Woodmont Hills Family of God Mission News

Mobile Medical Disaster Relief is a local non-profit that many of our EarlyBirds work with on a weekly basis putting together medicine and hygiene packs for medical mission trips. MMDR, under the direction of Dr. David Vanderpool, makes many trips to Haiti each year to provide medical care and medicine to the needy there.

They have an urgent and overwhelming need for more nurses to go with them to Haiti each month. Upcoming trips are December 17-23, February 4-10, and March 10-16.

Nurses can sign up to go or find more information at www.MMDR.org or contact MMDR at (615) 833-3002.

Please pass the word if you know of anyone who might be interested in helping.

The Tamar Ministry was birthed in Mumbai, India by members of Woodmont Hills in 2007.  The main purposes of the ministry are twofold: to lead women out of the demeaning and destruction profession of prostitution, and to rescue girls who have been trafficked into sex slavery.  To date, 52 women have chosen Jesus over prostitution and 29 girls have been rescued.  In addition, the ladies of the ministry have 93 children.  The Tamar Ministry provides medical care, initial basic needs, and training for new job opportunities that are empowering, as well as spiritual mentoring and a safe house for the rescued girls.  This Jesus-modeled ministry is associated with other outreach to the poor, lepers, eunuchs, and street children of Mumbai. - Roger W. Wiemers

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As believers, we are called to share the Gospel to the world. Through Woodmont Hills generosity, we are doing just that …sharing the Gospel with all the world.

On November 6, we will once again be devoting the entire worship service to our global mission efforts. Hear the stories of what God is doing around the world. See the faces of those who are doing God’s work and the faces of those transformed by His grace. We want to use this day to help encourage our missionaries, praise God for the work they do, and focus on how we as a Church can serve the world.

Our Mission Partners:

Boanerges Flores – El Salvador

Valentin Flores – Nicaragua

Efrain Gutierrez – El Salvador

Steven Jyothi – India

Eric Masih – Pakistan

Kennedy Osei – Ghana

Dr. Walter Sierra – Guatemala

Tamar Ministry – India

We also have an education fund which helps students discover the world of missions. We try to support the efforts of Woodmont Hills members who engage in missions trips. Many ministries will provide information displays in the Woodmont Hills Lobby Mission Sunday.

There will be a special collection taken up to fund the majority of the 2012 mission budget.

Mission Sunday Financial Need:

Total Contribution needed:    $187,500

Weekly Church budget:           -42,500

Remainder for Missions:       $145,000

Please meditate upon the entire range of resources which God has given you: relationships, money, social media networks, talents, time, treasure, businesses, groups of which you are member, the global web of church efforts of which you are a part. True, Mission Sunday puts a laser point on the financial resources required to fund our missionaries and outreaches, but the Woodmont Hills Family “great global grid” of influence permeates much more widely than we sometimes think. Ask God to guide your imagination in seeing new ways and connections to support our efforts to carry the Good News to the world in broken vessels.

If you are interested in being involved with the Mission Committee in 2012 just contact us at the email address listed on this site or speak to a Committee member. If we can provide other information please let us know of your need.

Each year Woodmont Hills receives hundreds of requests from college students who need financial assistance in order to make short-term mission trips. These students are a great help to small congregations at mission points around the globe. They help with VBS or youth activities, support orphans, feed and build shelter for the poor in the name of the Lord, and are a great encouragement to Christians in distant lands. But more than that, they return changed people, having learned about other parts of the world, different cultures and the need for Christ in these areas. Moreover, they remain mission-minded and support mission efforts for life. Woodmont Hills helps mold the lives of these young people through this mission education. — Pat Dwyer

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The following are some of the many “thank yous” which Pat has received over the past few years. Any typing errors or name misspellings are mine (Ed Dodds). Please send me any corrections.

