Things you may want to know...

MEDICAL MISSION TRIP
OCTOBER 7-13
A medical mission team will travel to Jalapa, Guatemala next month to treat the sick in the poor neighborhoods of Los Laureles and Los Pinos. Ministry activities will include: youth choir rehearsals and a worship concert, afternoon children's activities, infant care at the dump, diabetes education, and a "free market" giveaway.

OPERATION AMALIA
This wonderful new ministry of Four Friends International will begin in October. Named after a little girl at the Jalapa dump who was treated last year for a severe diaper rash, Operation Amalia will offer infant supplies every week to mothers who live there. Leeah and Jackson Harcrow are overseeing the project. Anyone who wants to donate funds to purchase infant supplies should write a check to "Arab First Baptist Church" and put "Four Friends - Operation Amalia" in the memo line.

CORNER OF THE COT

This is the title of the new book about Four Friends International. It explains why the ministry exists, how it accomplishes its mission, and what can be done to help. It includes testimonies from some of the volunteers who have previously traveled to Jalapa. The book is available this month and costs $10. Text Randy Stewart (256-302-4296) if you would like to purchase a copy. Corner of the Cot should also be available soon on amazon.com. The Table of Contents, given below, should give you an indication of what's inside.

CONTENTS
WHY? THE HELPLESS AND THE HOPELESS
The Concept: medical missions

The Country: Guatemala 

The Capital: Guatemala City
The City: Jalapa
The Community: Los Laureles
The Church: Life in Jesus Baptist Church
The Confession: Larry Plyler
The Call: Psalm 4
The Challenge: mission report
HOW? A CLINIC AND A CHURCH
The Model: Jesus and the paralytic
The Method: Four Friends International
The Milestones: dream becomes reality
The Ministry: Life in Jesus Clinic
The Matthew 9:36 Project: more help for the hopeless
The Mandate: a clinic in Los Pinos
WHAT? YOUR HEART AND YOUR HAND
An Example to Follow: four friends in the gospels
An Experience to Share: more than four friends
An Eye to the Future: hoping and helping
An Exaltation of the Father: then and now
                                                   

FUNDS NEEDED FOR LOS PINOS CLINIC
Construction of the new clinic at Los Pinos has been suspended temporarily because of lack of funds. Dedication of the clinic is scheduled for May of next year. Pray that Four Friends will be able to restart work at Los Pinos soon.

SOME NUMBERS

25
months the Los Laureles clinic

has been open

30,000
patients treated at the

 Los Laureles clinic since August 2015.

70
volunteers who have traveled to Jalapa

since 2011, many more than once

7
Advisory Board members

of Four Friends International

(Mark Brock, Classie Cooper, Jack Hamilton,

Shannon McGee, Millie Sebek,

Tammy Sparks, Randy Stewart)

1800
total square feet in the Los Laureles clinic

12
infants from the Jalapa dump to whom

Operation Amalia will supply diapers

and other items each week

60,000
dollars given thus far

to build the Los Pinos clinic

40,000
dollars needed to finish

and furnish the Los Pinos clinic


next update: October 4