WHEN HEALTH MATTERS MORE
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to swirl around the world, the need for good health education becomes more critical than ever. While our mission teams prepare for travel as soon as it is safe, until then, our partners in communities worldwide continue the work.
SHARING HEALTH PRINCIPLES IN FREE CLINICS ENCOURAGES WELLNESS AND STRENGTHENED IMMUNE SYSTEMS. WILL YOU SUPPORT FREE HEALTH CLINICS? JANUARY 2021
In many countries, quality medical care is often expensive and in very short supply. This pandemic has only made those challenges worse. Poor nutrition, polluted water and air, unhealthy hygiene all hinder efforts to maintain health, even in the best of times.
Now more than ever, supporting our partners’ efforts to offer free clinics matters! Learning about nutrition, exercise, water, sunshine, fresh air, rest, temperance and trust in God improves health. It renews hope for thousands of frightened and concerned people. There, they also learn how deeply God cares for our needs and hearts are opened to His calling.
We take good medical care and education for granted in North America. But with your help, the gift of health will improve lives around the world and that impact will grow even more significant in the coming months. Your continued prayers and gifts provide help and remind our international partners that He is faithful even in challenging circumstances
GIVE ME OIL IN MY LAMP
Do you remember the old camp song that asked for oil in my lamp, keep it burning, keep it burning ’til the break of day?
Based on the parable of the seven virgins, this song is so fitting. We know how important it is to be ready when God calls. While mission teams still cannot work alongside our partners worldwide, they are focused on being prepared to return to the field as soon as it is safe.
They also know that COVID-19 may be here to stay even if there are fewer infections. That means free health clinics will remain meaningful opportunities to share Jesus when we can return to the field.
In clinics, team members offer health education that addresses a community’s unique challenges. These topics can include hygiene, sanitation, clean water and healthy diets based on local food resources. They also screen for diabetes, heart disease and other chronic issues that require direct medical care.
Especially now, screening for underlying conditions such as diabetes and heart disease will offer residents a better understanding of their pandemic risks and offer advice on reducing them.
Will you help keep oil in the lamps so mission teams can return to the field to offer free clinics as soon as it is safe?
— ELLEN G. WHITE, COUNSEL ON DIETS AND FOODS
PEACE IN THE PANDEMIC
HOW COUNTRIES WE SERVE ARE FARING DURING THE PANDEMIC AND WHAT YOUR GIFTS FOR CLINICS CAN DO TO HELP PEOPLE RIGHT NOW.
Guatemala Status:
Risk Level: HIGH
And medical care resources are limited.
Your clinic gift: Provides health education information on clean water, nutrition, health screenings for diabetes and heart disease, and provides reading glasses. Gospel workers and church congregations lead these efforts during the pandemic.
Ethiopia Status:
Risk Level: HIGH Especially in urban areas, and medical care resources are minimal.
Your clinic gift: Provides health education information on hygiene, sanitation, water and nutrition to share within communities through the efforts of our ministry partners there.
Philippines Status:
Risk Level: HIGH
And medical care resources may be limited.
Your clinic gift: Provides health education information on clean water, nutrition, health screenings for diabetes and heart disease, and provides reading glasses. Gospel workers and church congregations lead these efforts during the pandemic.
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Every $20 you give will treat four more people. To treat 48 people, consider making your gift monthly!
CONNECTION, CORONAVIRUS & CREATIVITY
The creativity and can-do spirit of our partners around the world are profoundly inspiring! Despite this pandemic’s devastating impact, a deep commitment to working together to share Jesus throughout communities across the world remains.
One of the biggest needs is to find creative ways to do outreach—and that includes supporting good health through new methods of connection. Without your help, the positive impact that has begun in these communities will be hindered and fear and hopelessness will deepen.
As we support essential efforts in our own communities through our QHM Cares initiative, we can also support efforts throughout the world. Every $5 you give will treat one more person and offer him the gift of health. These health education tools will provide QHM partners worldwide the means to create connections that represent the hands and feet of Jesus in their communities.
Can they count on you?