Dear Woodmont Hill family,
Thank you so much for the contribution to my mission trip to the Netherlands Antilles. It was such a wonderful experience to be in a new culture and make positive influences on the kids we worked with. Thank you again.
Carolyn Latham

Dear Woodmont Hills C of C Church family,
Thank you so much for your contribution to my Cozumel mission trip w/LU this Spring Break (2007). I really appreciated it, and I ask that you continue to pray for my team as we prepare to head down there and also while we are there. I am so excited to return to Cozumel to see all the beautiful children. Thanks again for helping me raise enough to return to Cozumel. I’m so excited!
God Bless!
Tiffany Uram

Thank you so much for your generosity in contributing to my mission trip to the City of Children in Ensenada, Mexico! It was a wonderful experience and I greatly appreciated your help!
Thanks again,
Ashley Davis

2/1/08
Thank you so much for your donation for my upcoming mission trip to Jamaica and Northern Ireland. I know that your money will be put toward great use to spread the Word of God there. Please pray for my team and myself as we prepare for our missions. Thanks once again!
By the Cross,
Millie Norwood

Dear Brothers and Sisters at Woodmont Hills,
Thank you very much for the money that you sent for my trip to Honduras. I am so thankful to have brothers and sisters in Christ that are mission-minded. Please continue to pray for this trip, our team, and the people in Tegucigalpa that they may receive the message of Christ through our work there. Que Dios les bendiga!
Ryan Hudson

Dear Woodmont Family,
Thank you so much for supporting me on my trip. With your help, I was able to spend two weeks straight with the most beautiful children in the world. Here’s a photo of me in Santa Ana, Honduras.
Thank You All!
Nathan Akey

Family at Woodmont Hills,
I just wanted to write you this overdue note to say thank you for helping me with my trip to Honduras in May. It was an amazing experience that I will never forget. We did a lot of work and made great relationships with everyone down there. Thanks again for making this trip possible.
Your sister,
Leslie Romei

Dear Woodmont Hills,
Thank you so much for your generous support on my recent mission trip to Guatemala! We see many Guatemalan patients in the clinics and bonded with our brothers and sisters in Latin America. I feel very blessed that I got to go, thank you so much for your help!
In Christ,
Christine Perry

Dear Woodmont Hills,
Thank you for the money you so enerously gave me in my efforts to raise money for the upcoming Spring Break mission trip to Honduras. We are very much looking forward to this opportunity to hopefully help meet some of the spiritual and physical needs of the Hondurans. Thank you for helping to make this trip a possibility!
Thank you,
Rebekah Dodd

I want to thank you so much for your contribution to my trip to the Village of Hope in Ghana, Africa. It was one of the most amazing experiences that I’ve ever had and I am thankful for it. For two weeks we lived at the orphanage and worked with the kids. We visited near-by villages and shared the love of Christ with people who may not have known it before! Again, Thank you so much, I am truly blessed!
In Christ,
Ashley Kiysu

Thank you so much for all yor support and prayers!
Unsigned

Dear elders at Woodmont Hills Church of Christ,
Thank you so much for the donation you made to help me get to Peru this May! I am so excited to be able to go on this trip! Your concern for others is deeply appreciated by all of us on the mission team. Please keep us in your prayers!
Sincerely,
Katie Pearsall

Dear Brothers and Sisters:
Thank you so much for your support to the Honduras Medical Mission Trip. Our team treated 4,031 Honduran patients, while delivering food and benevolence packages to many homes. Thank you again for helping make our mission a success.
In Him,
Jade Bushang

Hello,
I want to take this time to thank you for your prayers and contribution to my mission trip to Scotland. The trip made a huge impact on my life and we were able to reach several children in the youth group as well as the public school system. I thank you for helping me raise the money to be part of the group, and giving me this wonderful, lasting memory.
May God bless your church.
Sincerely,
Candias Sadler

Floods were experienced in Pakistan at the end of August and are on-going in El Salvador

EL SALVADOR

We want to share with you this information to give you an idea about the difficulties in our country because of the floods. Although this information is in Spanish the pictures talk by themselves. Some churches including Santiago de Maria are collecting food in order to help to brothers and sisters who may be in shelters because the situations in those places are not the best ones, for example one or two bathrooms for 60 people.

