The team is heading to Zambia June 7th. Part of the group will return June 17th with the rest of the group following at the end of the month. We go with open hearts to give and receive to the full extent that God has in store. Please be in prayer for us that we would be an encouragement and help to our brothers and sisters in Southern Africa. Please also pray that many would come to know the one true God that we love and serve and in whose power we are going.
Below is our itinerary for the trip
Annual Health Inter-Cultural Mission
Zambia June 7-17 2011
Malawi June 21-30 2011
June 7 Leave DFW •
connect in London June 8 •
June 9 Arrive Lusaka
June 10-June 12 .................The Servant House ministry to Pastors Church on the Rock,Lusaka, Zambia •
June 13-15.........................Community Outreach, Health Intercultural Mission,Livingstone, Zambia •
June 15............................Enjoy one of the seven wonders of God’s creation, The Victoria Falls •
June 16.............................Tours and Shopping•
June 17.............................Travel to Durban via Johannesburg, South Africa •
June 18..............................5K Walk,Midwives globally commit to improving maternal and newborn health, achieving MDG 4 & 5 in 5 years •
June 19-June 23..................Int. Confederation of Midwives Conference, Durban, South Africa •
June 24.............................Travel to Malawi•
June 25..............................Enjoy Lake Malawi and other sights •
June 26..............................Women’s Health Forum, Salima Baptist Church •
June 27-29.........................Community Outreach to Women & Children Baptist Medical Clinic, Salima •
June 30..............................Leave Malawi•
July 1st...............................Return Home
“Please pray with me that our God will meet the needs of the clinic so that we can be able to reach out to many with the Good News of salvation. God bless you as you prepare for this trip.”
~Margaret Nyika, Salima Baptist Medical Clinic, Salima Malawi, June 1st 2011
Thank you for traveling with us on your knees!!!
CPGM TEAM 2011
Monday, June 6, 2011
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Help us spring forward!
Please help us spring forward in our medicines and medical supplies collection for our annual Health Inter-Cultural Mission
Zambia June 7-17 2011
Malawi June 21-30 2011
We are still desiring donations for medicines and medical supplies for our short term health intercultural missions to the above countries.
Our local partner Malawian and Zambian Nurses and midwives work with very limited resources and personnel.
We are hoping to take stethescopes, BP machines and a fetal doppler for each sites we will be serving in rural Livingstone, Zambia and Salima, Malawi.
Please help us so we can help by not only serving the underserved in healthcare but providing the tools for these nurses and midwives to improve their clinical skills and encourage them in their work in serving women and children
We are happy to pick up medicines or medical supplies or provide a physical address for shipment.
Monday, February 14, 2011
Happy LOVE Day!
”Greater love has no one than this than to lay down one’s life for His friends.You are my friends if you do whatever I command you.”John 15:13-14”
Dear Friends of CPGM,
We are grateful to God for another day to celebrate LOVE and give us an opportunity to reflect on God’s love to us and the opportunities he continues to give us to share His love to others. In the United States the American Heart Association focuses on February as “Heart Healthy Month” and together we were able to help a local congregation on how to maintain a physical and spiritual healthy heart during its “Go Red Sunday” focus.
Preparations are underway for 2011 Health Inter-Cultural Mission to Zambia and Malawi “the warm heart of Africa”. We will be returning to Zambia with our partners the Servant House, in Lewisville Texas and we will be doing a community outreach in Ukimi, Petuake District, a ten hour drive from Lusaka the capital city. During our first mission to this small farming community in 2009, the people were extremely grateful and it was first time they had ever experienced a community health outreach. This will be our first time in Malawi and we will be working for a few days in an under-served community near Lilongwe, the nation’s capital.
We are still seeking participants to come with us and share God’s love through this vital health care ministry. For those who have a heart to serve through their gifts please do so and help us purchase vital medicines, medical supplies and equipment. We have learned that contributions in health and wellness however small are never insignificant but valuable in any life.
Please send us your donations. You are also welcome to follow us on Facebook and spiritually in your prayer closets as we strive to do what God has called us to through this ministry.
