What are some of the most common illnesses and ailments that children in our programs face? We will address certain diseases individually so you can know how to best pray against them, but first let us focus on one issue that contributes to almost every other sickness: undernutrition.

Several of our countries have frighteningly high rates of undernourishment (when the food intake is insufficient to meet a child’s minimum energy requirement).

In Kenya and Zimbabwe, one third of children are undernourished. In Mozambique and Ethiopia, around 40% of children do not receive the nourishment they need – and in Haiti, a shocking 57% of children deal with this insufficiency every day.

Some studies estimate that one-third of all child deaths under the age of 5 can be attributed to undernutrition. This is why nutrition is one of the first areas Medical Mercy addresses in the assessment of a project area: what percentage of children are underweight or stunted, and what is needed to supplement what they are already receiving?

Often times, children might not receive enough protein, and the answer is as simple as a hard-boiled egg added to their meal or as a snack. This is an area a Health Care Worker will monitor: given the initial levels of undernourishment, are the children’s health and weight improving? What can this program do to keep the children healthier? When nutrition levels rise, incidents of disease drop.

Today’s prayer:
Lord, thank you for what you are enabling us to do for children. Your word says that you honor those who see the needs of others and respond (Isaiah 58:10-11). Please make a way for the children in Mission of Mercy programs to have access to improved nutrition. If it’s as simple as adding an egg, please create the connections needed to secure those resources.

Other areas needing prayer:

• Pray the HCWs see the children who need to be seen and can evaluate the needs of a community effectively
• Pray that parents’ trust and commitment to the Mission of Mercy program grows as they see their child’s health improve with access to the project
• Pray for creativity and ingenuity to help address the chronic needs of the communities we serve

Programs like Medical Mercy and the Health Care Worker system help Mission of Mercy stand in the gap for the children God has entrusted to us.

But what if these programs did not exist, if God had not moved in people's hearts to ensure necessary care is accessible and equipped others to volunteer to give it?

What medical care is available in the 16 countries developing countries we serve?

Take a look at the resources -- or lack thereof -- against what is available in the US. Perhaps this helps explain why we are so thankful for the Medical Mercy and the Health Care Worker program and the safety net it creates in countries where there obviously isn't one.

Medical Mercy provides an initial level of care and trains the Health Care Workers, who can continue monitoring and addressing the conditions that can so easily limit the quality of life and hopes for the future. Then in cases of emergency, the donations made to the Children's Crisis Fund can secure medicine and other treatment as needed.

Today's prayer:
Lord, you are more than aware of the needs in the communities. We thank you that with you as the Shepherd, we lack nothing. Thank you for creating a new, sustainable safety net for children with so little. They are walking through the darkest valleys, but we thank you that you are with them. We pray that you fill their physical and spiritual cups to overflowing.

Other areas needing prayer:

• Many kids, once freed from the restraints of poverty, dream of becoming doctors and nurses to help others


• Pray that God continues to raise up doctors and nurses with a heart for Him


• When the children need urgent care, pray the HCWs or project staff can find a bed or doctor or nurse -- one of Medical Mercy's goals is to form agreements with local clinics or hospitals so care can be all but guaranteed

Dr. Beyda, our Medical Mercy director, just returned from assessing our Ethiopian Health Care Worker program and then took a medical team who worked alongside Health Care Workers serving in Kenya.

Kenya and Ethiopian HCWs have had several rounds of training, and Dr. Beyda makes it a point to keep in contact with the HCWs, in part to answer questions and provide consults if necessary, but also to continually evaluate the health of the kids, the program, and even the staff.

His trip to Ethiopia and Kenya focused on answering several questions:

Do children in our programs benefit from having a Health Care Worker close at hand?
Does an HCW’s training prepare them to be effective in such remote, under-served areas?

Dr. Beyda’s Ethiopia trip revealed some encouraging results:

The intent of the HCW program is to ensure sustainability of healthcare needs of the children after our medical teams leave. The HCW becomes the one source for healthcare needs in their projects.

There are now trained HCWs in Cambodia, Swaziland, Ethiopia and Kenya. The question is, has the HCW program been successful? That's why I went to Ethiopia. To see if it has made a difference.

I spent several hours the first day reviewing the HCWs’ knowledge base, gave them some advanced lectures and quizzed them. No need for worries there. They were sharp, inquisitive and motivated. I then went to the projects and did a medical standards assessment on the healthcare of the children.

