UMVIM News

Mission Guatemala

This is a great opportunity to help a GBGM sponsored Minister of The United Methodist Church, Tom Heaton, who is doing great things in Guatemala, and to demonstrate the "United" in United Methodists. Read about ways to help his ministry in the "Mission Guatemala" newsletter.

Medical Mission Scholarship Opportunity

For people going on a medical trip, there is an opportunity for scholarship money for the trip.

Criteria for applicants:

Medical professional
Must go on an official Volunteers in Mission team
Team must include medical care

Preference will be given to new graduates, those who have never been on a VIM team and those who participate in more than one VIM team per year.

For an application, contact the CA-NV Volunteers in Mission office at umvim@calnevumc.org.

Follow the team in Swaziland

The 2011 Swaziland Volunteers in Mission team from the California-Nevada Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church represent Boulder Creek UMC, Pacific Grove First UMC, Almaden Hills UMC and Easter Hill UMC. Read the team blog at http://www.blogger.com/profile/09036265708305179182.

Prayers Needed

August 12, 2011: Our friend, Marv Tanner has been seriously injured in a backyard ladder fall and is undergoing surgery at a Stanford hospital.

He was tree trimming; put aside a chain saw, reached for a lopper hung on one of the ladder rungs and "was on the ground!" Seems he lost his balance. Amazingly, the ladder remained in the tree through all of this. The injury: broken pelvis bone and 3 injured vertebrae.

Luckily, Ina who had just turned away from picking up limbs, was out of line of the fall.

Our prayers go out for Marv and Ina. For updates, contact Phil Bandy at 916-374-1582.