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August 2011

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Serving Him Together,Thank you for your financial and prayer support that makes this work possible. Your support makes

a Kingdom impact that reaches not only throughout Atlanta, but around the world. Please consider

a gift to CMDA Atlanta this month by detaching and using the form below to make a strategic invest-

ment in Gods Kingdom.

Pastor Tomas, myself, and team leader Dr. Rick Boden in

Santo Domingo, DR.

This month I would like to share with you again some thoughts from our trip this

past June to Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The thoughts below are from one of our team

members, Dr. Don Shaffer, an Oncologist at Kennestone Hospital in Marietta.

What was so amazing to me about my trip to Haiti was seeing all the spiritual hun-

ger, which I had heard of, but to see first hand was moving. I had 8 patients who at

some point near the end of the visit indicated in one way or another that they

wanted to follow Jesus, a couple were very explicit in their requests, none were

prompted, though we asked to pray with almost everyone. The first patient who

asked me, occurred when I asked if I could pray for him and he answered that he

wanted to invite Jesus in his heart right now. I was actually taken back by his request, so af-

ter going over the need for the Cross, and its meaning, and the need for us to accept this as the only way to have a relationship

with God, he indicated that he understood all of that, agreed with it completely and we prayed.

The very next patient asked the same question (yes its TRUE!), but this time my student assistant with me prayed and lead the

patient to Christ. Another example occurred the very last day of our clinic. The patients were a married couple and when I asked

what we could pray for, the man went into a litany of complaints against "Christians," and that he could not be a part of that. I

completely agreed with him, and indicated that the church

is full of those who think they are fooling God, but God

knows who His true followers are. Then again unexpect-

edly he said that is what he wanted to be, and he said to

me that when I come back next year to Haiti that "you will

find that I will still be following Jesus." I am moved that

God can use us simple folks with so little medicine to of-

fer, but that is what this is all about. Medicine is one of a

few keys that can get you into a country, despite political

or religious issues, and then allow you into the intimacy

of relationship with that person/patient. When they

see that we come in the name of Jesus and offer what we can, I know that God is moving

in their hearts, and seeds are being sown and lives are being transformed throughout Haiti. - Pease go to our YouTube site to view

the latest video, which is an interview with Don and Carol Shaffer about their trip to Haiti. www.YouTube.com/CMDAatlanta

Carol Shaffer, Pharm. D. serving as one of ourclinic pharmacists in Haiti

Families still suffering from the aftermath

of the 2010 Earthquake

Dr. Don Shaffer with his translator