Stories of Hope & Help

What is it like to travel with Operation Renewed Hope on a medical mission trip? Three nurses tell us about their experiences.

Two nurses and a nurse practitioner remind us of how God has graciously worked in the ORH mission trips.

In this episode of Stories of Hope and Help, Jan Milton tells us about remarkable opportunities to open up gospel ministries in other countries. Many nations are desperate for hospital equipment and supplies, and many hospitals in the U.S. are eager to donate their used equipment. Jan Milton helps us make the connection to see how we might be of service to help with this need. By sending equipment...

God answers prayer! We saw His answer as we worked to respond to the devastation caused by a recent typhoon. In this episode, Jan Milton also tells us about the ORH Infuse program designed to provide continuing education for those interested in the medical field.   For more information about this episode, see https://myemail.constantcontact.com/TYPHOON-SINLAKU-.html?soid=1134023763267&aid=jrnurgNn...

Jan Milton reflects on the past and present ministry of Operation Renewed Hope to the island nation of Cuba. Of special interest in this episode is the way ORH uses equipment that has been donated to us by hospitals and other organizations all over the U.S. He also discusses our recent ministry of disaster relief after the disastrous tornado in Kankakee, Illinois. For more information about this e...

Jan Milton tells us about the way the Lord has worked in the lives of young people through the Operation Renewed Hope Boot Camps and Summits

In this broadcast, Jan Milton reports on how Operation Renewed Hope responded to recent typhoons in the Pacific Rim. For more information, click here: https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Saipan-and-Sri-Lanka-.html?soid=1134023763267&aid=PWmRqSBhxto "We praise God for all that was accomplished in the mountains of Badulla. Hundreds of families were helped and shown the Love of the Lord Jesus." - Mis...

In this episode, Daniel Jones tells us about an exciting event that is just 5 weeks away. A number of teens and young adults are already registered, but there are still 10-15 openings still available. To register, click here: https://register.orhus.org/summit-reg/register     THE SUMMIT IS A UNIQUE YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULT MISSION CONFERENCE!   God had only one Son; He was a missionary and a physicia...

Picture this: a medic in a remote region of the world is trying to help a patient. But the patient's problem is beyond the medic's education and experience. What should this nurse or doctor do? Operation Renewed Hope has developed an answer: using the StarLink system (or a regular internet connection), we are connecting medics with specialists in real time. Those specialists can ask the patient qu...

Daniel Jones gives us an exciting report about the recent mission trip to Panama. For more details, please click here: https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Panama-2026-.html?soid=1134023763267&aid=0DdZKPAa5Kc  

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 material...

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...

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=11340237632...

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 th...

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=X10...

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=505Pdz1F...

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. Pa...

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=113402...

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 o...