As Christians, we are indisputably called to walk into the dark places of God’s creation and proclaim his glory and his love. Our hands get dirty, and our hearts get beat up.
While reflecting and reading about the current conflicts in the Middle East I could only think of the sufferings that these refugees were experiencing as they fled their homes. I knew I needed to act.
Today we want to highlight a great resource from our annual conference - the audio version of the breakout sessions that are offered each year. These breakout sessions are FREE to members of MedicalMissions.com, and we hope you take advantage of going back and re-listening to your favorite sessions or catching some of the sessions that you missed.
The highlighted session for today deals with...
Responding to Victims of Human Trafficking within the Health Care Setting
By Jeffrey J. Barrows, DO, MA (Ethics)
Imagine you are staffing the urgent care clinic at your hospital when you encounter a 19-year-old foreign national woman brought in by a family member because of a possible fractured arm. Radiologic studies show a spiral fracture of the radius raising the suspicion of abuse as ...
Over the past few months, we have highlighted a few outstanding sessions, stories, and articles that are featured on MedicalMissions.com. We want to do that again this morning, highlighting one of last year's (2018) breakout sessions. But if you went to this year's conference, and you are anxious to listen to a session you missed, don't worry! The sessions from the 2019 conference w...
Today we want to feature a story that was shared with the MedicalMissions.com community. Anyone can share stories of life on the mission field, medical work being done around the world, or inspiring stories of faith here on MedicalMissions.com - we love to hear from YOU, the people that are dreaming and doing the work of healthcare missions (https://www.medicalmissions.com/stories).
The sto...
We hope you enjoy listening to this session from November's Global Missions Health Conference:
https://www.medicalmissions.com/resources/16756/task-remaining-for-all-to-hear
Written by Jonathan Thiessen, this post will challenge your assumptions about traditional missions and encourage you to step out in faith for marketplace missions.
