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Teen Missions International (TMI) is an interdenominational Christian mission organization specializing in running short-term mission trips for youth, teenager, and adult participation. The organization was started in 1970 in Ohio and later moved its headquarters to Florida .
Hospitals of Hope was founded by Michael Wawrzewski, after he took a number of mission trips overseas where he saw that many around the world lack basic medical care and died from preventable or treatable diseases. [2] In 1998, Michael and others started Hospitals of Hope in Wichita, Kansas. [2]
Medical missions is the term used for Christian missionary endeavors that involve the administration of medical treatment. As has been common among missionary efforts from the 18th to 20th centuries, medical missions often involves residents of the "Western world" traveling to locales within Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America, or the Pacific Islands.
His first mission trip was in the summer of 1977 to the Gaza Strip, with his wife, Beaufort native Patricia Lubkin Bush, a nurse, and their two children, Clay, then 8, and Dolly, then 3.
Bush treated inmates at county jails after going into them with his guitar to lead devotionals. But a medical clinic in Haiti may best tell his story.
Projects are classified into categories such as teen, young adult, open, group or family depending on the volunteer makeup. While the teen Ultimate Workout and young adult groups which are age limited, other projects have widely varying age volunteers. A number of volunteers participate in multiple trips, often on an annual basis.
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