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United Methodist Missionary Rev. Leo Garcia, M.D.: A living example of courage and connection
Rev. Garcia is a pioneer. Five years ago, he left his native Cuba with his wife the Rev. Cleivy Benitez Rivalta as the first Cuban Methodist missionaries to serve the African continent.
In April, Global Ministries missionary Rev. Leo Garcia, M.D. spearheaded a Global Ministries-funded community disease prevention project in Angola for at- risk villages of the Quéssua Central United Methodist Church.
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They landed in Africa’s seventh-largest nation, “red with coffee/white with cotton/green with maize.” A place where once teeming rainforest has given way to scrub brush, and war has left a trail of mines and malnutrition.
As an ordained Methodist minister, Rev. Garcia has preached the gospel, pastored local churches, taught biblical and theological studies, and discipled young men as the director of a children’s home. As a medical doctor, he has overseen numerous health efforts, including campaigns to eradicate malaria and typhoid fever.
When you support Global Ministries with a gift today, you will help gifted and giving United Methodist missionaries like Rev. Leo Garcia, M.D.—servant-hearted leaders committed to bringing God’s love to life for some of the world’s neediest people.
Reach some of the world’s neediest communities, many who lack even the most basic resources like soap and running water so necessary for the prevention of COVID-19 and other diseases with your gift to Global Ministries today.
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How Do You Fight a Pandemic When the Local River Is Your Kitchen Sink?
Volunteers outfitted 1,000 plastic buckets with faucets and bars of soap. The makeshift wash-stations were distributed to families lacking the soap and water necessary to combat COVID-19. Community leaders, including United Methodist Church pastors and local tribal kings, were trained in COVID-19 prevention.
Facilitators went house-to-house educating villagers in good hygiene and social distancing. After filling their buckets at the local river, families set up their new wash-stations near the center of village life.
Your gifts strengthen Global Ministries network of partners and missionaries like Rev. Leo Garcia, M.D. who are serving as the hands and feet of Jesus to those in need.
Missionaries like Rev. Leo Garcia, M.D. are uniquely equipped to champion the multifaceted needs of the world’s neediest people.