International
Christian Hospice Newsletter December 2017
Christmas greetings from ICH to you and your family! We are reminded during this season of the
most precious gift of all…Jesus! Because
of Jesus ICH can bring the message of hope for the dying and comfort in Christ
to all! II Cor. 1,3-4
We thank God for all who have been our faithful friends
and prayer partners throughout 2017!
Please enjoy the following highlights of ICH ministry this year!
Travel to
Guatemala
God blessed with a great time of ministry in
Guatemala! The highlight of our trip was
to travel to Hospital Santa Fe and spend time with Dr. Sergio and Veronica. ICH
has partnered with them for several years and seen God work in amazing ways
through their faithful service to the Mayan Indigenous. We had the opportunity to assist in post op
clinic, counseling and prayer with some of the patients. Because these people live in remote locations
and poor financial situations Hospital Santa Fe provides the only accessible
medical care. Dr. Sergio and his family
have lived among them, gaining their trust.
God has opened a new opportunity for them to reach even more. They took us to the new clinic site which is
under construction in San Antonio. San
Antonio is a small market town and “cross road” for the Indigenous. Dr. Sergio and Veronica are eager to open the
doors of medical ministry as well as reaching more with Bibles and the message
of the Gospel.
Travel to Honduras
Highlights:
Spending time with Pastor Francisco Ilias, his family and
church in Choloma. God has blessed them
with 15 years of ministry and we had the opportunity to participate in their
anniversary celebration.
Spending time Cacao, a small village on the northeast
coast. Pastor Jeronimo and his wife are
serving in a new church plant, involved in ministry feeding poor children in
the community, providing Bible classes for all ages, assisting in developing a
small shoe factory to provide income for the poor. We provided ICH training in the past in this
community and are planning other future ministry.
Spending time with our friend Marvin who is the Director
of The Eye clinic in El Progreso.
Opportunity to make further referrals for people who need vision care
provided by medical teams from the US.
New Territory
opens for ICH in Cuba
Highlights:
ICH training in 3 locations. Home ministry and 3 salvations. Working with small home churches which are
allowed by the government. Assisting Rob
White Ministry team sharing the Gospel and Bible distribution in Havana.
New Territory
opens for ICH in Oaxaca, Mexico
We are seeing one of our dreams for ICH fulfilled. God is answering one of our prayers for
national believers to take ICH into their own culture. Pastor Francisco was invited to travel to
Mexico to provide encouragement and outreach among believers there. He had the opportunity to present workshops on
Hospice Volunteer training at 3 different churches. The groups were small but they were eager to
learn and to begin their own Volunteer Hospice Ministry in Oaxaca. Pastor Francisco has worked with us in ICH
for 13 years throughout Central America and has dedicated his life to ministry
and to ICH. He has many personal stories
of people who were dying and grieving in his community and how God has changes
lives through the ICH message of hope and comfort in Christ.
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Praise for those who trusted Christ this year
through ICH
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Praise for new ICH work in Cuba and Mexico this
year
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Praise for God reaching into the lives of those
who are hurting through ICH
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Prayer for new believers and those who received
Bibles
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Prayer for newly trained Christian Hospice
workers
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Prayer for ongoing ICH partnerships and open
doors in ministry around the world
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Prayer for financial support to ICH to continue
ministry
Thank you each one for the ongoing support of your
friendship and prayers for ICH!
We pray that you and your family will have a very blessed
Christmas and joy and peace in the coming New Year of 2018!
Serving Him Together,
Ron and Susan Naish
Directors and Founders of International Christian Hospice
170 Bethview Dr.
Irmo, S.C. 29063
803-781-0656
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