Our mission partner FAME (Fellowship of Associates of Medical Evangelism) held its annual banquet and auction on April 17 in Carmel, Indiana. More than 400 people attended the event, which provides an opportunity for those who have been part of what God is doing around the world through medical evangelism to learn about the eternal impact FAME’s donors are making and get a glimpse of where the organization is headed next. The auction raised nearly $20,000 that will be used to launch FAME’s work in partnership with CMF missionaries Mary and Wallace Kamau and the Missions of Hope work among the urban poor of Nairobi, Kenya. Check out photos from the evening by clicking this link to FAME’s Banquet & Auction 2009.

Eddie Lowen, senior pastor of West Side Christian Church in Springfield, Illinois, traveled to Nairobi, Kenya, in 2007 with CMF Executive Director Doug Priest. His experiences there meeting the missionaries and children at Missions of Hope changed his life and his church. Click here to read about his experiences and how you can take part in God’s “divine drama” in this article from the April 12, 2009, edition of The Christian Standard.

Nineteen students and staff from Lincoln Christian College, Lincoln, IL, arrived in Nottingham, England, this week for a week-long mission experience with David and Teresa Fittro and CMF team. The group will work primarily in a local school, engaging with the students. This is an annual event and, according to David Fittro, always spiritually challenging. “We have always seen individuals who excel and others who struggle,” said David. “They will daily face students who want to argue and debate about things that are very precious to the LCC team. The team is walking onto the battlefield in our local school.”

After their long days in the classrooms discussing faith with “students who largely have none,” the LCC team will work with the missionaries in prayer walks, youth outreach through clubs and activities, and in encouraging the local churches.

“When teams have been here in the past, we have always seen a new milestone in our work,” said David. “Please pray that God uses this team to make Christ known to the youth, parents and teachers in our community.”