Description:

Christian Witness

Our desire is that everyone served by an MBF partner has the opportunity to learn about Jesus and discover how to develop a lifelong relationship with God. This good news is modeled and shared in culturally sensitive ways — never through coercion. We also desire that we model the good news as our partners pray for us and as we pray for them and seek opportunities for partners to encourage us in our hospitals, universities, churches, families, and marriages here in the US.

Excellence in Medical Care

MBF strives for medical excellence by promoting health through the physical presence of medical mission co-workers, education, disease prevention, and curative care, for those in impoverished communities suffering from acute and chronic illness. MBF seeks to bring up-to-date, evidence-based health care practices and technology as we support the appropriate, affordable, sustainable and quality services of our partners.

Partnership

The Church is God’s chosen instrument to bring hope to the poor and oppressed. MBF works to partner with the local church in developing nations and the domestic US church to build sustainable healthcare ministries. We believe the local church is uniquely qualified to assess the real needs of the community and to reach their neighbors in need of care. We desire to see all MBF relationships directed toward enhancing and building the ministry of the indigenous church. The local church is the source of long-term stability and MBF’s partnership role changes as the local church evolves.

Endurance and Sustainability

MBF will pursue projects that empower our partners to meet their health care needs and improve wellness in their community, with emphasis on:

training local administrative and healthcare personnel,
and the creation of a replicable, culturally sustainable model that allows for future growth and modification.

Stewardship and Accountability

The Bible repeatedly emphasizes the mandate that God’s servants must be wise stewards of the resources God provides. We acknowledge implicitly and explicitly that every resource God provides actually belongs to God; our job is to be faithful managers. MBF seeks to model the highest standards of stewardship behavior through regular and consistent reporting. We will assist every international partner to develop ongoing management plans, establish and monitor performance metrics and provide appropriate reporting.

Building Competence by Enhancing Skills

MBF believes that training indigenous health workers develops sustainable local capacity and strengthens critical health systems in any country. We desire to see that a major focus of MBF in every country where it works includes the training of healthcare workers. We believe that we are most effective when working with international healthcare partners to build local healthcare capacity.

Hôpital Sainte Croix (HSC) is located in Léogâne, twenty miles west of Port-au-Prince. Started as a small outpatient clinic in 1968, the hospital grew to be the regional medical center serving the peninsula of Haiti.

Many of the buildings on the HSC campus were among the 90% of buildings destroyed by the quake in the Léogâne area. After the earthquake, HSC treated inpatients and outpatients in the original section of the hospital while renovations on the 3-story building were being completed. The $2.4 million project to rebuild, repair and renovate HSC and the nearby FSIL Nursing School culminated in a dedication ceremony in July 2012 – a joy-filled celebration of accomplishment, with thanks to God and all who gave to make this possible.

Hôpital Ste Croix – Léogâne, Haiti

This damaged, run-down building is now a pristine new flying-insect-free facility, complete with cold AND hot running water and more reliable electrical power. The hospital is the center for compassionate Christian healthcare for the people of Léogâne.

The hospital now is a 60-bed inpatient facility with 3 operating rooms, maternity care, a new dental clinic and medical care for both chronic and acute illnesses. Physicians are on site 24/7. They see approximately 1,500 outpatients per month onsite and at 5 clinic locations in the area. The clinic waiting room fills with patients early every morning. Malaria, diabetes, high blood pressure and infections are some of the common maladies seen at the clinic.

Organizational Base: Stafford, Texas