Seeking assistance in ministry develelopment

Dr. Marwel Garcia of Nicaragua, sees a patient on a recent medical outreach campaign to a nearby village.

God can do incredible things with a heart that is fully surrendered to him. We get glimpses of this truth over and over as we work with Luke Society directors. We can clearly see it in each ministry. However, one of the places this promise is most meaningful is at the beginning of a new partnership with a director.

When work begins, there are limited resources. Comfort and security are replaced by difficulties and hardships. But there is anticipation. What is God up to? What is He going to do?

Over the past two years the Luke Society has begun partnerships with seven new ministries in six different countries. A few examples are:

• A nurse who gave up a comfortable lifestyle in Ghana to move to a remote region in Niger, where she is the only Christian;

• A successful ophthalmologist who quit a lucrative government job to start his own clinic for the poor;

• A team in Burkina Faso, providing services in areas controlled by Jihadists;

• A pediatrician in Nicaragua, using the salary from his government hospital job to pay for his own clinic in the rural community where he grew up;

• A couple from Mexico who left the comforts of Mexico City to practice dentistry and optometry in an isolated area in Oaxaca.

The Luke Society has a new ministry development fund to help with expenses we incur in evaluating new ministries. Because the Lord has blessed us with all of these new partners, the new ministry development fund has become depleted. Our goal is to raise $30,000 to help replenish it.

When Jesus calls us to follow Him, he is inviting us into His story. Each of these individuals have said “yes” to that invitation. When we give financially, we are also saying “yes” to Him and participating in the same story.

You can give to this project by mailing checks to our office, or making an online donation here.