Dr. Barbara White, RN, CNS, President of Nurses Christian Fellowship International, from Denver, CO reports that in February nurses met in Nepal for that region's very first NCFI meeting.
The two suicide bombings that killed more than 70 people in Kampala, Uganda, during the World Cup finals on Sunday have created great concern for our NCF Uganda Global Project.
On July 14 a group of nine nursing students and two NCF staff leave for the NCF-Uganda Global Project. "This will be a transformational experience for each of them," said Connie Jarlsberg, NCF Missions staff who is leading the trip.
On June 30th we officially say "goodbye" to retiring NCF staff Judy Shelly whose ministry has spanned forty years. I have had a passion for relating my faith to nursing ever since I was a nursing student, when a frightened patient asked me to pray for her, Judy remembers.
Congratulations to the new Blue Ridge NCF Chapter in Virginia which recently affiliated as a professional NCF chapter. Special thanks to the group's leaders: Donna, Kimberly, Carol, Timothy, Melanie, Marilyn and Ellen.