals nearly every day, and because of you, they have the equipment and supplies for first-class care.  As a matter of fact, 436 babies were born there in 2020 and because of you, the mothers are going to have even better care than ever before! 

 A hospital in Ohio was completing some upgrades to their nurseries. After receiving new bassinets, they donated their gently used ones.  These used bassinets are beautiful and arrived this past Monday at this hospital in Haiti!

FAME ships medical equipment and supplies every week. The needs are great, but the response from people like you has been even greater! 

 Barry Reed, FAME’s Director of Mission Resources 

Our Monthly Partners can be assured that their consistent partnership allows FAME to send help and hope to mothers who don’t know Jesus and those who do.  One of the most popular little girl names in Haiti is “Jesula” which in Creole means “Jesus is here.” 

Because of you, more and more of the world know that Jesus is here through your impact through Medical Evangelism! 

If you would like to join with others to be a FAME Monthly Impact partner Donate Now and choose “recurring donation.”

This Week: 

…Binita, who is now safe in an orphanage, needs medical care just like all the other girls in this  FAME partner orphanage.   Binita is being well cared for in this undisclosed Asia orphanage- but they need a real clinic.  FAME, on your behalf, has agreed to acquire 22 basic clinic items.  They need these ASAP and the cost is only $2,129.00. You can help!

This Week: 

…the scaffolding was removed from a new hospital on the Northern India coast, preparing it for the next stage of construction.  Because of your generosity linked with one generous FAME partner church- this project is fully funded and on schedule to open in 2022!

 

This Week: 

…the partitions are being installed in a beautiful clinic that just sent a request for me to come to a grand opening and dedication as soon as travel is possible!

This Week: 

…a FAME short-term medical team has been serving villages on the Amazon River in Brazil – treating families cautiously in remote villages.

 

 

This Week:

…you have made an impact on thousands of lives!

Unloading a shipping container of life-saving medical supplies for Charles Selby Memorial Hospital. Aparri, Philippines

 

You received a “Thank You note” from the Philippines because YOU are FAME!

We were overjoyed last month when we received the CONTAINER full of supplies and equipment. After all the struggles, sacrifices, and prayers, we are here giving thanks to our almighty God for using FAME to help the hospital most especially to all people who come to seek help. It’s a great help for the operation of the hospital most especially at this time of the pandemic.

Everyone felt ecstatic from your good works and unending love to Filipino people most especially to all of us here in Aparri.

Words will never be enough to quantify our gratitude because of your love and generosity in serving God’s ministry. You are the oil that keeps our engines running. We are able to help others because of your prayers, unending support, and kindness.

Every story has a story on each end!  This funny pink shipping container was loaded in Indianapolis in April with volunteers from central Indiana churches and our faithful volunteers.  The story here in Indianapolis is that we could not have shipped to 43 countries last year without the hard work of our volunteers (and staff Barry Reed and Tyler Lightholder).

In the Philippines, they serve the underserved in a region that is hours and hours from other healthcare options for thousands of people!

This Thank you note is to FAME -which really is YOU!

Partners from Fair Haven Christian Church and FAME Staff loading the container for the Philippines

Some wonderful Volunteers from Garrett Church of Christ!   Can I tell you about a couple of our partners?  First is Dorothy Bare. Jeff Coon met her just before the pandemic in Joplin, Missouri.  Dorothy and her husband, Dr. Garland Bare were Medical Missionaries to Thailand beginning in the 1950s before FAME was even a dream. When Jeff met her last year she said, “Garland and I said many times, ‘If only FAME had existed when we were just getting started in Thailand’. God provided the medical equipment and supplies we needed in miraculous ways – but he and I are so thankful FAME exists for medical evangelism now!” Garland passed away in April of 2017, and Dorothy has been a partner with FAME for many years; what a legacy they have in the world of Medical Evangelism.

One of those first men involved with FAME in 1970 was Dr. Richard Crabtree, who still attends  FAME Board meetings as an emeritus board member, Dr. Crabtree said this in March of 2021 about those early days. “Evangelism has been central every day for FAME. Bob and Rosella Reeves kept FAME focused on our purpose just as we are focused right now!  Medical Evangelism is the most powerful tool I’ve seen for a mission to open the door for the gospel and church planting.”

