Prayer Requests

Sept 18, 2024.  Dr. Randy Oliver is leading a BMDF team to Peru from Oct. 22 – Nov. 1.  I posted on this several weeks ago. They are now at a stage of trying to figure out what medicines they need to take. This is common to those who take volunteer medical trips. God has pulled together a great team for Randy to work with. Would you please be in prayer that God would prepare this group to work as a team as they prepare to go.. Also, please be in prayer for the team we will be working alongside (Your Mission Matters).  Lastly, please pray that God would work in the hearts of those the team is going to serve, that they might receive not only physical healing, but also spiritual healing/renewal as the team ministers to them. You can find out more information about this trip by visiting our Volunteer Opportunities page..

Sept 18, 2024. Thank you for praying for the new partnership that BMDF entered into a  with CMA-Ukraine.  While we have been developing this partnership the past several months, the kickoff date is July 1.  We are partnering with them to help provide coordination for their six teams as the serve the people of Ukraine with Mobile Medical Clinics.  We are now a little over 2 months into that partnership.  You can read the report they recently submitted this month recapping how God is using their team to take the Gospel to Ukraine. Just click here. The new coordinator is RM.  In a recent note to me, RM asked that we pray for the following:

  1.  Peace in Ukraine
  2. the work on a plan to organize an all-Ukrainian Christ medical conference to unite Christian medical professionals and encourage them to serve people with their professional skills.
  3. For the CMA leadership team, that they have the wisdom and guidance to faithfully develop and influence medical professionals through Christian Values.

Sept 18, 2024. The conflict continues to rage.  between Israel and Gaza. Please be in prayer for the governments of both these groups that they might come to an agreement to stop the fighting.   I have friends on both sides of the conflict currently going on in both Israel and Gaza.  Please pray for the innocents on both sides who are suffering during these difficult times and that peace will truly come soon to this area.

July, 2024 – One of the difficult times in overseas ministry is the loss of long term colleagues due to retirement.  Not only do they have great connections with the people they serve but they are also great mentors to newcomers.  A couple in Central Asia recently faced the loss of a long-term couple.  Please pray for them as they adjust to this loss and as they pick up the mantle to keep God’s work going strong.

Sept, 2024 – In July, I posted that Several of our members are either in language school or are in transition from language school to the field where they will be serving.  The transition is often bitter-sweet for those as they have to leave behind all the friends they have made during their language study and develop new friendships and have cultural adjustments in the place the Lord has called them to serve.  LS, a BMDF member is just on of these.  She has just completed language study in France and has just moved to West Africa soon.  Although French is the “trade” language,  Laura finds times of difficulty when business needs are expressed in the “local” language.  This is a problem many of our field workers face.  After learning one language, they have to move into a second language (called the Heart language) of those they serve. Please lift LS and others as they make this transition and ask that the Lord would help them to “Land well” in their new locations.

May 10, 2024 –  SS who serves in NAME, has asked that we pray for the political situation in her country.  Please pray, not only for SS, but for many who serve in areas where political stability is a consistent problem and concern.

Sept 18,2024 Several months ago, BMDF was able to help send 45 IMB field workers to a conference that provided not only Continuing Education hours required to keep their licenses, active, but also the opportunity for Spiritual renewal and networking with like-minded healthcare professionals serving overseas. This is a part of who BMDF is and what we do. However, to send so many this year was an expensive project. We seek to do this every year. Would you join us in praying that God would lift up donors who are willing to walk alongside BMDF to continue providing these opportunities. We have been told how strategically important these meetings are. Supporting our missionaries is one of those core values of who we are. If you know of healthcare professionals, and/or churches or others who would like to engage in healthcare ministries, would you pray that God would bring them into the BMDF circle to help support our programs. They can donate or they can become members (BMDF is open to all who are interested in healthcare missions).

Sept 18,2024 update.  AF worked in a Baptist Hospital in West Africa several years ago.  Although she returned to her war-torn country to visit friends and family and assist in any way she could, she has returned to the Baptist Hospital to assist while their primary surgeon is on furlough. Over the past two years she has expressed an interest to get missionary training, so that she can be better equipped to serve our Lord.  Would you pray with her that the Lord might open up the doors for her to receive this training.  Also pray for her as she continues to have health issues that prevent her from being 100%.

Sept 18, 2024.  Work has been going on for our annual meeting nextyear in Durham, N.C..  We have had to change the dates to April 25-26.  The meeting will be held at FBC, Durham.  Registration will open in January.  Please pray for those who are engaged in the planning stages to hear God’s voice as they seek the speakers He has set aside to join us.  We are praying that God would bring at least 75 to join us in this meeting but will gladly be ready to accommodate many more.  Registration will be opening in late December.