We have 11 projects in Ethiopia with about 3000 children in our care. There are 9 HCWs here, having completed their training just over a year ago when we came here to do clinics. They worked with us for 5 days and were seeing patients on their own most of the time, making the right diagnosis and starting the right treatment. In one year since they have been on their own, here's what I've found:

1. Referrals to outside clinics are down by 55%
2. Healthcare costs for the projects are also down by 50%
3. The HCW sees 10 children a month on average
4. 32 children were identified with potentially life threatening illness, were treated, and did not need to be hospitalized
5. Children with chronic illness such as TB, malnutrition, and anemia have been identified and are checked on a regular schedule of physical exams and treatment by the HCW
6. Medical records for all children are now in the child's respective folder

Outcomes that are positive, fruitful, and successful. I hope you see the effect of this HCW program; the Mission of Mercy kids are in good hands.

We agree with Dr. Beyda -- the children are in good hands because the Lord is guiding and shaping and creating opportunities to equip the adults with a heart to make a difference, both here and in your sponsored child's country.

Today's prayer:
Lord, thank you for the effectiveness you have built into this ministry. We praise how the faithfulness of the HCWs reflects your faithfulness to the welfare of the children. Lord, we know this is a harvest field where the workers are few. Please, Lord, continue to raise up laborers and multiply this important ministry.

Other areas needing prayer:

• The harvest fields are ready, the needs are great (we'll look at that in more depth tomorrow)
• Endurance for the HCWs and encouragement -- may they see the fruit of their labor on God's behalf
• That God continues to develop the medical hearts and minds of the HCW staff to address unique situations in their countries

Tomorrow we'll look at the lack of resources and what that could mean for your sponsored child if Medical Mercy and the HCW program did not exist. Thank you for choosing to pray for this harvest field. Like Jesus discovered in his travels, sometimes the most effective ministry is one of healing and care.

Yesterday we prayed for our staff in general, so today we’ll go a little deeper and focus on staff who receive training to provide a special level of care for your sponsored child.

In addition to what the Children’s Crisis Fund and our Medical Mercy program provides for children in our programs, we are able to train select staff members to become Health Care Workers (HCWs).

The training covers basic first aid and diagnostic skills; our Medical Mercy director, Dr. David Beyda, assesses each region to determine the most common health concerns and equips the staff to address them.

These HCWs provide continued care after a medical team leaves. They help monitor the nutrition levels of children in our program and can also refer children for more specialized medical treatment when necessary.

Jesus told his disciples when he was sending them out to minister to others, "Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those with leprosy, drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give" (Matthew 10:8). The Health Care Workers are trained in the same manner -- they have been given a ministry of healing and are to use it to give back.

Today’s prayer:
Lord, thank you for equipping these men and women with hearts that love You and love the children in Mission of Mercy programs. We praise you for the training and supplies we can extend to them and the children. Thank you for continuing to provide the means to address the most common, treatable, and preventable diseases. Please continue to help the HCWs see the children’s needs as you see them.

Other areas needing prayer:

• For the safety and protection of the Health Care Workers as they travel to serve other projects
• Unbroken supply chains for the essential medicines and products they need
• That current HCWs sustain their high level of commitment and invest in the children and projects
• That God continues to reveal the staff with the potential to serve in this unique way

For a look at how a Health Care Worker is making a difference in the most rural communities, check out Ethekon's story.

Your sponsorship enables your child to attend programs with many benefits: nutritious snacks or meals, fun activities, educational support, and most importantly, a spiritual component.

But we could not care for 40,000 children without the help of the amazing project workers and volunteers.

These caring, Christ-loving adults understand the pressures of poverty and the importance of investing in children who are often overlooked by society.

The tender, nurturing care the project staff provides is a key component to your sponsored child’s success: even if their home life is difficult or their health worsens, your sponsored child is in consistent contact with an adult who cares and can intervene if necessary.

In fact, it is almost always the staff and volunteers who respond first, securing the care a child needs or helping a parent find important resources.

We believe that praying for the staff who are fighting for the heart and health of your sponsored child is just like Aaron and Hur holding up Moses' arms when he grew too tired to pray in Exodus 17.

Do you believe you can play such a role?

Other areas needing prayer:

• the health of our staff and the health of their families
• consistent income source (many of our staff are volunteers)
• that their own faith would deepen as they help the kids learn about Jesus

Tomorrow will have a new prayer focus and request. Thank you for praying with us for your sponsored child!