“I value our partnership with FAME because serving is an essential part of discipleship. FAME helps us make disciples through hosting service teams at their warehouse. Through partnership with FAME, we sponsor dynamic global healthcare projects and send teams to serve the least of these on short-term mission trips.“ Riley Weaver, Global and Local Impact Minister, Plainfield Christian Church, Plainfield, Indiana

Would you consider being a monthly or consistent partner with FAME?  Or if you are a MONTHLY or CONSISTENT partner, would you consider telling us why YOU partner with FAME?  Send your reply to jcoon@fameworld.org! Global Health is NOT Predictable – but our Monthly Impact Partners ARE! If you would consider being a Monthly Impact Partner, go to our Donate Page to make your donation and mark “recurring gift”! Thank you for your partnership!

Thank you so much for your continued partnership with FAME through prayer. Our mission partners, scholarship recipients, volunteers, board members and staff are blessed by your devotion to prayer for the ministry.

This month, we ask that you keep in mind those in other parts of the world that are experiencing extreme crises. Whether it be the recent earthquake in Haiti, the crisis in Afghanistan, the unrest in Myanmar, the continued Covid outbreaks worldwide, tropical storms and hurricanes in the Caribbean and southern US, worldwide hunger, and the list goes on, prayer is most definitely needed now all around the world. Recently, I came across some encouraging scriptures when visiting the website for World Vision that speak to people in crises and how God is with us throughout these critical times.  Pray not only for the people affected but for the Christians that are working in those areas that the love of Jesus will be shown.

• “Have mercy on me, my God, have mercy on me, for in you I take refuge. I will take refuge in the shadow of your wings until the disaster has passed.” —Psalm 57:1 (NIV)
• “God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.” —Psalm 46:1 (NIV)
• The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. —Psalm 34:18 (NIV)
• “He makes wars cease to the ends of the earth. He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; he burns the shields with fire.” —Psalm 46:9 (NIV)
• “For he will deliver the needy who cry out, the afflicted who have no one to help. He will take pity on the weak and the needy and save the needy from death. He will rescue them from oppression and violence, for precious is their blood in his sight.” —Psalm 72:12-14 (NIV)
• “Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.” —Matthew 5:4 (NIV)

Another item of prayer for this month is a short-term mission trip that will be taking place September 12-26. This team will be serving with Central Brazil Mission on a 1-week boat trip along the Amazon River. This team will be traveling on the “Frances Ann” and will be docking at multiple remote villages along the river to treat both the physical and spiritual needs of the patients they will be seeing. Please pray for the trip participants that are going on this trip and for the people they will be treating.

Also, this month, please join us in prayer for five new FAME Scholarship recipients that are all studying to become medical professionals in their home countries. These scholarship recipients are sponsored by a FAME mission partner, are enrolled in a medical study program where they are studying to become a doctor, nurse, or midwife and will then serve with that mission partner after graduation for 1-2 years. We are thankful for our wonderful donors who give to the scholarship program and who helped to make these new scholarship grants available.

Other items of prayer include some returning volunteer groups for whom we are so thankful, various conferences that FAME staff will be attending, and visits to some FAME partner churches. Thank you once again for being a Prayer Partner!

Click here for the September Prayer Calendar

This story of YOUR IMPACT with re-bar, concrete, sand, aggregate, etc……all matter because of vulnerable people like this 60-year-old woman in India. 

“She came with a small marble-sized swelling on the left upper jaw, we scheduled a simple in-clinic procedure for the next week.  But quarantines and lockdowns prevented her from coming and our outpatient clinic (NACEA in India- Dr. Rajesh Paul) from being open.  Months later she returned to us with a large swelling occupying the whole of the left side of her face.”  After testing, it was obvious that they COULD NOT DO THE PROCEDURE, BUT WOULD HAVE TO REFER HER to a Doctor they trust.  BUT AFTER THIS IN-PATIENT HOSPITAL IS COMPLETE – THEY WILL BE ABLE to do this procedure!  This story ends well.  The treatments were completed and this family of all Hindus, except for one Christian niece, began to be visited by a NACEA planted church Preacher.  Rajesh writes, “Last Sunday was the first day that the lady and her husband went to church for the first time in their lives.  Pray that this family grows more in faith and accept Christ in the near future!” 

This is something YOU have done!  You have made it possible for women like this to be treated in the name of Jesus and HEAR the gospel!    It may take two trucks of 40 tons of sand, 22 tractor loads of stone aggregate, 20000kg of cement, thousands of pounds of rebar, and many hours of labor; but this 2nd Story Hospital Floor (poured last week) is the OPEN DOOR FOR THE GOSPEL for thousands in the North Andhra Coast of India. 

