Hello MEMO Supporter,

On the evening of Sunday Sept 29th two hundred MEMO supporters gathered to celebrate 20 years of “Serving Saving Succeeding Together”. We saw a pictorial history of MEMO and heard founding member and director Steve Neufeld review the amazing 20 years of MEMO miracles. $24,000 was raised that evening, and a further $6000 has been received online and by mail. Steve announced that he received a phone call from a donor 1 hour before the fundraiser began who pledged to match every dollar donated up to $30,000! We praise the Lord for His provision and for your faithful support.

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This “Your Story” was published in our local newspaper a few days before the fundraiser. It is just one story of hundreds of lives changed by God through MEMO:

“MEMO (Medical Equipment Modernization Opportunity) Thunder Bay’s humanitarian organization that recycles used but still useful medical equipment to third world countries is celebrating 20 years of “Serving Saving Succeeding Together”. During this time 107, 40’ocean containers have been shipped to 7 needy countries. This constitutes 271,360 cubic ft. weighing 1060 tons of humanitarian aid and redundant medical supplies mostly
from Northwestern Ontario that did not end up in landfill.

Here is a testimonial from Cuba:
“Dear brothers and sisters from MEMO. My name is Abel Santana. My wife Marisel Garcia del Busto and I have been working for MEMO for more than 10 years. We are doctors from Pediatric Hospital of Matanzas, Cuba. When we learned about the MEMO project through our church our lives changed. We have never seen so much mercy.

We undertook that our Lord put MEMO in our lives through our pastor, this changed our lives. We began a relationship of love and generosity from the bottom of the hearts of all the volunteers of the MEMO mission. After many procedures and obstacles that God knew how to remove from our path, we were able to receive in our hospital 4 containers full of medical supplies that had a transcendental impact on the lives of our patients and
health personnel. In addition, we received hundreds of kilograms of expendable material and medical equipment through tourists who voluntarily transported them to Cuba after being classified and organized by MEMO volunteers. Our Lord encouraged us to create a project that allowed us to make the lives of patients with colostomies in the province of Matanzas more bearable since through the mission we supplied those in need with
colostomy bags and accessories for many years. Our deepest gratitude to God for guiding all the volunteers who have allowed the will of our Lord to be fulfilled. May God bless you all.

A big hug from Cuba,
Abel and Marisel”

Another highlight will be that preview copies of the book “Dreams, Prayers and Miracles, the story of MEMO” part 1 of 3 will be available. This is being written by Red Rock’s Elizabeth Harvey Foulds and will prove to be an encouraging read in these days of international gloom. If you would like a copy of this Part 1 of 3 parts The Story of MEMO currently being written, let us know by email [email protected] with your address and a donation of $10 to EFCCM acct #2-5055 to cover printing and shipping costs.

God bless you,
Jerome