Stories of Hope & Help

In this episode, Jan Milton recalls the way that Operation Renewed Hope began to conduct medical mission clinics, starting in Panama. For more information about this episode, please click here: https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Panama-2026-.html?soid=1134023763267&aid=0DdZKPAa5Kc    

Jan Milton tells us about the response of Operation Renewed Hope in Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa.   For more information, see https://myemail.constantcontact.com/JAMAICA-AND-KERRVILLE.html?soid=1134023763267&aid=t4UgLtcxA1A   Pastor Oral Anderson has been a rich blessing to the people of all the area around Montego Bay, Jamaica. He has worked very hard with families to provide building materials through the financial support of ORH. Currently, he is compiling needs of people in Jamaica.   It is so easy to see Jamaica for its tourism and to believe all benefit from this. The truth is that Jamaica is predominately made of working people getting by, day by day. Brother Anderson has proven himself faithful to help because these people have lost much. Pray for him. ORH asked him to help a village with the Christmas season, and ORH would provide the funds to do the ministry to the village.  

In this episode, Jim Childress tells us more about the way the Lord has worked to spread the gospel in Panama. We think you will enjoy these stories of the way that he has partnered with Operation Renewed Hope across these decades. Question to answer as you listen to this broadcast: What is the most unusual way you have ever heard of raising money to help a church? Jim's story may move to the top of your list!   For more information about this episode, see https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Panama-2026-.html?soid=1134023763267&aid=0DdZKPAa5Kc  

Jim Childress tells us a funny story along with a story about a child in a life-threatening situation. Even on medical mission trips, some of our doctors make house calls! He reminds us about how the gospel has been proclaimed in Panama and new churches have been planted as a result. For more information about this episode, see https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Panama-2026-.html?soid=1134023763267&aid=0DdZKPAa5Kc  

We continue our conversation with missionary Jim Childress. Across the years he has worked with Operation Renewed Hope to conduct a number of medical mission clinics to help convey the gospel in many villages.   For more information, watch for our updates at https://orhactivenow.blogspot.com/2021/12/choose-date-of-current-information-you.html?m=1  

In this episode, we enjoy a conversation with missionary Jim Childress who has served the Lord for 47 years in Panama. He hosted the first Operation Renewed Hope medical mission clinic in 1992 and has been our host for a number of clinics in Panama. Watch the ORH updates here for more information soon: https://orhactivenow.blogspot.com/2021/12/choose-date-of-current-information-you.html?m=1  

In this New Year, Daniel Jones tells us about a recent mission trip to Uganda and a trip to Panama beginning in the second week of January. As we will hear, the trip to Panama takes us back to where it all began for Operation Renewed Hope. Thirty-five years later, the churches we have assisted have helped to to plant new churches along the coast of Panama and into the interior.   For more about the recent trip to Uganda (and updates on our disaster relief efforts in Jamaica) please click here: https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Melissa---Thankfulness-.html?soid=1134023763267&aid=o3R4mk2UDTQ  

Buddy Fitzgerald tells us about ORH medical mission trips including some treacherous trips down one of the most dangerous roads in the world. This was an essential trip to transport medicine down to a remote area of the jungle where the medical clinics would be held.  

In this edition of Stories of Hope and Help, Buddy Fitzgerald tells us how the Lord has used ORH mission trips to help him plant churches and encourage existing churches in Peru.

In this episode, Missionay Buddy Fitzgerald tells us about the Lord's work in the area where he serves in Puerto Maldonado, Peru. Operation Renewed Hope has been privileged to conduct a number of medical mission trips with Brother Fitzgerald in this region. For more information about this episode, see https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Bolivia--Peru--2025-Boot-Camp.html?soid=1134023763267&aid=X10Sij3WQe4   To learn more about how you can help, please see https://www.operationrenewedhope.org/ You can review a list of our most current efforts here: https://orhactivenow.blogspot.com/2021/12/choose-date-of-current-information-you.html    

In this special Thanksgiving episode, Jan Milton reminds us of why we ought to give thanks to the Lord. We think you will enjoy these stories from past efforts by Operation Renewed Hope.

In this episode, Jan Milton gives us an update on the Operation Renewed Hope disaster relief efforts in Jamaica after the devastation of Hurricane Melissa. Click here to read the update and see videos from Pastor Cummings and Pastor Winston Nathan on the scene in Jamaica. https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Melissa---Sea-Hope-delivers-food-for-hardest-hit-area-.html?soid=1134023763267&aid=505Pdz1FZpc The circumstances in Jamaica are very difficult for the churches and people. Melissa created a path of destruction from which the average Jamaican might need years to recover.   One of ORH's best partners is Captain Buddy Puryear. He and his ministry Sea Hope has been faithful to be ready for every challenge. He and his volunteer crews deliver needed supplies during disaster and non-disaster situations Although many were attempting to deliver relief to the Jamaican people, Captain Puryear was doing so. From Puerto Rico, the Sea Hope sailed with 40,000+ pounds of cargo. Twelve thousand pounds of this cargo was for ORH to be delivered to Pastor Stan Cummings of Bayshore Baptist Church just outside of Kingston.  

