Welcome to Parsons Ministries. This is a website designed to tell you about several missionary opportunities, and to encourage you to be involved with us either by prayer or participation.
This is a letter I just sent out to friends:
"Here is the mission schedule for 2012. If you are interested in being on the list of those “thinking about going” or have any questions, let me know. Also, if you don’t want to be on my list any long, simply hit reply and type DELETE. parsonsministry@aol.com
"Vietnam is the only “for sure” program for 2012, but we do have other options! We are taking a multi-specialty team to Hanoi and HCMC (HoChiMinh City), 2-17 Nov 2012. Spouses are invited. Yes, you can go for only one week, if desired. Cost is somewhere around $4500 per person for the 2 weeks. My wife plans to go. Feel free to recruit colleagues including anesthesiology, any type of medical or surgical doctor, dentists, nurses, audiology, etc. I need to know of your interest in the next few months but sooner is better!
"We have great plans for Cuba, but it is totally unscheduled. If you are interested, I need to know ASAP that you want to be on the list. Then, if we get approval for visas, I will contact you for a definite yes or no. The two trips we are considering are in the late Spring and mid-Autumn. We have been denied visas for the last 2 years by our gov’t but are hopeful that we will be approved this year. Cuba truly wants us! This is also multi-specialty as above, but spouse won’t be able to come unless they are medical/para-medical professionals. We have one extra requirement for the first trip... you must be a Christian believer. This will be a requirement for the special visa we will require. I suspect this will be a one time requirement, only.
"Honduras is definitely going on with two trips this year, but we are already booked with surgeons except Ophthalmologists/Optometrists for 1-9 Sep. None surgeons are invited for the trip but I need to know ASAP.
"Begee and I are in Costa Rica studying in a 4 1/2 month immersion Spanish language program. Because of our intense studies, our web site, www.parsonsministries.org is not completely up to date but you can learn more there, or try these web sites: www.reivietnam.org, www.reicuba.org, or www.bmdmi.org for Honduras.
"If you even think you might be interested, let me know! In His Service, David"
The photo above is my wife and me in the Garden of Gethsemane in Jerusalem on one of our unique mission trips! What a memory!
Whenever I am in the mission field, I try to journal daily onto this website to allow you to know the challenges and accomplishments of our teams. To read the daily blogs select "Daily Journaling" on the left side of this screen, then select "Vietnam, Honduras or Cuba."
Many of you are not able to join us on one of our trips, but your participation with us through prayer is greatly appreciated. The power of such support is awesome. Several of you have requested information how you could support someone who couldn't go without financial support. Let me know, and I can get your support to them, anonymously, if desired.
Others of you would like to join us, so look on the left screen, "Mission Opportunities," to read more about our various experiences in Vietnam, Honduras, Cuba, Mexico and Israel.
Feel free to recruit! Our door is open! My numbers are below.
In His Grace, David
David S. Parsons, MD, FAAP, FACS
Clinical Professor, Universities of North & South Carolina
Office: 803 328 1864
Email: parsonsministry@aol.com
2012 will be a busy year! We will go to Honduras for three trips: 21-28 April, and 28 April-6 May, and 1-9 Sep. The 21 April trip is to a village and will offer all types of missionary support including medical and dental. This is similar to the old TIME for Christ Mexico Ministries, which has had to abort returning to Mexico because the danger is too great. We've changed our name to TIME for Christ Medical Ministries and moved our location to Honduras. The 28 April and 1 Sep trips will be to the mission hospital in Guaimaca and will be surgical/dental. These last two trips we need nurses and techs of all types. For all the trips, we need translators and pastors/evangelists. We've joined forces with the Baptist Medical and Dental Mission International (BMDMI). Their website is www.bmdmi.org. TIME's is www.timeforchristministries.org
Vietnam: Our 2012 team will again be multi-specialty and we will go 2-17 Nov 2012. We are currently talking about combining with the dental teams.
Cuba still remains an unknown, so stay tuned but we do hope to go in 2012. Israel in 2012 or 2013? Let me know of your interest.