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Annual Health Inter-Cultural Mission
Zambia June 7-17 2011
Malawi June 21-30 2011
Open to health and non-health professionals with a heart to serve those with minimal or no access to healthcare
*Total Cost may increase after March 20
CPGM
P.O. Box 292373
Lewisville, TX 75029
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Sierra Leone Mission Report
“Promoting Holistic Health Care Globally”
Compassionate Professional on Global Mission had its 3rd annual mission trip to Sierra Leone; West Africa in April 12-24 in collaboration with The Servant House, Lewisville, Texas. Approximately 600 people received free medical care.
Highlights of the mission included:
A Health Forum at Lungi village with the women in the community on maintaining spiritual, physical and emotional wellness in a well woman.
A Youth Forum with a health focus on “keeping your body pure”.
We had four full working days, providing acute medical care at four sites to men women and children.
The villages served were Samaya, Lungi and Santigia about from Freetown; Samuya was northern Sierra Leone about six hour journey from our base at Lungi village.
There were three missionary health care providers and a Registered Nurse in addition to the local volunteer health care workers at each site.
For the first time we served the communities with a missionary dentist that had his mobile equipment and transformed an empty room into a mobile dental office. He did mostly extractions and fillings, all the recipients of his care received prophylactic antibiotics.
We had a large donation of toothbrushes and toothpaste so we were able to give generously to all. Many of the older folks however were used to using a traditional “chewing stick” to clean their teeth and gums daily. Initiating a new form of dental care was not culturally appropriate care for this elderly population.
Health Inter-cultural Mission (HIM) was a five station process where the men, women, and children signed up at the registration desk. They then moved on to the nurses’ station where the volunteer nurses did their vital signs and confirmed their chief complaint. They moved on to station three where they received spiritual counseling and their last stop was with the health care provider who made a diagnosis and appropriate treatment.
Common complaints were headaches, stomach aches, indigestion, backaches, diarrhea, and vomiting. Infections, mennorhagia, gastritis, anemia, and injuries mostly sustained from farming and open fires were treated.
There were cases of malnutrition in children. One very severe case was a nine month old that looked like he was about 5 months old. We made up vitamin water and gave it to the child in one of our few donated baby bottles. He sucked on it like he had been in a desert for several days. His family was later given financial assistance for milk and to follow up at the children’s hospital in the capital city of Freetown.
Pregnant women and women in the early postpartum period received free blankets donated by some generous midwives in Dallas. Modia clinic at Lungi village received its first fetal doppler that was also donated for this mission.
The Ministry of Health launched its free health care program for pregnant women, lactating mothers and children under five to aid in its goal of reducing maternal and child deaths. Financial constraints to accessible healthcare are a major factor. That is why outreaches like this play a role in meeting some of the community health care needs.
Compassionate Professional on Global Mission had its 3rd annual mission trip to Sierra Leone; West Africa in April 12-24 in collaboration with The Servant House, Lewisville, Texas. Approximately 600 people received free medical care.
Highlights of the mission included:
A Health Forum at Lungi village with the women in the community on maintaining spiritual, physical and emotional wellness in a well woman.
A Youth Forum with a health focus on “keeping your body pure”.
We had four full working days, providing acute medical care at four sites to men women and children.
The villages served were Samaya, Lungi and Santigia about from Freetown; Samuya was northern Sierra Leone about six hour journey from our base at Lungi village.
There were three missionary health care providers and a Registered Nurse in addition to the local volunteer health care workers at each site.
For the first time we served the communities with a missionary dentist that had his mobile equipment and transformed an empty room into a mobile dental office. He did mostly extractions and fillings, all the recipients of his care received prophylactic antibiotics.
We had a large donation of toothbrushes and toothpaste so we were able to give generously to all. Many of the older folks however were used to using a traditional “chewing stick” to clean their teeth and gums daily. Initiating a new form of dental care was not culturally appropriate care for this elderly population.