Few things are more encouraging than knowing someone truly cares, especially when poverty creates such unstable living situations: one parent may leave in search of work, or economic pressures may mean a parent falls into substance abuse. More than 25% of children registered in our programs are in the care of a single parent.

Whether or not your sponsored child lives in an unstable situation, you are a point of stability, a light in a dark place. You can play a vital role in strengthening their heart, allowing them to fight the cycle of poverty.

Your love, acceptance, and prayers can be one of the best defenses against disease and despair.

Today’s prayer:
Lord, thank you for providing for my sponsored child. May you strengthen my sponsored child’s family as you bring them into your own family. Lord, help my sponsored child feel my love and acceptance as strongly as I feel yours. 

Other areas needing your prayer:

• a stable and consistent income for your sponsored child’s parent
• a home life filled with love and support
• a neighborhood with role models and positive influences on your sponsored child

For more suggestions on how to pray for your sponsored child and his or her family, go to our website and download our new prayer guide. We even have desktop and phone wallpapers to help you remember to pray for your sponsored child each day!

Next week we're starting a new campaign focusing on your sponsored child's health and the power of your prayers and intercession: 32 days of sustained prayers. 

This could be life changing, for your sponsored child, and for you!

We are so eager to see how God responds to our focused prayers on this very important issue. Few things are as essential to a child's success and confidence as health.

So in addition to the mailing you'll soon receive asking you to write out a prayer for your sponsored child's health, we're going to post daily topics and prayer requests to create a constant wave of informed prayers for the children we serve.  

If you'd like more ideas on how to pray for your sponsored child, check out this prayer guide. And join us next week as we post stories, stats, and the steps we take to ensure your sponsored child has the best chance at the abundant life Jesus promises.

Dr. Beyda and a Medical Mercy team of 18 are in Kenya, serving alongside 18 Kenyan Health Care Workers (HCWs). Internet is sparse, but he provided a short update:

Monday
It's the rainy season here. Therefore it rains. Rivers flood and washes overflow. You'd think we'd know better....wouldn't you. Not us. We forged ahead. The internet is sporadic so I can send only one picture, but it will give you an idea of what we went through.

We walked across and took all our med over in a small truck, making it across okay. Coming back we didn't. The truck got stuck in the middle of the wash. No 4-wheel drive but a lot of pulling and pushing the truck worked. We spent just 4 hours in the village before we had to leave since the clouds were gathering and we were afraid to get stuck there overnight.

The children sang and danced for us and we then worked with the healthcare workers examining them. We go back there today. Hopefully it will be better. We are well and thankful for being able to do His work.

Tuesday
50 kilometers from Kajiado is a small village called Kiburro. It took us 2 hours to go the distance. 30 miles. It gives you a sense of how deep into the bush we were. This is Masai territory, traditional in dress and culture. Beaded jewelry on the women, rhythmic dancing, leaping men with long sticks, and machetes. We were greeted with that and blessed with it when we left.

I looked out from where we were holding clinic and could see for miles, the valleys of the Masai territory. Umbrella trees giving shade to acres of bush and then open plains. We saw gazelle roaming freely and small herds of goats roaming under the watchful eyes of young Masai boys. I grew up in Somalia and being here in Kenya brings back so many memories of my years there. I feel at home. I'm back fulfilling a dream of being a doctor and practicing in east Africa. I was 6 years old when I made that my goal. God is amazing.

We saw all of the Mission of Mercy children and then some. The Health Care Workers shined as they examined the children, their skills becoming fine tuned under the guidance of the US team. We are a total team of 36, Kenyans and US. We have one purpose: to care for the children where no one else wants to go. And that is Kiburro. The Mission of Mercy children were so much healthier than the children in the village who are not Mission of Mercy children. A testimony to a HCW program and sponsorship which ensures food, clothing, education, and love. Perhaps one day we will have all of the children of Kiburro under our wing.

The US team is powered by a spirit of love and grace. We move to another village tomorrow, distant as well. We are not weary. We are privileged and blessed.

