MARCH/APRIL 2007

Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
1Co 10:31

God used us to help evacuate a missionary from Cape Verde, Africa who had been very seriously injured in a car accident. It took two hours to cut him out of the van. He had 20 breaks in the bones on his right side from the ankle to the upper arm. His wife, back in West Virginia, had been trying for three days to get him flown out when I became aware of the situation. He had been without antibiotics or pain medicine since the accident. She wanted him flown back to Greenville, SC. After a couple of calls, I was able to get them lined up with MedJetAssist who flew him back to Greenville.

When he arrived back in the US, he still had a bone protruding from his leg. Seven surgeries later, he is on his way to recovery and is planning on a mission trip in September. We praise the Lord for His watch care and that this missionary will be back on the front lines in several months.

The cost to supporting churches was $84,500. Had he been a member of MedJetAssist through AMI, an annual membership would have cost $205 with total and complete coverage; and he would have been home three days earlier. I was also able to help his wife deal with some of the problems involved in the evacuation, such as an uncooperative embassy worker.

I stopped by his home in West Virginia to visit with him and his family for a while. He is recuperating and healing very well. We talked of God’s watch care through it all and his plans to get back on the field.

During an opening in my schedule, I planned to stop over and visit with Pastor Dave Brown in Yakima, WA. Brother Brown is on the AMI advisory board. He asked that we come over for his missions conference. We discussed what God is doing through AMI and how He put together our partnership with MedJetAssist. During the conference he received a call from a young missionary in Cambodia who had just spent the whole day researching how he could get air evacuation coverage for his family. Brother Brown handed me the phone and I was able to talk with him concerning air evacuation coverage for about half the price he found. Since I recommend that sending churches obtain this coverage for missionaries out of their church, I mentioned it to Brother Brown. A couple days later, he got a call from a lady who heard our presentation during the conference. God immediately started working in her heart. Without anyone mentioning to her the situation with the Cambodian missionary, God laid it on her heart to increase her Faith Promise giving enough to cover the cost of the family membership. It is exciting to watch God work – even in places we had not planned to be in, but He just happened to lead us there at that exact time. God is Sovereign and He is in control.

There remains much to do in preparation for helping to evacuate our missionaries in emergency situations. Please pray with us that God will provide our monthly support quickly so that we may concentrate on the ministry of AMI to be in a better position to help our missionaries.

In His Service,

Paul & Anita McCaulley