Posts by Rick Allen
Press Release: On-Belay Medical and MedSend Announce Partnership to Train African Surgeons
June 1, 2021 – Ft. Mill, S.C., Knoxville, TN On-Belay Medical and MedSend jointly announce their partnership in training national orthopedic surgeons in Africa. On-Belay Medical has committed $125,000 towards MedSend’s five-year residency programs for training national orthopedic surgeons. On-Belay is an innovative medical device distributor, with a philanthropic heart for giving back to…
Read MoreMedical Missionaries Train African Doctors for Africa
Drs. David and Krichele Jeffcoach have been living and serving in Ethiopia for two years with their three children – Vivienne, Bruce, and Clara. David is a Trauma and Critical Care Surgeon who trains Ethiopian Nationals to become surgeons through the Pan African Academy of Christian Surgeons. Krichele is a Physician Assistant who also holds…
Read MoreMedical Missionary in Honduras: “We See You. We’re Here, and We Will Help”
Dr. Judith Blumhofer is a pediatrician, medical missionary, and MedSend grant recipient who has been serving in Honduras for nine years now through Christian Health Services Corp. She is affiliated with Hospital Loma de Luz. Translated, this means “Light on a Hill.” The facility consists of a hospital, bilingual school, and children’s ministry. The footnote…
Read MoreMeet a MedSend National Scholar: Dr. Sheila Sisela
During the month of March, we’re featuring several MedSend Grant Recipients and National Scholars working in family practice medicine. Scripture tells us “let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap if we do not give up.” (Galatians 6:9). As followers of Christ, it’s up to each of us to…
Read MoreMeet a MedSend Alumna: Ophthalmologist Wendy Hofman
Christian ophthalmology missionaries help bring hope to communities around the world by improving both physical and spiritual sight. “The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy[a] are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is proclaimed to the poor.” Matthew 11:5 In the United States, eye care is…
Read MoreGod’s Hand Across a Lifetime: My Path to MedSend
In 1993, my wife Linda and I moved to Fairfield, Connecticut. I was with a division of IBM at the time and had been transferred. We left behind both our families as well as our beloved community church. Before we left our home in Washington Crossing, PA, we asked if anyone knew a church in…
Read MoreMeet a MedSend National Scholar: Dr. Peter Ronald from Kenya
We continue reflecting this month on the theme of family practice medicine in the context of Christian healthcare missions. Scripture tells us “everyone should look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others.” (Ephesians 4:32) and as followers of Christ, it’s up to each one of us to determine who in our communities…
Read MoreMeet a Missionary: Dr. Christina Miller
Christian family practice missionaries help bring hope to communities around the world by providing care for vulnerable people groups. Dr. Christina Miller is a family practice physician who serves through Christian Health Service Corps in rural Malawi at Nkhoma Mission Hospital. She recently joined a MedSend Virtual World Tour to share her experiences working in one…
Read MoreMeet a Missionary: Veterinarian Dr. Daniel Graham
Christian veterinary missionaries help bring hope to communities around the world by providing animal care where it’s needed most. “….Our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ … gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are His Very Own, eager to do what is good.”…
Read MoreMeet a MedSend National Scholar: Loraine Ekisa
The month of February brings us in the Western world to a season of reflection on the concept of love. At MedSend, our thoughts turn toward what this concept means in the context of global healthcare missions. Scripture tells us “we love because he first loved us” (1 John 4:19). Ideally, we use the love…
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