Kingdom Come Weekend

Every year Jericho Road is invited to The Chapel at Crosspoint for their Kingdom Come weekend. This is a weekend of highlighting, encouraging, and bringing together all the various ministries that are connected with The Chapel and who are doing mission work locally, regionally, and globally. Three of us from the Global Health Outreach committee had the opportunity to represent Jericho Road and to share about our local and global initiatives. We had some good conversations with like-minded ministry partners as well as with individuals who had a genuine interest in the work we do.

Vicki Ip, Heather Quinn, Karen Hardick at the Jericho Road booth.

3 Hours and 30 volunteers

We spent 3 hours with 30 volunteers pelleting, wrapping and loading our 40 foot container with various medical supplies, equipment, and furniture this weekend. It was a cold and drizzly day in Buffalo but that didn't stop our effort. The container was filled with donated and purchased items to furnish our mission house and supply our medical clinic.

We are grateful for the 30 volunteers who helped out this past Saturday. This helped our process go smoothly and quickly. We are also thankful to everyone who donated financially and in other ways. God continues to provide the right people at the right time to help advance our mission in Sierra Leone.

We are still collecting financial donations. Please click here to donate.

 

Donations for Sierra Leone container still needed

Medical Clinic donations in large quantities:

1. Latex examination gloves (powder free) in medium and large sizes
2. Hand sanitizer in any size
3. Chlorine bleach in powder form
4. Rubber gloves
5. Reusable rubber aprons
6. Paper towels and toilet paper
7. Antibacterial hand and body soap
8. Cloth Towels

Mission House needs:

1. New bedding for twin, double and queen (sheets, blankets and pillows)
2. Dishes: plates, bowels, cups (no mugs)
3. Lamps

We are still need of financial donations so we can purchase the appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) for our container. Please give here to our Ebola Crisis Response Fund.

Please drop off all donations at our 184 Barton Street location by October 24. Contact Pat Mellody at 716-348-3000 ex 392 if you have any questions or to set up a time to drop off supplies.

Thank you!

A Call to Fast and Pray

Dear faithful supporters and friends of Jericho Road,

This Friday, October 10, 2014, a group of us plan to fast and pray for the country of Sierra Leone. Please consider joining us!

In preparation, we can draw our inspiration from the Biblical story of Nehemiah. Nehemiah's people had been exiled from their homeland. In this foreign land Nehemiah found himself working directly for the king. One day a group of men came to Nehemiah with a report concerning his homeland and the city of Jerusalem. They reported that the wall of Jerusalem was broken down and the gates had been destroyed by fire.

Nehemiah's response upon hearing this news was this: "As soon as I heard those words I sat down and wept and mourned for days, and I continued fasting and praying before the God of heaven." Nehemiah 1:4.

Nehemiah had a deeply emotional response to the bad news, followed by a lot of prayer and fasting. After this, instead of asking the king to do something about the problem, he asked the king to send him to do something about the problem. The king honored his request and gave him the freedom to go.

In the process of completing the work he rallied a unified team around him, strategically faced opposition, stood up for the poor, wisely responded to a conspiracy against his personal character, and finally finished what he set out to do which was the rebuilding of the broken walls.

Phebian's story shares many parallels to Nehemiah. She was taken out of Sierra Leone as a refugee and now has been called back to repair walls that have been broken. Dr. Glick will be leaving this Saturday to join her for a couple of weeks. This Friday, we would like to pray for the broken walls in Sierra Leone, for Phebian's ongoing work, for Dr. Glick's upcoming trip, for the Ebola crisis to end, for deepening of strategic partnerships, and for our mission to continue moving forward.

Thank you,

The Global Health Outreach Team

Buffalo News Article: A refugee in Buffalo returns to Sierra Leone

Please check out this Buffalo News story that was printed October 3, 2014.

Thank you to the Buffalo News for highlighting our medical mission project in Sierra Leone. As the article mentioned, we are still accepting donations for operational expenses and Ebola relief. If you are able and feel led to donate financially, please do so here.

Keep Phebian, our team, and the people of Sierra Leone in your prayers.

Our Container Has Arrived!

The container that we're shipping to Sierra Leone filled with materials for Ebola relief and our medical missions project has arrived at our Barton location this morning. It's ready to be filled and loaded. Thank you to everyone who has helped in this process so far and for those who will help in the future. We could not have done this without you!

Container and Donation Update

Jericho Road is in the process of getting a 40 foot container together to ship over to Sierra Leone. It will include items for the mission house and the medical clinic as well as medical supplies.  We've collected and received a lot donations so far and we are grateful.  We spent several hours inventorying and reorganizing all donations received with the help of 14 amazing volunteers this past weekend.

We are still collecting items for the mission house and medical clinic. The items in bold are things we really need.

Here is what we need for the mission house:

- Dishware - plates and bowls and cups (no pots/pans or mugs)
- Bedding - new sheet sets (single and queen) and pillows as well as gently used blankets.
- Cleaning products - dish soap, bathroom cleaner, glass cleaner, laundry soap
- Plastic Totes for storage.

Here is what we need for the medical clinic:

- Personal Care Items: antibacterial hand washing soap, wash cloths and hand towels (preferably new), hand or body lotion (travel size)
- Medical Supplies: hand sanitizer (travel size, med or large with pump)

We are still collecting financial donations. Please consider giving to us in this way. You can give on our Jericho Road website with the specific purpose of Ebola crisis or Sierra Leone Operational Funds. Thank you in advance.

Please keep Sierra Leone in your prayers.