Campus minister Christopher Hylton says that campus ministry in Salamanca, Spain, recently has looked almost like a time of “hibernation.” But behind the scenes, he said, “there has been a lot of movement through conversations and low-key, COVID-friendly activities.”
As The Garden campus ministry in Brisbane, Australia, moves along in its new semester, campus minister Carly Kies shared an update on some of the highlights they’ve experienced.
Community Health Partners (CHP), a CMF partner medical ministry in Narok County, Kenya, has been on the forefront of healthcare since 1980, and has played an especially big role during the pandemic, according to John Sankok, the CHP Director.
Handwashing is really catching on in the Missions of Hope International (MOHI) schools in Kenya, reports CMF team member Raelyn Nicholson. The handwashing initiative was begun last year in an effort to control the spread of the coronavirus.
The children, team and staff at CMF’s child sponsorship program in India are all fine by the grace of God, reported sponsorship coordinator Usha recently in an email to all sponsors, and “we are all breathing a sigh of relief.”
“We are celebrating the opportunity to fling the gates of MOHI schools wide open!” reports CMF team member Raelyn Nicholson, who serves with Missions of Hope International in Nairobi, Kenya.
The people in a restricted access South Asian country where CMF serves quickly became desperate for food and basic essentials during the Coronavirus lock-down, so Marketplace team members Mr. and Mrs. L. immediately began looking for ways to help.
Months of lockdown in Salamanca, Spain, have now transitioned into outdoor meetings with masks, reports Globalscope En Vivo campus ministers Will and Laura Sallee.
When Juli Duvall-Jones, CMF’s Director of Missionary Care and Development, scheduled the 2020 Furlough Retreat for all missionaries who were planning to be in the U.S. this summer, she had no idea that COVID-19 would still be impacting the U.S. in such a devastating way.
A medical ministry initiated by CMF in 1980 in Narok County, Kenya, has continued to thrive under Kenyan leadership, and is now taking on a key role in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.