In all things give thanks,
David

The care your sponsored child receives can impact so many areas of life. Dr. Beyda traveled to Ethiopia to look at the Medical Mercy's Health Care Worker program and what it means for children there:

Fruits of our labour. Plant a seed. Teach them to fish. All are familiar phrases that address doing something for someone in order to make them self sufficient and show their success, to give them an opportunity to succeed, and to put in place a plan that will grow. It is what we strive to do for those who are less fortunate than most, and who are willing, dedicated, motivated, and driven to make the best of what they have been given.

The Healthcare Worker (HCW) program I developed 7 years ago, is that seed, that teaching to "fish," that opportunity, to give those lay persons who are responsible for the welfare of our Mission of Mercy children, the knowledge and the tools to ensure that our children are healthy.

The intent of the HCW program is to ensure sustainability of healthcare needs of the children after our medical teams leave. The HCW becomes the one source for healthcare needs in their projects. There are now trained HCWs in Cambodia, Swaziland, Ethiopia and Kenya.

The question is, has the HCW program been successful? That's why I'm here in Ethiopia, to see if it has made a difference. I spent several hours the first day reviewing their knowledge base, given them some advanced lectures and quizzing them. No need for worries there. They were sharp, inquisitive, and motivated. I then went to the projects and did a medical standards assessment on the healthcare of the children. Here is a summary:

We have 11 projects in Ethiopia with about 3000 children that we care for. There are 9 HCWs here, having completed their training just over a year ago when we came here to do clinics. They worked with us for 5 days and were seeing patients on their own most of the time, making the right diagnosis and starting the right treatment.

In one year since they have been on their own, here's what I've found:

1. Referrals to outside clinics are down by 55%
2. Healthcare costs for the projects are also down by 50%
3. The HCW is seeing on average 10 children a month
4. 32 children were identified with potentially life threatening illness, treated and never hospitalized
5. Children with chronic illness such as TB, malnutrition and anemia have been identified and are followed on a regular schedule of physical exams and treatment by the HCW
6. Medical records for all children are now in the child's respective folder

Outcome measures that are positive, fruitful and successful. There is more that I've found in addition to what I've listed above, but I hope you see the effect of this HCW program. The Mission of Mercy are well cared for.

I leave for Kenya tomorrow to do the same there, except this time, I'll have my medical team with me. 18 US team members. We will have 5 days of clinics and the HCWs will work with us. Fruits of our labour. Planting a seed. Teaching them to fish. The children are better for it.

In all things give thanks,

David

Please pray for our ministry partners and friends, Charlotte and Mitch Hildebrant, who oversee our child development centers in Swaziland.

We rarely request prayer for individual staff members, but this is an exceptional case. Our dear friends and partners in ministry, Mitch and Charlotte Hildebrant, need your prayers.

Mitch and Charlotte are the directors for Children’s Cup – Africa, our partner in Swaziland, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe. (Before that, they worked with Mission of Mercy and Bethesda Christian Broadcasting!)

***UPDATE: Mitch has had a second abdominal surgery and is recovering well. Praise the Lord, he has not needed another chest tube. We are praying for cotinued healing. More updates in the prayer requests below.

In the middle of March, Mitch went to the hospital in Swaziland with appendicitis. During the appendectomy, the surgeon discovered a (thankfully benign) tumor in his intestines. Since then, however, Mitch has had serious complications, including pneumonia, dehydration, and several severe infections. (You can read more about that here.)

He was eventually transferring to a hospital in South Africa with better medical resources, but doctors are still struggling to address these pressing health issues, and they face several more weeks of treatment and recovery.

Our heart aches for our friends, because we know their hearts long to be on the field ministering to the kids in Swaziland.

We also know we have some serious prayer warriors in the Mission of Mercy family (after all, the last time we asked for prayer, God stalled a major cyclone and sent it away from southern Africa)!

Please join us in praying for Mitch and Charlotte. Here are a few specifics:

• Please pray against a second intestinal leak, which could lead to major infections and another surgery. Also pray that Mitch’s wound from the first surgery would heal supernaturally fast.
  UPDATE: There was a second leak and a second surgery the 3rd week in May. Thankfully Mitch has responded well and it looks like his intestines are functioning. We are praying this will be the last major surgery and he can move on to healing from here!
• Please pray for minimal pain during dressing changes, that his oxygen levels will be high and his blood pressure low. Please pray against the multiple infections, especially those which have settled in his lungs.
  UPDATE: This is still an accurate request. Keep praying against infection!
• Please pray against the anxiety this situation naturally produces in Mitch and Char, and in their families who are so far from them during this scary time. Please pray for peace and solid rest for Mitch and Charlotte. Please also pray for the Children’s Cup staff who continue to serve the children in Mission of Mercy projects.
  UPDATE: Mitch's mother is now in South Africa with Mitch and Char, praise God. Please continue praying against anxiety, which is affecting Mitch's breathing. Please continue to lift up the Children's Cup staff as they are short-handed and still trying to serve the children faithfully.

