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2020 Newsletters

Christmas Greeting

In our 2020 Christmas Greeting you will find a no-bake holiday recipe and ornament activity.

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Mission Messages: Fall

While travel may be paused, the work has continued. Read the latest news from our DMAs and GSAs in the mission field.

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In the News

Loma Linda University Medical Auxiliary Video: Serving in Malawi

Dr. Ryan Hayton and Sharlene Hayton tell about their experience serving as missionaries at the Malamulo Adventist Hospital in Malawi for 9 years. Danika Thomas takes us on a tour of the Malamulo Adventist International School.

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Surgery residency program in Africa graduates inaugural class at Loma Linda University Health Global Campus

Malamulo’s surgery program was launched a decade ago by Ryan Hayton, MD, FACS, FCS (ECSA), who moved his family to Malamulo in 2010 to serve as a missionary under Loma Linda University’s Deferred Mission Appointment program.

Wife, Mother, Missionary, Author

Sharlene Hayton authors book after 10 years of missionary service in Malawi with DMA husband, Ryan Hayton, MD, and their three boys.

$100,000 gift to help medical and dental students fulfill global mission work

Family members of the late Marvin Peters, PhD, a former professor and research scientist present a $100,000 check in his memory, funds will support the Deferred Mission Appointment (DMA) program.

4-year-old breaks hiking record with medical missionary family on Appalachian Trail

Netteburg girl is believed to be the youngest to complete the 2,193-mile hike.

Malamulo International School - Malawi

September 18 marked the first day of school for six children of medical missionaries and local healthcare professionals serving at Malamulo Adventist Hospital, a Loma Linda University Health Global Campus in the Southeastern African nation of Malawi.

Missions Boot Camp - Haiti

The Missions Boot Camp is a new program specifically designed for Deferred Mission Appointees (DMA) and Loma Linda University students interested in long-term international service at Loma Linda University Health & Adventist Health International partner sites. It prepares participants for leadership and medical ministry in Adventist mission hospitals.

Family on a Mission - Chad

The story is somewhat typical of what life is like for Drs. Olen and Danae Netteburg, Loma Linda University School of Medicine graduates (Olen 2007, Danae 2006) working, since 2010, as missionaries in the African country of Chad at Bere Adventist Hospital. The 100-bed facility is nearly 25 miles away from the nearest paved road.