NCYM-FUM Missions Committee

Missions Committee

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Mexico - North Carolina Yearly Meeting has been reaching out to individuals and entire communities in Mexico for nearly 50 years. The ministry began in 1960 with a single site in Monterrey, Mexico and expanded in 1970 to include a second site in Matamoros, Mexico. The current pastor in Matamoros, Jorge Reyes, has served since 1983 and presently leads two worship sites - a church in the village of Esperanza Reforma and one in his own home, in the city. While North Carolina Yearly Meeting has already established a church building, a worship room in Pastor Reye’s house, a playground and new youth building, there is still much work to be done within this community.

For many years our Missions Committee has collaborated with Young Friends Activities Committee in sponsoring a summer team offering Vacation Bible School for more than 100 children of the village.

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Jonathan Spainhour - Jonathan, a Thomasville Friends native, is the third generation in his family to join the ministry, accepting the call to missions at the age of 25. He is serving through Youth with a Mission and is currently based in Australia, connected with the Reef to Outback program. Jonathan’s main ministry at this time is inductive Bible study programs that equip men and women for communicating God’s word to all the nations.

David and Kim Lehmann - Kim Hedrick Lehmann, a member of Cedar Square Friends Meeting, felt the Lord leading her to missions in 2004. Kim made her journey to Townsville, Australia through Youth with a Mission and the Reef to Outback program. It was there that she met her husband, David Lehmann, who was also training to be a missionary. David and Kim have now moved from Australia to California and are presently building together an inner-city youth ministry in San Francisco.

Bob and Hope Carter - Bob and Hope Carter began their career as medical missionaries in 1985, serving FUM at Friends Lugulu Hospital in Kenya until 1991, after which Bob pursued a master's degree in public health and Hope a master's in community health education. In 1997 they returned to Africa with SIM (Serving in Missions), this time to Mukinge Mission Hospital in Zambia, where for ten years they worked with AIDS prevention, public health, discipleship training and many other activities. They returned to Kenya in 2007, where they pioneered the HOPE for AIDS program with SIM, equipping Kenyan church leaders for effective community-focused AIDS interventions. During this time Hope initiated the monthly production of a daily AIDS prayer guide, which continues to enjoy ever-widening international distribution. In February 2009 they moved to Kijabe, Kenya where Bob serves as a consultant in Kijabe Hospital's Family Medicine residency program and Hope works as a physician's assistant in the AIDS clinic and conducts research to improve the nutritional status of children in AIDS-infected families. Currently three of their four children (Nathan, Levi, and Hannah) are working and studying in the United States. Their youngest, Josiah, is finishing his high school education in Kijabe's Rift Valley Academy.

Friends United Meeting (FUM) - The Missions committee provides continued prayer and support for FUM Field Staff, all around the world from Belize to Kenya and beyond. Whether the outlet is a school or an entire community, the Gospel is being shared worldwide. Along with ministering through the actions of groups sent to foreign countries, funding is provided to various hospitals, missions, churches and individuals so that they may continue to spread the Word of Christ as they operate.

Belize Boys School - Friends United Meeting has been involved in Belize since the early 1960s when Sadie Vernon began a Girls Continuation School and later the Friends Boys School. The Boys School is a preparatory school for young people to become better equipped for the high school entrance examination. Mike and Kay Cain continued the work at the boys’ school from 1996 until their retirement in 2008. As of 2009, Sam and Becky Barber from Iowa, along with their four children, accepted God’s call to continue the work.

Samburu Mission - In 1995, under the leadership of Pastor Isaiah Bikokwa the Samburu Mission was born in Kenya, East Africa. The Samburu people are from the ethnic group of the Masaai, who are cattle herders. The Samburu Friends Mission focuses on four main objectives: evangelism, health services, education and peace. Today the mission has grown to encompass 5 locations for worship, two medical dispensaries, two nursery schools, one primary school, and weekly meetings with the three warring tribes to work toward peace and reconciliation.