Friends, we are grateful for your partnership in prayer and for the children. We trust that the Lord, who made healing a major focus of his ministry on earth, will continue to provide for Mitch and Charlotte.

As we reflect today on the actions of Jesus in his last hours, we consider the way we approach our own lives. Can Jesus' sacrifice also affect the way we approach sponsorship?

One sponsor shares how meeting even the simplest need during a mission trip to Kenya gave everything new meaning.

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Today is World Water Day – do you know what your commitment to changing the life of a child allows Mission of Mercy to do?

Because of your sponsorship, we can ensure your sponsored child has access to clean water sources at the project they attend.

Because of your faithfulness, our project staff can reinforce common hygiene practices with the children, who then go home and teach their families and communities, improving the health of all.

Most importantly, because of your prayers and support, we can introduce children to the source of living water, Jesus Christ, and give them access to the abundant life Jesus promises us throughout scripture.

Your contribution is so much larger than those three items reflect. But we want to take a moment to say THANK YOU for what you do on behalf of a child overlooked by many and overwhelmed by the lack he or she faces.

Thank you for providing the means (in more ways than one) to change the health, outlook, and spiritual life of a child.   

To learn more about how water affects the daily life of children in our programs, read this story. You can also click here for a reflection on how God uses water to minister to us.

Mission of Mercy has several mission trips still waiting for your application. If you're wondering if you can make a difference -- if the work that a team takes on can change the heart of a
child -- please read this post.

The writer, Lois, just returned from the women's Cambodia trip. She will be the first to tell you that she's a photographer, not a painter, and that she was not excited for the service portion of the trip.

So how did God change her mind about the power of paint?

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We continue to receive updates from the women's mission trip in Cambodia (some of which you can read in the post below this one).

But instead of relaying what they are experiencing, we thought it best to show you the children they are meeting. Perhaps you'll be as captivated as we are.

Click on the photo below to go to the photo gallery. These amazing photos were provided by a trip participant, Lois Solet. Thank you, Lois!

Over the weekend, a group of women with full hearts (and very full suitcases) landed in Cambodia. This week they will serve two very different projects with a shared mission. The Mechrey Floating School and the Dream Center are instrumental in giving children the chance to break out of poverty.

So what are they learning about God and the ways He is changing the country of Cambodia?

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So much is happening all over the world -- here's how you can join us in prayer for our projects and the areas we serve.

PRAISE: Confounding all storm path projects, Tropical Cyclone Irina has turned and headed out to sea. We had asked for prayer late last week as initially Irina looked to hit our projects in Swaziland and Mozambique.

To our amazement and, frankly, God’s glory, the storm is no longer a major threat. This is fantastic news because it is harvest season in this region, and the heavy wind and rains from this type of storm could devastate a much-needed maize harvest.

Current forecasts show that Irina is weakening as it spins over the colder waters of the south Indian Ocean. We are praying that Irina continues to weaken and stays far, far away from our children and projects in southern Africa.

TRIP PRAYER: A women’s mission trip to Cambodia leaves on Thursday, March 8. This diverse team of 40 women will serve Mission of Mercy’s Mechrey Floating School as well as the projects in the Siem Reap area. We are praying for safe travels, and that all of their supplies arrive safely in country!

PROVISION PRAYER: We’re also praying for our projects in Lebanon, as more and more refugees flee the violence in Syria. One of our projects is especially close to the Syrian border, but many of our programs serve the refugee population in other areas of Lebanon.

As the influx of exiles grows, so too does the strain on infrastructure, increasing the chances that refugees will face discrimination from established families already struggling to get by. In addition to praying for a quick resolution to the violence in Syria, we are praying that the fleeing families are finding sanctuary, and that those receiving them are able to provide help to them.  

Image courtesy of the Pacific Disaster Center's Global Hazard Atlas. For updated storm pictures, click on the image to be taken to their website. March 4 UPDATE: Your prayers are working! Tropical Cyclone Irina has shifted course and is not following the path initially projected.

