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Preparations:
The idea of stating a medical mission came to Pastor Hernes about
seven years ago. In the spring of 2002 the time was right to forge
ahead with this idea. Pastor Hernes appointed Dr. Rollie G. Simeon,
a general surgeon, living in Lodi, California as the medical
director of the IBBC Medical Mission Team (co-sponsored by Fil-Am
League for Accountability Morality & Excellence or FLAME). The
date was set --- the medical mission would begin on January 4, 2003
in collaboration with the BAILER Foundation of the Metropolitan
Bible Baptist Church (MBBC) led by Pastor Benny Abante, Jr. and Dr.
Joy Janobas, Director. For the next 6 months, our preparations began
with travel plans, schedules, fundraising, and solicitations. The
response to our solicitations was very encouraging. Our own church
family, IBBC San Leandro, raised a few thousand dollars towards the
purchase of local medicines in the Philippines. Donations of
medicines and miscellaneous items such as toothbrush, baseball hats,
& ball pens proved very useful. The first shipment of five
"balikbayan" boxes went out in November 2002. All in all
we obtained about $50K worth of medications, medical supplies &
miscellaneous items.
(taken from the Medical Mission Report January 4-12, 2003)
To read the Medical Mission Newsletter, click on the following
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