Health Inter-cultural Mission (HIM) was a five station process where the men, women, and children signed up at the registration desk. They then moved on to the nurses’ station where the volunteer nurses did their vital signs and confirmed their chief complaint. They moved on to station three where they received spiritual counseling and their last stop was with the health care provider who made a diagnosis and appropriate treatment.
Common complaints were headaches, stomach aches, indigestion, backaches, diarrhea, and vomiting. Infections, mennorhagia, gastritis, anemia, and injuries mostly sustained from farming and open fires were treated.
There were cases of malnutrition in children. One very severe case was a nine month old that looked like he was about 5 months old. We made up vitamin water and gave it to the child in one of our few donated baby bottles. He sucked on it like he had been in a desert for several days. His family was later given financial assistance for milk and to follow up at the children’s hospital in the capital city of Freetown.
Pregnant women and women in the early postpartum period received free blankets donated by some generous midwives in Dallas. Modia clinic at Lungi village received its first fetal doppler that was also donated for this mission.
The Ministry of Health launched its free health care program for pregnant women, lactating mothers and children under five to aid in its goal of reducing maternal and child deaths. Financial constraints to accessible healthcare are a major factor. That is why outreaches like this play a role in meeting some of the community health care needs.
Monday, April 5, 2010
Travel with Us
Here is the itinerary for the Sierra Leone trip. Please keep the team in your prayers.
Health Inter-Cultural Mission 2010 to Sierra Leone, West Africa
In collaboration with The Servant House, Lewisville, TX
Monday April 12th………………………Participants leave home cities Dallas and Houston
Leave DFW/INH @ 5.30PM arrive London 0835AM
Tuesday April 13th………………………Connect in London @ 2pm to Freetown arrive @ 0750PM
Wednesday April 14th……………………Orientation with Local Team after Morning Glory*
Free Day: Sights of Freetown
Thursday April 15th………………..Samuya Community Health Inter-Cultural Mission (HIM)
Maintaining Physical and Emotional Wellness: Women’s Health Forum
Friday April 16th………………… Lungi Community HIM Outreach
Evening Church-wide Bible Study
Saturday April 17th…………………………Santigiya Community Outreach
Evening Community Youth Rally
Sunday April 18th………………….Worship Service, Susu Gospel Mission, Lungi
Afternoon Youth Leaders Conference
Monday April 19th ……………………………………Travel Day to Kambia District
Tuesday April 20th…………………..Thambakha Community HIM Outreach
Wednesday April 21st………………..Thambakha Community HIM Outreach
Thursday April 22nd………………………………………..........................Travel Day
Friday April 23rd…………………….Relax: Shopping/Somebody in SL loves you!
PM Leave Freetown for London
Saturday April 24th……………………………………….Connect in London and return home @ 340PM
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Health Inter-Cultural Mission 2010 to Sierra Leone, West Africa
In collaboration with The Servant House, Lewisville, TX
Monday April 12th………………………Participants leave home cities Dallas and Houston
Leave DFW/INH @ 5.30PM arrive London 0835AM
Tuesday April 13th………………………Connect in London @ 2pm to Freetown arrive @ 0750PM
Wednesday April 14th……………………Orientation with Local Team after Morning Glory*
Free Day: Sights of Freetown
Thursday April 15th………………..Samuya Community Health Inter-Cultural Mission (HIM)
Maintaining Physical and Emotional Wellness: Women’s Health Forum
Friday April 16th………………… Lungi Community HIM Outreach
Evening Church-wide Bible Study
Saturday April 17th…………………………Santigiya Community Outreach
Evening Community Youth Rally
Sunday April 18th………………….Worship Service, Susu Gospel Mission, Lungi
Afternoon Youth Leaders Conference
Monday April 19th ……………………………………Travel Day to Kambia District
Tuesday April 20th…………………..Thambakha Community HIM Outreach
Wednesday April 21st………………..Thambakha Community HIM Outreach
Thursday April 22nd………………………………………..........................Travel Day
Friday April 23rd…………………….Relax: Shopping/Somebody in SL loves you!
PM Leave Freetown for London
Saturday April 24th……………………………………….Connect in London and return home @ 340PM
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