 

It was a quiet Saturday morning in the Haitian Village of les Cayes.  Sabrina and her family were getting up and making plans for breakfast.  Sabrina is a 22-year-old girl who had dreams of attending a Haitian University to be a nurse.  She had been recommended to FAME for a Scholarship by a Haitian FAME Partner but had not yet heard if her application had been received or if she had been chosen to be a FAME Scholarship Recipient. 

FAME Scholarships provide nationals the resources for the in-country schooling needed to become medical professionals and then serve their sponsoring ministry in that nation!

As Sabrina and her family were sitting down to eat, the ground began to shake. They ran to safety as they watched their home crumble in the August 14th 7.2 Earthquake.  They lost everything!  It seemed her chance to go to school to be a nurse was also lost. 

But that’s not how God works.  Unaware of Sabrina’s earthquake status, this week, FAME approved her application and notified her sponsoring ministry!  We just received the message back that told us of her tragedy- but the amazing response that she will be able to start her education and become a Medical Evangelism, Medical Professional!  

Amazing!  Global Health Situations are not predictable, but our FAME Monthly Partners are!  Your faithful partnership allows FAME to empower nationals to become medical professionals and change communities one person at a time! 

Thank you for your partnership!

 P.S.  A Shipping Container of Supplies for a FAME Partner Hospital overwhelmed by the Earthquake and Tropical Storm, is on the Ocean right now on its way to Haiti!  Please Pray for FAME’s many Medical Evangelism Partners in Haiti!

*Sabrina’s name is changed for her privacy

Every doctor appointment around the globe begins with a measurement.  Height and Weight, blood pressure, oxygen level, heart rate, blood work etc. 

But how do you measure impact? 

Abieto was losing weight and unable to eat without getting sick.  His parents tried homemade remedies for an upset stomach but nothing helped.  After finding transportation from a distant relative, Abieto and his parents traveled nearly two hours to a FAME partner clinic where an ultrasound (which YOU helped to provide) discovered the problem and surgery was required.  His parents were scared of the surgery because they were fearful of losing their son, as all of us would be – but here is the difference – this FAME partner doctor was able to tell them of the hope in Jesus Christ.  The whole family believed, and were baptized!  Abieto had the surgery, and is back in his village, in school, and playing with his friends! 

That’s our measurement of impact.

IMPACT = treated in the name of Jesus + hear the gospel 

This next year FAME’s IMPACT goal is that for every dollar given to FAME – that 2 people will be treated in the name of Jesus + hear the gospel.  I wish all my financial decisions had such an impact!  For 50 years lives have been being changed by medical evangelism with FAME, and to think that 2 people will experience the hope and help of Jesus for every dollar I give to FAME!  WOW! 

Can you go to www.fameworld.org/donate and make a special 50th Anniversary gift or become a $50 Monthly Impact Partner if you are not already? 

Global Health situations are not predictable- but our Monthly Partners are- and that has allowed FAME to be your partner in medical evangelism for boys like Abieto.

*Abieto’s name is changed for privacy

The whole earth is filled with awe at your wonders;
where morning dawns, where evening fades, you call forth songs of joy.
                                                                           Psalm 65:8

We so appreciate your continued support of the ministry of FAME through prayer. We are humbled in knowing that you are faithfully praying for FAME Mission partners, volunteers, scholarship recipients, staff, board members, along with various ministry activities.

This month, we ask that you join us in prayer for many of our regular FAME volunteers that come weekly or monthly to serve. We are blessed to have them use their time and talents to help further the Kingdom through the important part they play in medical evangelism.

We also ask that you pray for the FAME scholarship recipients that are studying to become medical professionals in their home countries. The current scholarship recipients are studying to become doctors, surgeons, nurses, community health workers and Pharmacy techs. We are blessed to be able to provide these medical scholarships to these talented Christian young people who have a heart to serve others.

Other items of prayer this month include FAME’s first medical mission trip in over a year and a half to Mexico from August 21-28. Please pray for the host mission, Worldwide Hispanic Outreach and the trip participants that will be going on the trip. The team will be involved in medical outreaches and teaching preventative health.

Lastly, please pray for many of the shipments of medical supplies that have been sent in recent months and that have arrived in-country or will be arriving soon. Please pray that the medical supplies will be a blessing to the ministries to whom they will be going and that they will help the mission in their efforts to bring people to Christ through medical evangelism.

Thank you again for your continued partnership with FAME through prayer!

Click here for the August Prayer Calendar