GEMPDX
Wayne and Joby Duggan were introduced to Global Eyeglass Ministry in 2018 when Wayne was part of a Calvary Chapel Southeast mission trip supporting missionaries in Kenya. GEMPDX was born in 2019 as the Portland branch of Global Eyeglass Ministry.
This ministry seeks to share the gospel of Jesus Christ through churches and missionaries, providing free vision clinics, including free prescription and reader eyeglasses to His people around the world, including Oyugis and Kitale Kenya, Ishunga, Ntungamo and Lira Uganda, Dire Dawa and Harar Ethiopia, and many villages in Takeo Province, Cambodia. They travel where God leads.
When a vision clinic is held, people come from far and wide to get their eyes checked and for free eyeglasses. All are served with the love of Jesus.
There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them. There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone it is the same God at work. Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it. 1 Corinthians 12:4-6, 27
Mission Update Archive
Want to see what God has been doing with all those donated eyeglasses? Check out past updates from the mission field by clicking the link below.
Support GEMPDX
Thank God for all of you, your prayers and financial support. Funds raised through CCSE will be used to help cover the basic costs of a GEMPDX mission trip (lease and insurance of the clinic system, baggage fees, customs charges, ground transportation, lunch, and water for the team during the clinic, leasing space, tents and chairs as needed).
Please note if you wish to support specific needs (i.e. cataract surgeries, medications and eyedrops)
You can give online, or send a check written out to Calvary Chapel Southeast, noting GEMPDX on the memo line and a tax receipt will be mailed to you by the end of the calendar year.
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