The Physical Therapy site in Nicaragua started an incredible new project. This is a new way to enter into the lives of patients while getting to know them on a more personal level and share the gospel with them. The new aquatic therapy class is helping the PT...
Today’s story of encouragement comes from the Medical Site in Jarabacoa, Dominican Republic. Watch the video below to learn how God is using the passions of nurse Katie in the Babies and Mamas program to equip young moms of the DR. Thank God for this program! It is creating...
Let’s praise the Lord for life transformation! Gloria has been a patient at the SI medical site in Nicaragua for six years now and we have seen tremendous growth physically and spiritually. Three years ago, a program was created to offer health care services and education while sharing...
Today we get a glimpse of how the Physical Therapy site in Nicaragua has been growing thanks to the work of the people it serves. Paul Beeghly shares from his experience: Serving with SI Nicaragua over the past three years, I have been impacted by how service-oriented and...
Today you get the chance to learn about the Medical Site in Nicaragua! See how God works through your support and our staff’s work. God is eternal and shows us mercy every day. God guides the Medical site in spiritual growth and feeds our patients. This has allowed...
Have you heard about Operation Rebuild SI? We’re grateful for counting on people like you! Today, we want to share with you why we need your help: We had almost no teams last year, and this summer, 75% of our teams –over 900 students– had to cancel their missions...
One of the challenges of PT ministry is the short time period to build deep relationships with patients. The goal of outpatient PT is to work with the patient until they are independent, which ideally occurs in a few weeks before discharge. In this pediatric setting, I will have the opportunity for long term ministry with each patient. Most of these children will benefit from physical therapy for years, not weeks. And I not only get to build relationships with the children, but also with their parents and siblings.
When I close my eyes, I can still see his smiling wrinkled face. And it is his face that comes to mind when I envision the meaning of "long-term ministry." God reunites with his children in many different ways; sometimes, it is instant, through a sermon or street evangelism, but a lot of the time it's through long term investment.
Who would have thought that the world as we know it would change in such drastic ways this year; that it would force us to learn new ways of living, serving, and relating.... As you guys may already know, I am a missionary doctor, which means that I have different ways of serving in medicine. I have the opportunity to show Jesus to our patients, the doctor of doctors, and the medicine par excellence of our lives.
Our work as missionaries and ambassadors of Christ is to share His love, His gospel, and peace that transcends all understanding. For some of us, this means visiting a member of the community, installing a water filter, and then sharing a cup of coffee as we talk about Jesus and His overwhelming love. In our case, sharing that love and hope means having our patients' afflictions, whether severe or mild, be both physically and spiritually healed.
