Update from the Director – June 6, 2024 – A summer/fall full of Mission Trips
A call to Pray
A season of mission trips is upon us and we have a significant role to play. Some have recently been completed, some are in full swing, and others are still coming up. PRAYER is essential to all these mission trips. Below is a list of trips on the slate for this time of year. Hopefully, I will be able to have reports from these mission trips on the BMDF website shortly.
Trips since March 2024 that have been completed.
- University of Louisville School of Dentistry. Trip to Loja, Ecuador, March 8-17. 3 scholarship students participated in this trip.
- University of Oklahoma, School of Dentistry/Hygiene. Trip to Urayli River, Peru, March 16-24. 1 scholarship student participated in this trip
- University of Oklahoma School of Dentistry. Trip to Yucatan, Mexico, May 25 – June 1, 2024. 3 scholarship students
- Send Relief: Armenia: A trip sponsored by Send Relief. Of the 34 Healthcare volunteers, 10 of them are active BMDF members with one new member joining the day after our return.
- National University School of Nursing (California) Nicaragua. March 8-17. One scholarship student participated in this trip
- of MS Med Center. Dominican Republic (OT/PT programs); Mar 10-16. Four scholarship students participated in this trip
- of MS Med Center, Nicaragua, May 25 – June 1: One Med Student member participated in this trip
Trips that are currently ongoing:
- New Orleans Baptist Seminary: Trip to Turin, Italy. A counseling student/BMDF member/scholarship recipient will be serving with the IMB from May – July.
- University of Tennessee: A U.T. Pre-med student/BMDF member/scholarship recipient is engaged with an IMB healthcare team in Guatemala from May – June 17, 2024
- Texas Tech School of Medicine: One Med Student scholarship recipient is on a team headed by BMDF Board member, Randy Oliver as they serve in Mexico from June 1 – June 8.
Upcoming trips:
- FBC, Mt. Pleasant, TX: June 14 – 22. Led by Board member/Sec/Treasurer Bil Barkley with several BMDF members, this is a huge group that goes each year to this location.
- Christ Health Resident/BMDF member/scholarship recipient and another BMDF member will be serving in Peru from June 30-July 9
- Christian Medical Fellowship/Nashville: 2 BMDF members/scholarship recipients will be serving in Nicaragua from Aug. 3 -11
- North Greenville University: 1 P.A. student/BMDF member/scholarship applicant will be serving in Nicaragua from Sept 21- Sept 28.
- Southeastern Baptist Seminary: 1 counseling student/BMDF member/ scholarship applicant will be serving Sept 21 through November 11 on an IMB project in the U.K.
- BMDF/Your Mission Matters trip to Peru 22 – 30, 2024. Dr. Randy Oliver will be leading this trip. Additional information to come.
- A recent BSN grad/student member will be working in South Asia from Aug. 23- Sept. 1.
Would you join us in praying that God would be at work in the following ways?
- For those trips that have been completed,
- would you pray for those local believers/church members who are doing follow-up would be helpful in discipling those who made decisions to follow Christ.
- That the seed of God’s Word which was planted, may still take root in the lives of those who these teams ministered to.
- That those volunteers participating in these trips will realize that the skills God has given can, over their lifetime, be utilized for His glory and Kingdom Work.
- For those now serving,
- please pray that they would have a spirit of discernment and be able to recognize those individuals they are serving and with whom the Holy Spirit is working.
- For flexibility
- For good health
- For safe return.
- For Kingdom impact and His glory.
- For those going out later in the Year
- Spiritual preparation
- Logistical preparation
- God’s preparation in the hearts of those they are going to serve.
- Flexibility
- Safe travels/good connections