Four Friends International: 2025 Preview

Happy New Year!

As Four Friends International begins its 15th year of ministry, here’s a preview of 2025:

Mission trips 

Two teams will travel to Guatemala this year. The first is tomorrow! On January 6-10 fifteen volunteers will be in Jalapa for a week of ministry. We will serve via medical and dental clinics, food distribution, home visits, worship services, and church support. On August 4-8 another mission trip is planned. Highlights will be a sports clinic for children and youth and a celebration of ten years of ministry at Los Laureles.

Golf tournament

The annual FFI North Alabama Golf Classic will take place in September. The date and site will be announced as the time approaches. The tournament has become well-known for Christian fellowship, good food, great prizes, and competitive golf.

10th anniversary celebration

The clinic at Los Laureles opened its doors on August 5, 2015. More than 50,000 patients have received free examinations and medication since that day. During the August mission trip, a celebration and thanksgiving service will be held at the clinic. 

New mountain community

In 2021 Four Friends International started a mobile unit, called the Four Wheels Clinic, that now serves three small mountain communities near Jalapa. Plans are underway to add a fourth mountain site in 2025. More information will be provided as details are finalized.

Charitable contributions

Statements for 2024 will be mailed in mid-January. If you have not received anything by the end of the month, message or call me (256-302-4296). Thank you so much for your generous support of Four Friends International.

The Barnabas Project 

All donations to Four Friends are designated for medical ministries. During the past year, a second organization was formed for the purpose of funding non-medical needs in the Jalapa area. It’s called The Barnabas Project, and it seeks to mirror the compassion and generosity of the early Christian leader who sold a parcel of land and gave the proceeds to the church in Jerusalem (Acts chapter 4). Through this satellite organization, the salaries of four pastors have been provided, a roof has been placed on a poor dwelling, and children’s activities and an adult Bible study have been started in the mountain communities. The Barnabas Project is funded by several individuals committed to the growth of the church in Jalapa and its surrounds. Please pray that this outreach will yield huge dividends for God’s kingdom.

More Four Friends Updates 

An update will be sent once each month in 2025. New feature articles are planned that will provide a behind-the-scenes look into the ministry. The February update will include a report and some photos of this week’s trip.