Praying for Unreached Peoples: what does a prayer journey look like?
In July 2017 I spent three weeks in East Asia on a prayer trip. A team of five of us (two from the UK, two...
Category Archives: 2018
Understanding & Caring for Cross-Cultural Workers
'But surely missionaries never get depressed?’ blurted an audience member as I finished speaking on home assignment about my work as International Medical Adviser. It...
Bringing Gospel Hope through Palliative Care
Khun pastors a small house church on the outskirts of a city in Southeast Asia. One day, Khun went to the city’s main hospital and...
Responding to Childhood Malnutrition with Chickens and Eggs
Ever since coming to serve in this remote mountainous area largely populated by a minority people group in Southeast Asia I have been struck by...
Reflections on 10 years of teaching medical professionals
'God has really brought us together', said the hospital director at the end of our short-term trip. Perhaps he did not mean it in quite...
The Work of Medical Advisors in Mission
Medical Advice Away From Home Offering advice is perhaps best done with some trepidation. Sometimes the stakes are high, the risks uncertain, the circumstances are...
The Power of Medical Mission in Christian Witness
My first introduction to world mission came from my parents’ interest and advocacy for the Leprosy Mission. I have early memories of slide presentations vividly...
A Gospel-Driven Response to Disability
Do you know any doctor in your country who can cure her?’ An anxious and embarrassed mother held her 7-year-old girl who was born with...
Manorom Accident: 40 Years On
1978 was a year of special prayer throughout OMF for spiritual breakthrough in Thailand. On January 14, Thailand’s Children’s Day, several OMF families left Manorom...
A Short History of Sharing the Gospel through Medical Work
In the 1970s David, a former Malay soldier with leprosy, received care from an OMF nurse in Thailand: ‘when Minka put my stinking foot on...