Our amazing team members had their hands full at the Guatemala 2012 packing party filling a dozen or so suitcases with over $50,000 worth of medicines and supplies that were donated or purchased at discounts from organizations like Crosslink International, Brother’s Brother Foundation and Blessings International. Hundreds of pairs of reading glasses and blood sugar machines had to go [...]

  WMT nurse Sherds E. Colas hit the ground running when she arrived in Iligan City days after Typhoon Sendong flooded the region, leaving thousands homeless and hungry, injured and ill. Sherds delivered $500 of WMT donated funds to the local Nazarene church that was able to distribute food, clothing and supplies to those in need. She then [...]

Why does World Mercy Teams choose to serve in the Philippines? Did you know that there are over 7000  islands in the Philippines? And that nearly 100 million people live there? Or that many islands are ravaged by devastating Typhoons each year, leaving death and destruction in their wakes?  Keep reading to learn more about [...]

As I sit on the balcony of an 18th century hascienda that now serves as our hotel, I listen to the church bells in a nearby town and reflect on the mission of the past week. I think back on our arrival here in Oaxaca, Mexico, with unseasonably cold weather in this subtropical climate. But [...]

  This photo shows that we were enthusiastically greeted by the children of the Badjao, a Muslim tribal people who live by the seashore in Davao, Mindanao. We were told that the Badjao are “outcasts” among the other tribes in the area. Historically, the Badjao are known as “Sea Gypsies” and are expert pearl divers [...]

Greetings from Guatemala! We had an uneventful journey to Guatemala City, but we can’t say the same for four-hour drive to the tiny town of El Chol!      We started out in a nice clean new-looking tour bus bursting with anticipation and optimism…  How did our adventure disintegrate to the point where our team stood on [...]

Pray for us as we our team leaves for Guatemala tomorrow!  Last weekend we had our packing party, and packed our medications and supplies for the journey. Below from left to right.  Beverlee Kitchell, Jessica Griffin, and Marilee Neuschwander inventory and pack medications. We are so grateful for the valuable medicines that we donated to us [...]

We recently received the following update from Pastor Wen… Dear World Mercy Medical team members and prayer partners, Once again we just arrived from our trip going to the war zone and again it is our privilege to offer our lives to the Lord for the purpose of helping the war victims. It is not [...]

Bob Pierce, the founder of World Vision, once said, "Let my heart be broken with the things that break God’s heart."       Oscar and Lidia Banegas, Guatemalan missionaries, have broken hearts, evidenced by their passion to alleviate suffering and poverty – the same passion that has burned for centuries and conceived hospitals and [...]

We have posted several communications from our dear friends Pastor Wen Gallardo and his wife, Inday, (who run Shamah Tribal Ministries in the remote mountainous areas of Mindanao, Philippines) as they aid evacuees caught in the latest fighting between the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and the Philippine military — a flare-up in which the [...]

We received many responses including an outpouring of love, support, and prayers from the congregation of Priest Lake Community church in Idaho. As of today we have been able to send Pastor Wen a total of $1800 with more funds on the way. We received the update excerpted below along with these pictures of his wife [...]

    After reading Wen’s report from war-torn Mindanao, (Oh dear loving God help us), WMT member, Don Ives, passed it on to many of our supporters, and we have received an outflowing of love and concern which we have been able to pass on to Pastor Wen. Here is one response from a friend who [...]

Wen Gallardo and his wife, Inday, run Shamah Tribal Ministries in the remote mountainous areas of Mindanao, Philippines.  Shamah is a partner ministry with World Mercy teams.  Since August 17, Pastor Wen, Inday, and other Christian workers have been traveling from Davao City to aid evacuees caught in the latest fighting between the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and the [...]