Vol 1,  Issue 4

 

 

Someone asked this week "Why do you do medical missions?"

Doing medical missions brings a cup of cold water in the heat to so many suffering in the world.  We know that the medicine will run out and that the parasites will come back; that arthritis, hypertension, constipation, and gastritis will always follow the stress of living under circunstances where food is scarce and where hard labor is a way of life.  But for a certain time the medicine brings relief.

We do medical missions because we love people, especially those that are suffering.  We want to listen to them and hear their heart-felt pain.  We want to bring them the hope that Jesus is offering.  He promised to be our Comforter, our Healer, and our Savior. 

We do medical missions because we are the followers of Jesus Christ.  He himself did medical outreaches during his ministry on earth and we want to follow His example.  He went about healing people and telling them that there is forginess of sins if we put our faith in Him and that we could experience a new life with Him.  He promised His love and His presence in all circumstances of our life, and "that" will never "run out".

Madeleine Allard