THE OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF MEDICAL AMBASSADORS PHILIPPINES, INC.
MAPLINE OCTOBER 2016 VOL. XXVIII NO. 3
photos from operation samaria 2016: pamhod credits to zeyn afuang, rn
How far can you go? consider joining CAMA inspite of the risk involved.
The surgical residency training I had in the 90’s was also a time of impossibilities and fears, when convictions sometimes had to be compromised, budget was limited for sustenance, and involvement in missions continued while unour dead ends are only his der training. These concerns had beginnings- dr. jun garcia, map president no basis at all. I only needed to be firm in my convictions and my walk with God. It was also totally unknown to y involvement in the medical mis- me that this surgical residency training prosion started way back during my first year gram would later lead me to meet the very in the medical school. Joining medical/ sur- person that also influenced my going into gical missions was further heightened after mission, and that was Dr. Eleazar Sarmiena brief but productive exposure in a mission to. I only had few encounters with him as hospital. Seeing patients at the hospital one of our surgical consultants, but I knew were not enough. Follow-up and sharing then that God already started working in the gospel in their homes became the cen- our midst. ter stage of our work. And it has become a way of life. Serving God through Medical Ambassadors Philippines has opened a lot of opportuniDoing missions in other parts of the globe ties to expand and attain greater things for was, I thought, going to be easy and the greater glory of our Lord. For Dr. Allan smooth-sailing. My work then with CAMA Melicor to tag me along as an unworthy (Christian and Missionary Alliance) under servant to join and work alongside with him the auspices of United Nations Border Re- inside Cambodia with the MMI (Medical lief Operation at the Thai-Cambodian bor- Ministry International) in partnership with der was to oversee a medical ward in the Bileg Foundation, has been a great privihospital and later, take charge of the whole lege. A monument now stands as a memoTB program of the refugee camp with more rial of God’s faithfulness, and I thank God than 40 thousand population. The fear of for being part of that history, a part in buildgetting infected never got into my mind but ing His Kingdom. Another history is in the the terror and almost daily bombardment making, I believe. Just this year and still in of our camp got to our nerves. Tensions partnership with MMI and Mission to Heal, ran high during the night while we were an ambulance and a mobile medical-surginot around and when shelling normally oc- cal unit(MSU) was brought into the country cured. People lost lives and limbs because by Dr. Glenn Geelhoed and his team for its of this bombardment. They lived in fear and use here. How did this MSU end up here in sometimes feared for our lives too. Genesis the Philippines? I say, it’s a miracle, a work 28:15 was the verse I claimed when I did in progress and God willing, 5-10 years from
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Every year, MAP conducts a missions exposure program called Operation Samaria that challenges young people, students, and church volunteers to be involved in missions. Last June 8-16, 2016, we held our Operation Samaria in Aguinaldo, Ifugao with the theme, Pamhod, an Ifugao word meaning “Love”. 14 volunteers from different schools and churches were divided and deployed in Brgy. Monggayang, Halag, and Jacmal sharing the love of Christ. We praise the Lord for the community people and the friends who supported this missions exposure. ‘Til the next OS!