June

2016

Gowns or Sleepers

1 Gallon Baggies

Packs of 50 clothes pins

Erasers

Check our new wish list at www.dollardays.com/midwestmission/wishlist.html

Midwest Mission Distribution Center

1022 New City Road, PO Box 56 Chatham, IL 62629

Phone: 217.483.7911

Email: office@midwestmissiondc.org

Website: www.midwestmissiondc.org

www.facebook.com/midwestmission

In May Midwest sent two large international

shipments. One was through the military going

to the Rotary of Panama. MMDC sent 180 desks

and 3,567 school bags. The second shipment

was heading to Ghana, West Africa through the

International Health and Development Network

(IHDN.org). IHDN is a network of volunteers

dedicated to helping poor villages in developing

countries by empowering them with medical &

public health knowledge, and faith in God. Dr.

Agamah (pictured to the left with his wife, June)

is the President of IHDN.

Great Plains—NE & KS June 1-4

Iowa June 4-6

Northern Illinois June 5-7

West Ohio June 5-9

Detroit & West Michigan June 8–13

IGRC June 8-10

Dakotas June 9-11

Indiana June 8-11

Wisconsin June 10-13

East Ohio June 13-16

Minnesota June 21-23

Stop by Midwest Mission Distribution Center’s truck at your

Annual Conference and talk to our representatives.

Please send all monetary donations to MMDC

PO Box 56, Chatham, IL 62629

International Shipments in May

Margaret Samons celebrated her 98th birthday on May 22. She began sewing hospital gowns for MMDC several years ago but recently switched to baby kimonos because the Center put out the request. She loves being able to share God's gift of sewing with those in need. Thank you Margaret for all you do.

Courtesy of Register-News, Mt. Vernon, IL

West Salem Trinity UMC - Mt. Vernon, IL

The Pastor and the Chair of Ministry had a sports rivalry competition to get their

congregation to give donations to purchase Midwest Mission Distribution Center’s

Cleaning Buckets. The two month fundraiser collected about $1,700.00. Pastor

Quick, the Cubs fan raised about $700 and Randy Knox, the Cardinal fan raised

about 1,000. For a congregation of about 200, this generated excitement, especially

among the children. Mt Vernon, IL is about 90 miles from Busch Stadium (Cardinals)

and about 285 miles from Wrigley Field (Cubs). This rivalry has been going on for a

long time and is always a great way to bring the two fans together for one cause.

Thank you West Salem Trinity.

The mission of the Midwest Mission Distribution Center is to compassionately help God’s people in need locally,

nationally and around the world and to offer a center to fulfill the call for service to our neighbors in Christ’s Name.

May YEAR TO DATE

VOLUNTEERS 260 1,122

VOLUNTEER HOURS 2,407 13,357

DONATIONS RECEIVED 10,661 lbs 93,293 lbs

SHIPMENTS 19 82

DONATIONS DISTRIBUTED 25,872 lbs 155,507 lbs

Missions in Nicaragua

In February MMDC sent two shipments totaling 28,990 pounds of medical supplies,

sewing machines, Personal Dignity Kits, school bags and much more to World Mission

Outreach (WMO) ,in Hickory NC. In April WMO sent a group to Nicaragua on a mission

trip. A mission they focus on is teaching Trade Skill Education. One of the days they

focused on sewing to make clothes, blankets, sheets and anything else they may need

for their daily life or to sell and make a profit! They also handed out school bags and

Personal Dignity Kits to the children.

Check out our Web-site. We keep our website up to date with new information each month.

www.midwestmissiondc.org

MMDC want to thank Linda Priest

for helping us out the first two

weeks of May. She is a blessing

to us at MMDC and we appreciate

all she does for us.

Nancy Collier finished off the

month. Without our Volunteer

Coordinators, MMDC could not

achieve its mission. Thank you for

your time and talent.