It doesn’t seem that long ago that we stood at the edge of a new year and looked ahead to what the year 2014 would bring. And here we are, already in February and looking at 2015 stretched out before us. The marking of a new year is a wonderful time to look back and review the previous year.
Thank you for your prayers and support as we served in rural southern Ethiopia last week on the 2015 Woliso medical mission. While the preparation for this outreach presented new and unprecedented challenges for JVMI, the results were excellent.
"There will be signs in the sun, moon, and stars…. And when these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near." - Luke 21:25,28 Mark Biltz The blood moons: what are they and what do they mean.
The BDS Movement (Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions) against Israel recently garnered another supporter. The University of California Student Association, representing all 10 of the UC campuses, approved a resolution to divest in a number of countries they charge with human rights violations.
“We should put you all on freight wagons.” This hateful statement makes reference to the Nazi practice of filling train cars with Jewish civilians and transporting them to death camps. It was uttered by a high school math teacher in Brussels, Belgium — to a 16-year-old Jewish girl.
Meet Derartu. Derartu (29) walked for over an hour to get to our Woliso medical mission in Ethiopia. She came with four of her six children, Daniel (9), Diribu (6), Megersa (5), and Ezekiel (2 months).
Today ends the week-long medical mission clinic. Communication has been spotty in Woliso, sometimes available and sometimes not. The clinic served nearly 4,000 patients mid-way through the medical mission.