For more about this episode, see https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Mellissa-Relief-Arrives-.html?soid=1134023763267&aid=yQI7s9YN6PY   Thank God good people do great works. Hearts with Hands, Dr. Greg Lintz, has demonstrated great works for many years. By faith, ORH was privileged to join with Hearts with Hands by paying $20,000 of the $38,000 flight cost to deliver the cargo of 44,000 pounds. Pastor Gregory Watson, Pastor Ben Jackson, Pastor Oral Anderson, and Pastor David Pryce are designated to receive the cargo. Three have received their cargo; however, at the time of this update, Pastor Watson cannot be contacted. ORH always prizes those who agree to work through our plans  and support. Thank God for Pastor Pryce who donated his church storage space for housing, staging, an distribution. Pastor Oral Anderson has worked tirelessly getting ready to receive the donation at Montego Bay's Sangster International. Brother Lintz said that our cargo plane was the first to land with supplies. Thank God for A.J James who fought patiently to obtain clearance to fly into Jamaica to work there for ORH. Also, ORH is thankful to Kevin McCoy who flew in with the 737-cargo plane for ORH and was held in customs for three hours. Pray ORH has funds to express appreciation for all's willingness to labor in love. Much is left to be done. Pray all will go well as we take the Gospel to hundreds of people. For more information see https://myemail.constantcontact.com/HURRICANE-MELISSA-STRIKES-.html?soid=1134023763267&aid=YKZW4SxdAgA  

In this episode, Jan Milton describes how Operation Renewed Hope began to plan three days in advance of Hurricane Melissa. Then, as soon as ports and airports began to open up, we were ready to send relief supplies. Food, clean-up supplies and construction materials are essential at this time. For more information, see https://myemail.constantcontact.com/HURRICANE-MELISSA-STRIKES-.html?soid=1134023763267&aid=YKZW4SxdAgA Click here for the video of the destroyed highway mentioned in the broadcast https://vimeo.com/1132622617          

Hurricane Melissa reached the theoretical limits of how powerful a storm can be on planet Earth. A major hurricane with 185 mph sustained winds, Melissa struck the island nation of Jamaica on October 27, 2025. The outlying tropical storm winds also flooded the western peninsula of Haiti and parts of the Dominican Republic. In this episode, Jan Milton tells us about the coordinated relief efforts of Operation Renewed Hope and our partner organizations. We are working on providing relief to Jamaica, Haiti and the Dominican Republic. In the next episode, we will share more about this situation. For more information about this episode, please click here: https://myemail.constantcontact.com/HURRICANE-MELISSA-STRIKES-.html?soid=1134023763267&aid=YKZW4SxdAgA At this link, you can see a video of how the storm tore away parts of a coastal highway: https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/1132622617   To learn more about the relief efforts of Operation Renewed Hope, please click here: https://www.operationrenewedhope.org/        

In this edition of Stories of Hope and Help, team members tell us about their experiences from ORH Boot Camp to the field in Guyana, We think you will enjoy hearing these teens testify about what the Lord is doing through them.

In this episode, we hear from James and Rachel as they tell us how the Lord taught them that He is "able to do exceeding abundantly above all we ask or think" (Ephesians 3:19-21). They sacrificed time and money to join the ORH medical mission team to Guyana. Listen to their testimonies of how the Lord blessed them through joining this team.

In this episode, we learn that ORH is finding more folks who have suffered serious loss during the July 2025 flooding in Texas. Yet, by gospel grace, we are able to share the greatest news of all with them. Jan Milton reports on the way that ORH has learned about more survivors by talking with other organizations.

How is it possible for Operation Renewed Hope to conduct medical mission clinics in remote regions of the world with the full cooperation of  each nation's government? And once the national government agrees, how do we work with local officials?  In this episode, Mike Kinnon tells us about his ministry with ORH. Trained as a civil engineer with years of experiences in logistics, Mike is the first member of the ORH team to arrive on the proposed site of the clinic -- months in advance.  We think you will enjoy hearing his stories of how Operation Renewed Hope is able to give hope and help through the grace of Jesus Christ. Perhaps you know missionaries who would be interested in hosting a medical missions trip. If so, please share this episode with them. You can learn more here: https://www.operationrenewedhope.org/medical-mission

Pastor Thierbach continues to find people who have been devastated by the flood on the Guadalupe River in Texas. Here are their stories. In this episode, we hear the report of a woman who was away during the flood. Yet when she returned, she discovered that her father had passed away in their house. After a diligent search of the riverbank, the found the body of her stepmother. In times like these, we all need God's grace that is available to all through the good news of Jesus Christ.   For more about this episode, please see https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Kerrville--TX-Families-Still-in-Need.html?soid=1134023763267&aid=pX8V0HTXxm8 and https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Texas-Guadalupe-River-Families-Helped.html?soid=1134023763267&aid=VAdrpSa0ZGs