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Short Term Trips: The Pharmacist

Medical Missionaries

Medical Missions:

Present and Future

  • Telemedicine
  • Community Health Involvement
  • Residency Training
  • Opening of “Closed Countries”
  • 10/40 window
  • Revelation 5:9

Functions:

  • Development of formulary
  • Acquisition of medications
  • Organization of medications
  • Unused medications
  • Donations

Follow Christ’s example

  • Luke 9:2

Christ’s call

  • Matthew 28:19-20
  • Acts 1:8

Christ’s commitment

  • Luke 14:27-28

Being On Mission: What We Are Called To Do

Starts at Home!

Dr. Thad Franz

Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice

Cedarville University School of Pharmacy

October 29th, 2013

My Experience

What is being on Mission?

On Mission

Crystal Beach, Texas

Bihar, India

Roatan, Honduras

What it is not?

  • Not necessarily going to another country
  • Not only for pastors, church leaders

What it is? Mittere: To send

  • To evangelize
  • To disciple

“And he called the twelve together and gave them power and authority over all demons and to cure diseases, 

2 and he sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal.”

Luke 9:1-2

India

Medical Missions

Medical Missions:

How can you get involved?

Crystal Beach, Tx

November, 2010

Crystal Beach, Texas

To proclaim the Word…

Crystal Beach, Texas

Bihar, India

August, 2010

To Serve…

To Build Community…

For more information:

www.medicalmissions.com

www.samaritanspurse.org

www.operationworld.org

Short Term Trips:

The Good

Short Term Trip: Preparation

Short Term Trip: India

  • Provides the opportunity for a different perspective
  • Short term trips gives more time for the long term missionaries to focus on bigger issues
  • God usually calls people to long term missions by taking short term mission trips
  • Gives the opportunity to share the gospel

Logistically

  • i.e. Passport, flights, hotels, medications & supplies
  • Vision Trips
  • Physically
  • Vaccinations, bug spray,
  • Exercise, diet
  • Mentally
  • Spiritually

“Be Flexible”

Short Term Trips:

Medical Clinics

Short Term Trips:

The Bad/The Ugly

  • More harm than good
  • Insufficient resources
  • Short term trips are hard work for long term missionaries
  • Long term commitment
  • Transportation
  • Comforts of home
  • Cultural challenges

Pray

  • Operation World
  • CU opportunities
  • Local church missionaries

Give

  • Talents
  • Time
  • Money

Go

Honduras

Roatan, Honduras

March 2011

Short Term Trips:

Medical Clinics Honduras

Short Term Trips:

Medical Clinic Honduras

Short Term Trips:

Medical Work

Keys to medical clinic success

  • Organized flow to seeing patients
  • Well trained and committed staff
  • Check In/Check Out
  • Crowd Control
  • Physician or Nurse Practitioner
  • Nurse
  • Pharmacist
  • Other health professionals (i.e. dentist, eye doctor)
  • Well trained interpreters
  • Set time to start and to finish

Questions?

Being On Mission:

What We Are Called To Do

Dr. Thad Franz

Cedarville University School of Pharmacy

October 29th, 2013

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