Partnering with the developer, LifeWind (formerly Medical
Ambassadors), the team is hosting the LifeWind Strategic
Alliance meetings
this week. They're working with leaders
from a number of mission organizations, discussing new and
developing ways to use CHE.

Through CHE, the focus is on what people can become, rather
than what they lack. Instead of giving handouts, teams give a hand up. They provide training in practical skills so
communities can make positive improvements in their living conditions.

Teams train to help prevent disease, protect clean water
sources, devise sanitation systems, and increase agricultural
productivity. They also assist in micro-enterprise
development.

Most importantly, they walk side-by-side with people,
bringing encouragement and hope. They help
communities become stronger in body, mind and spirit, not weak and dependent.

Pray that many will come to know the Lord through
the effectiveness of the CHE strategy in nearly 100 countries.

In a sense, they outgrew their name. Dr. Bob Paul says they chose a name that better fits their vision and mission: ‘LifeWind International’. “It’s inspired, really, by the biblical concept that the Holy Spirit is like the wind, as Jesus said…it’s like the breath of God that breathes life into human beings. So, we mean to point towards the life transforming power of the Holy Spirit through the name ‘LifeWind.'”

Paul explains that the key to Community Health Evangelism, or CHE (chay)’s success is the community’s willingness to ‘own’ change. “We find that this is, actually, a tremendously effective means of church planting, of discipling people, of bringing people to faith in Christ. They come to understand that the Lord really brings them salvation, not only to their soul, so to speak, but in every dimension of their life.”

CHE is a comprehensive strategy for empowering community change. Through it, community volunteers are equipped to evangelize, make disciples, improve health and organize community development projects.

LifeWind, partnered with like-minded agencies, trains community members so they can teach and train others in the community. It is a process of mobilizing the community’s latent potential.

Local volunteers learn how to not only evangelize and disciple their community, but also how to improve sanitation, preventing diseases, enhancing agriculture, increasing food production, creating new enterprises to help overcome poverty.

LifeWind is poised for more growth, save two ingredients: workers to train the community and funds. If you want to help, click here.