LOVE CAME DOWN AT CHRISTMAS

Dear friend and supporters,
The first verse of one traditional hymn declares “Love came down at Christmas” in the person of Jesus. The last verse of the hymn speaks of the transformative effect that Christmas can have on our lives and behavior: “Love shall be our token; love be yours and love be mine; love to God and neighbor, love for plea and gift and sign.”

When I think of the one word that summarizes Kateri Medical Services work, it is Love. Love for God and neighbor. Love as plea (for kindness in a cruel world). Love as gift (from God to be shared with others). Love as sign ( of God’s love working through us humans to help others). There has been a lot of attention in American news media recently about the persecution and genocide of Christians in Nigeria. And it is true. Our clinics have helped the refugees who have lost everything in these attacks. I have seen with my own eyes the burned out villages and the people who have survived the brutal violence.

​Readers of this newsletter will know that, over the last five years, security conditions have grown steadily worse in many areas of Nigeria. Many Western charitable organizations have abandoned, or scaled back, their operations in Nigeria as a result. This year, our federal government has eliminated the life-saving work of USAID (United States Agency for International Development) and the result will be many more vulnerable people – most of them small children - living and dying in misery.

Here is my message to all of our donors: We are not giving up. We are not abandoning these vulnerable people we love. In fact, we are helping more people than ever before.  

Love came down at Christmas. Love works through you and me. We share that Love with our suffering brothers and sisters through medical care. We need your help. Please continue supporting our work of love with hurting people.

Sincerely yours,

Rev. Tom Furrer

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