Today is Monday and rain has not stop as we wished and the situations get worse because there are people of some areas that [refused] to be evacuated on time because they were afraid to [loose] their stuffs or animals and now is late because levels of waters have increase suddenly and the damaged roads do not permit the authorities, help associations like red cross or some churches to get there because of the floods.

We pray for God may take them in his control, amen.

Say hello to all the family of God there.

We love you.

Mayra Flores

http://www.elsalvador.com/especiales/2011/lluvias/mapa.html

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PAKISTAN

We are having another natural disaster due to the heavy MONSOON rains in this area. Rivers and canal are over flowing. India discharged so much extra water to Pakistan which brought another flood in Punjab and Sindh Provinces. Many villages, thousands of acres crops and cattle are wiped off. We checked at certain places to reach needy persons and hope to help many by setting medical camps whatsoever is possible within our budget. We have started going door to door for help for flood victims.
All the members of the Churches at different locations are sending their best regards to all of you.

Thanks for support spiritually and financially.

Hope to hear from you soon.

Your brother in Christ,

Eric Masih

Current Main Missions Page

God promises that his plan is restore and reconcile “all things” to himself in Christ (Colossians 1:20). So we’re invited to imagine not just the world that is, but a world as it will be when God completes his work. Let yourself dream. Share with us your thoughts of what you can imagine when the broken things in this world are set right. Go to our Woodmont Hills website and share your thoughts

Sometimes the Mission Committee hears of needs which we are not equipped to handle (no budgeted funds, etc.) but we still want to get the word out about these “WHMC endorsed opportunities” so that God can touch the hearts of those to whom He has provided the resources to act. Here is one such opportunity:

You may recall the stories of Simran who was a participant of the Tamar ministry which we speak about on Missions Sundays and other times. Roger Wiemers writes:

She is expressing great faith. It is wonderful to see her. She says that without Jesus she would have died at this man’s hands, but Jesus has rescued her, both in body and in spirit.

She needs a final operation on her right hand and arm. It will cost more than 1 lakh, which is about $2,300. I am wanting to raise at least $2,500 to get her this operation this year. Please begin to talk with people you know about her need. It will be at least one month before I can do anything, so I am asking for your help.

If you can and would like to help financially or otherwise, please contact Roger via woodmonthillsmissions@gmail.com Thanks!

from Facebook

Thanks for all your prayers and encouragement. Made it safely to Novo, all the flights went smoothly. Met a wonderful old Russian grandfather on the plane to Moscow and we read from my Russian/English bible. He spoke as much English as I spoke Russian. He read the English parts and I tried my best to read the Russian parts. What a blessing. Now we are getting settled in at St Nicholas orphanage and resting up for daycamp, which starts on Monday. Met up with our mentors last night at a coffee shop and had a wonderful time reminiscing and catching up. It’s like we never left. We feel so fortunate and humbled to be here.

From LifeTogether June 19, 2011:

An MMDR Team leaves on Saturday, June 25th for Ghana. They will hold medical clinics on remote islands in the Lake Volta region where an estimated 7000 slave children reside.  On their last mission in April, they were able to aid in the release of 6 children. In addition to the medical clinics, they will hold workshops on how to make fuel efficient, low smoke cook stoves and initiate a clean water project on one island. Please pray for this team of 19 as they travel and work.

We are collecting gifts to take back to the Village of Life Children’s home in Kete Krachi, Ghana. There are 28 children (20 from 13-18 yrs old, and eight (8) 5-7 yr olds).  If you would like to donate any of these items, please bring them to Mobile Medical Disaster Relief (833-3002) by June 23rd.

5409 Maryland Way
Suite 119
Brentwood, TN 37027
phone: 615.833.3002
e-mail: kristy@mmdr.org

Inexpensive, waterproof digital watches
Paperback books (classics and easy readers, some children’s books)
Bibles and Bible story books
Silly Banz (those colorful rubber bands that are in shapes.)
Under Armor Shirts (for the workers)
New Testaments
Soccer Balls
Bike Pumps

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