As our friends and staff in Swaziland shared, "a strange phenomenon has the cyclone circling in the ocean. 'Strange phenomenon'... LOL... yeah, we know His name!"

Please keep praying with us. The new projections still pose some risk for our project in Xai-Xai, Mozambique, especially, which already suffered major damage from previous storms in January. The areas our projects serve are marked with white dots in the image above.

Please continue to cover them in prayer, that Irina continues to turn and does not hit Xai-Xai or other areas in Swaziland or Mozambique.

The original March 2 Path and Request:

Tropical Cyclone Irina as of March 2. Image courtesy of the Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System/UN/EC. Our friends and staff in Mozambique and Swaziland are coveting your prayers as Tropical Cyclone Irina heads their way. Expected to make landfall in the next 24 hours, Tropical Cyclone Irina is gaining strength; the Mozambican cities of Xai-Xai and Maputo, where Mission of Mercy has two projects, are in its path.

The storm is also projected to hit Swaziland, and many in the area are already fearing damage on the scale of a 1984 storm that devastated the region. As the maize (corn) harvest is approaching, the expected flooding and wind damage could have disastrous effects on the nation's food supply.

Please join us in praying that Cyclone Irina changes its course. These two nations are still recovering from the havoc wrecked by two massive storms in January. We are standing with the children, their families, and the staff that serves them in prayer. Please pray with us!

We will keep you posted as we learn more information. As always, if your sponsored child is directly affected, we will contact you as soon as possible. If you would like to help us anticipate the needs in these two countries, please consider a donation to the Children's Crisis Fund.

One of the things we love most about our partners in ministry is their commitment to the children.We write often about Dr. Beyda. His leadership of Mission of Mercy's medical component (Medical Mercy) is inspiring and challenging.

Right now Dr. Beyda is traveling to our projects in Latin America to check on the health programs and staff he has trained. That's why we praise God for His work through Medical Mercy; it is not a one-time mission trip. It means establishing and continuing sustainable health care for the kids who need it most.

This is how he explained the purpose of the trip:

Three countries, 5 cities, 10 days. That's Honduras, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic. I'll be going to several of our projects in each of the countries to see how we're doing with our medical care.

We've been to each of those countries, bringing medical teams and teaching, and now I'm going to find out how sustainable our medical care is. It's all about what we leave behind.

If we've done our job well, we've left behind an infrastructure of health care that is supporting the growth and development of the children. I'll be going to the projects, looking at the children, talking with the project leaders, the teachers, the cooks, local health care professionals, and yes, even the children. It's a time to fix what needs fixing, and applaud that which is going well. I'm looking forward to clapping long and hard and perhaps even giving a standing ovation. We'll just have to wait and see.

So what did Dr. Beyda find on his first stop?

There is nothing better than being surprised and happy about it. Honduras has 3000 Mission of Mercy children in over 20 projects, many of them in Tegucigalpa, some in the north at La Ceiba and some in the south near Choluteca.

How do you ensure that those 3000 children get health care, all of the time, consistently, completely and without question? You have doctors like Victoria and Francisco with the help of Mae-Ling and her husband to take care of the Mission of Mercy children. 24 hours a day.

Really. 24 hours a day.

Victoria and Francisco, two recent graduates from medical school in Honduras, had a place in their heart to serve the underserved, to give and expect nothing and to be there for all who came to them. Through a series of events and some divine intervention, Mission of Mercy came upon these two noble physicians and they found us, and the relationship was born.

For several years now, Victoria and Francisco have served all of the projects, visiting all of them and all of the children multiple times a year, established a nutritional supplementation program, a 24-hour call center, an ambulance, a central clinic base, and a mobile clinic program, twice yearly physical exams for all the Mission of Mercy children, and much more.
 
I spent two days with them, traveled to 4 of the projects, saw what they had accomplished, and stood up and applauded. Standing ovation!! These two young physicians found a place to serve, to give and to fulfill their vision. The children of Mission of Mercy are better for it.

When you want to truly show love to someone, how do you overcome the barriers formed by years of war and brutal indoctrination?

One woman shares how God reminded her of His mission in the world as she prepares for a mission trip to Cambodia.

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This is a day where love is on everyone’s minds, on their Facebook feed, and in every storefront. At Mission of Mercy, love is defined by the sacrifice of One on behalf of others – and how that frames our hearts for serving others in need. We want to know: how do you define love?