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Mission Messages: Winter 2024
Read the latest news from our DMAs and GSAs in the mission field.
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Mission Messages: Summer 2024
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Mission Messages: Winter 2023
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Mission Messages: Summer 2023
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Christmas Greeting 2022
Our warmest wishes for this holiday season and the latest news from our DMAs in the mission field.
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Mission Messages: Spring/Summer 2022
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Christmas Greeting 2021
Our warmest wishes for this holiday season and the latest news from our DMAs and GSAs in the mission field.
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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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Mission Messages: Spring 2021
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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Christmas Greeting
In our 2020 Christmas Greeting you will find a no-bake holiday recipe and ornament activity.
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In the News
Faith, Patience, and Provision: The Sherwins’ Journey in Mission Service
Listen to Drs. Brent and Laura Sherwin as they share how faith, perseverance, and God’s provision have shaped their journey of medical and dental mission service in Malawi.
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Serving Guam: Meeting Physical and Spiritual Needs
MIG Vespers featured Shion and Amber Shironishi, who shared how the SDA Guam Clinic is addressing urgent healthcare needs.
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Mission in Togo: Dr. Jason & Grace Kim’s Impact
Dr. Jason Kim, MD, and Dr. Grace Kim, DDS, shared their journey at MIG Vespers, detailing their work as Deferred Mission Appointees in Togo. At the Glei Adventist Eye Hospital and Dental Clinic, over 300 surgeries have been performed in just seven months. Learn more about the Kim's impactful journey in global healthcare.
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Dr. Laurel Guthrie’s Mission Journey
MIG Vespers featured Dr. Laurel Guthrie, surgical oncologist at Bere Adventist Hospital in Chad, who shared her journey into mission service and stories of hope and healing from the field.
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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.
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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.
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$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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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