Posts by Kelly@medsend.org
The Story of What God Did: Turnarounds and Transitions with MedSend CEO Rick Allen Part 4
Read Part 1 Read Part 2 Read Part 3 PART 4: Looking to the Future “When you fight God in the middle of transformation, as long as it’s God-ordained, you’re going to lose.” “MedSend is about the missionaries and the missionaries are about God,” MedSend CEO Rick Allen explains. He sees MedSend…
Read MoreThe Story of What God Did: Turnarounds and Transitions with MedSend CEO Rick Allen Part 3
Read Part 1 Read Part 2 PART 3: Addressing the Crisis of Sustainability “I would hear their stories, and I couldn’t help but ask myself, am I doing the very best that I can with MedSend’s relationships and resources to take care of this person, to set them up to have the best…
Read MoreThe Story of What God Did: Turnarounds and Transitions with MedSend CEO Rick Allen Part 2
Read Part 1 PART 2: The Global Listening Tour Leads to a New Program “This isn’t about building capacity. This is about investing in individuals who want to deliver compassionate care to their own people in the name of Jesus.” In the beginning, MedSend had been what CEO Rick Allen affectionately calls…
Read MoreThe Story of What God Did: Turnarounds and Transitions with MedSend CEO Rick Allen
PART 1: “Lord, what am I doing here?” “I wasn’t a missionary. I wasn’t a healthcare professional. And I don’t particularly like hospitals.” August 2023 marks the 15th anniversary of CEO Rick Allen joining the staff of MedSend. While he wasn’t officially involved for the first 16 years of MedSend’s ministry, Rick’s history…
Read MoreRestoring Sight in Honduras
Imagine how powerful it is when healthcare missionaries can bring scripture to life for their patients as they are used by God to restore health, relieve pain, and even bring sight to the blind. That is the impact our grant recipients and National Scholars can bring to low-resource communities. Dr. Valerie Colby, a MedSend Alumni…
Read MoreRedemption in the NICU
5 years ago, MedSend grant recipient Michelle Y. and her team suffered a complicated infectious outbreak in their overcrowded NICU, resulting in many neonatal deaths. It was an exceedingly grim time for the doctors and staff in their East African hospital, not to mention the grieving families. “One of the moments that sticks in my…
Read MoreMedSend Welcomes Jeff Johnson as Vice President, Development-West
MedSend is pleased to announce the expansion of its development team with a key new hire: Jeff D. Johnson. Jeff joins MedSend in the role of Vice President, Development-West. Jeff brings over 40 years of successful insurance sales industry experience to his MedSend role. He has won multiple industry awards and achieved this success while…
Read MoreA Lifechanging Experience
MedSend is incredibly blessed to come alongside our grant recipients to support their spiritual, relational and professional well-being on the mission field. We want to share with you some of the encouraging feedback we’ve already received regarding MedRefresh, a feature of The Longevity Project, a ministry of MedSend. “We [had] these incredible sessions, which…
Read MoreDr. Estifanos Bafa Babulo Thanks MedSend Donors
National Scholar Dr. Estifanos Bafa Babulo grew up in southern Ethiopia in a Christian family who loved and followed Jesus. His family was amazed by his promise at an early age to dedicate his life to serving God. As a child and teenager, Estifanos spent his time making friends with many in his community, using…
Read MoreMedicine or Prayer?
Grant recipient Dr. Geoff Moses recently returned from a large medical outreach north of where he serves in West Africa. He and his team poured out the love of Christ, and by God’s grace were able to see about 1000 patients in just over 2 days. The specific village they served was without known gospel…
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