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physical pain and suffering has been Ministry of Health, BMMI has held
alleviated, resulting in changes in the outreach medical clinics in hard-to-reach
spiritual lives of these disadvantaged villages whose inhabitants are indigenous,
people and opportunities to plant ethnic tribes and are primarily animists.
churches in this region. Adequate medical care has been greatly
enhanced at a government hospital, as
Republic of the philippines well as the public health facilities, through
(Southeast Asia) the donation of needed equipment and
Ironically, while the Philippines is known medicines. As a result, the government has
as the only Christian nation in Asia, many allowed BMAP in Cambodia to pursue its
island people have no relationship with God. church planting activities there.
Through the initiative of BMMI, Baptist The ministry in Cambodia has been
Medical Missions-Philippines (BMMP) strengthened through a daily public
has been established to assist health advocacy, and promotion radio
the BMA of the Philippines (BMAP) in hu- broadcast with Lifeword-Galcom fixed
manitarian and medical projects. solar radios allows the entire population of
Six medical clinics in Negros Rattanakiri Province to hear the Word of
Occidental Province have been God. In the capital city of Phnom Penh,
conducted by BMMP, benefit- BMMI supports the Happy Heart and
ing not only the BMAP pastors, Wellness Clinic which continues to be a
their families, and those associ- witness for the Lord with its pro-life and
ated with BMAP churches, but health counseling services for women who
also depressed communities intend to terminate their pregnancies and
surrounding these churches. In also to terminally ill HIV-AIDS patients.
a free outreach medical clinic ear-
lier this year in Bacolod City, 50 people’s Republic of china
walk-in patients accepted Christ -hong kong (Asia)
as their Savior. The BMAA has recently established
Indeed, BMMI has replicated its legal identity in Hong Kong with the
itself in the Philippines with establishment of BMA of the Philippines
BMMP to bring health care, hope, and the (Hong Kong) Ltd., and through BMMI’s
“BMMI supports the Happy message of salvation to those in need. technical assistance, pastoral care can
Heart and Wellness Clinic be provided to Filipino and other
(Cambodia) which continues kingdom of cambodia multi-national domestic workers residing
to be a witness for the Lord (Mekong Region) in China’s Special Administrative Region.
with its pro-life and health The mission work of the Baptist A psycho-social and holistic health
counseling services for Missionary Association of America service program will address the
women who intend to (BMAA) in Cambodia has been assisted social and cross-cultural barriers
terminate their pregnancies greatly by medical mission projects dating related to their employment as
and also to terminally ill back to 2005. Through a good relationship domestic helpers.
HIV-AIDS patients.” with the Royal Government of Cambodia’s
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