Sept. 2024. HF (Eastern Europe) continues in her work in this war-torn country.  In June, she reported that due to missile strikes, the cities infrastructure has been damaged and electricity is becoming more and more sporadic.  In October, She and others will hold a training for new volunteers in their Choose Life Ministry.  She asks that as she visits local churches,  that God would lift up a good group on volunteers to help in this ministry.  She also reports that she has been able to move around in this war torn country and serve in a two day medical/dental outreach in her country.  Please pray for her and other volunteers in the country as they seek to utilize their medical skills to meet the physical, mental, and spiritual needs of the community.  As you pray for this need,  remember others who are serving in areas where there are many refugees and internally displaced peoples.  Pray that those seeking to seerve them would be given wisdom as they dispense relief through their efforts and also that they might bring mental and spiritual comfort to the many who are oppressed.

July 16, 2024 – BM serves in Central Asia.  I always love to read the prayer updates sent by this missionary in that they are full of prayer requests for many of those she ministers to and her desire to see each of them in close relationship to our Lord.  We last reported that BM was heading to the U.S. to help her parents. She was able to return to her overseas home in March and has been busily engaged in sharing the Gospel.  One of the ways she has been engaged is through the distribution of food to flood victims.  She also shares the tragic news that over 1000 people died in Saudi Arabia during this year’s pilgrimage.  Please pray for BM as she seeks to share the True God to those she serves.

Sept 18, 2024 –  Please pray for BMDF.  Our membership numbers are nowhere near their peak in past years.  Ask that God would help our Leadership Team and our membership to encourage those who are in the healthcare field (both practicing and students), along with those who support Healthcare missions to consider joining us and/or supporting the programs of BMDF.  Pray for us as we are in the process of seeking to establish new committees, one of which is our membership committee. As a point of praise, this year we have been able to provide record amounts for both Continuing Medical Education opportunities for our overseas members and well as a record number of scholarships (29 at the time of this message) to healthcare students to be able to go on healthcare related mission trips.  This would not have been possible without the generous donations of our friends and members.  Thank you, Lord, for their commitment to you, in helping healthcare workers serve you.  Thank you also for their foresight in preparing the way for future generations to use thier healthcare skills for your Glory.

Sept 18, 2024 –  Over the past several weeks I have come across field workers who have had to return to the U.S. because of family needs (illness, children issues, aging parents, etc). This is common among those who are called to serve. I’ve also come across some who are serving and it is coming time for them to return to the U.S. for furlough. One question that is on many of their minds is “Do I go back”. Would you stop and pray for those who have made decisons to return to the U.S. and those who are seeking God’s guidance about returning. As you can imagine, this is very difficult for them and their families.

Sept 18, , 2024).  In Late August I received an email from a couple serving in the Pac Rim.  They had been led to believe that their visas would be renewed and yet two days before the end date of the visa, they were told that their visas would not be renewed.  Unfortunately, they were not able to get their visas renewed and had to return to the U.S. while waiting to see if the Lord will open the door for them to return to the country where they have been faithfully serving.  They have since returned to the field but are living in a nearby country praying for the day the Lord will allow them to return to the people He has called them to Serve. Please be in prayer for them as they transition to life in the new country but also for a change in the hearts of their countries officials that will allow them to return to the people they love. Relocation is common place among those who serve in political unstable situations.  As you pray for this couple, pray for others who are going through similar trials.

June 29, 2024.  May times, the problems we face come not from outside influences but from those within our circle of friends and family.  J and L serve in the Pacific Rim.  They recently had a church member who was unhappy with a message from their pastor and caused a lot of dissension within the church.  Church leaders were able to step in and “calm the storm” but the person who was unhappy has not returned to the church.  Please pray for this person, that they might see the error of their way and find themselves back into fellowship with the church.  Thank the Lord for those church leaders who handled the situation with Grace and kindness but also with biblical integrity..

Sept 2024. We have been praying for JC and his family.   As we continue to pray for JC and his family, we are reminded that even as busy as life becomes while serving overseas, our families play an important role in our ministry.  While JC’s family has been fighting a couple of different illnesses including a lice infestation,  they continue on serving.  A reminder that Satin will continue to throw things at us but we must continue the fight.  As you pray today,  thank God for families who serve.  The children many times, open up great doors of opportunity to share the Gospel.