M3 Welcomes Mike Reiszner to the 2018 M3 Conference
We at M3 would like to introduce you to another great speaker joining us for the 2018 M3 Conference. His name is Mike Reiszner and he will be speaking on a subject he is extremely passionate about – Defending the Orphan.
Mike Reiszner and his wife Mandy, founders of Coreluv International, have dedicated their lives to ministry. After completing their Bible school training, while still in their early twenties, they served as missionaries with an inner-city ministry in Houston’s Fourth Ward. There, they were able to minister to some of the poorest people in the city. Ten years after, Mike and Mandy served as youth pastors discipling young men and women to pursue a personal and meaningful relationship with Jesus Christ.
In 2009, God began stirring in Mike and Mandy’s heart a deep compassion for orphans and that is when Coreluv International was born. Almost immediately, Mike and Mandy began scheduling Christian concerts to raise money for an orphanage in Africa. It was a surprise to many of their friends when in 2011, Mike walked away from the American ministry ideal (a secure position in a vibrant and growing church) in order to follow God’s inner stirring to defend the orphan on a full-time basis.
Since June 2011, Coreluv International has grown from an idea to a nationally recognized non-profit organization that provides life-saving care to orphans in Haiti, Honduras, and soon in Uganda. Coreluv also has three feeding centers in India. Mike and Mandy are living their dream with their three children, John-Michael, Bethany, Christian, and will soon be adding Mylove, a Haitian orphan they are in the process of adopting.
Now through the end of the year, every donation to Coreluv is matched dollar for dollar. You can go to their website, coreluv.org, and find where to donate there. Coreluv will also be hosting a booth with their information at the 2018 M3 Conference. We hope to see you on February 23 & 24 as you join us to welcome Mike and Coreluv International! Click here to register and use promo code SPREADTHEWORDM318 to receive $5 off your registration.
M3 Welcomes Dr. Issam I. Raad to the 2018 M3 Conference
One week away from Christmas and our list of speakers just keeps on giving! The speaker we want to introduce you to today is Issam I. Raad, MD, FACP, FIDSA, FSHEA. Dr. Raad has titled his 2018 M3 Conference Plenary session, “Mission Impossible, Made Possible.”
Dr. Raad is considered one of the leading experts in the field of healthcare related infections and infections in cancer worldwide. An Endowed Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Dr. Raad Chairs MD Anderson’s Department of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control and Employee Health.
Over the last two decades, Dr. Raad has been widely honored for creative research, compassionate patient care and outstanding teaching and mentorship with more than 25 prestigious national & international awards. In 2016, Dr. Raad received three prestigious awards namely: The University of Texas Regents Outstanding Teaching Award, the MD Anderson Division of Internal Medicine Robert E Gagel Lifetime Achievement Award and the Ellis Island Medal of Honor which was previously given to six US Presidents. In 2015, Dr. Raad received the 2015 SHEA Mentor Scholar Award in recognition of his distinguished record over the last two decades in mentoring fellows and junior faculty; most of whom assumed advanced two high leadership positions in medicine. In 2006, Dr. Raad received the highest clinical research award given by MD Anderson. In 2004, he received the Houston Intellectual Property Law Association’s Outstanding Inventor Award for developing technologies to prevent infections. He was also commissioned in 2004 by the Governor of Texas as an Admiral in the Texas Navy. In addition, since 2002, he has been cited in several lists of “best doctors” in the United States.
Dr. Raad has published over 400 scientific articles in high impact peer-reviewed journals and over 35 book chapters. Dr. Raad’s studies have been heavily cited, achieving an H-index score of 80 which is the highest among his faculty peers in Internal Medicine at MD Anderson. He holds more than 73 issued patents and 17 pending patents, most of which are already applied to patient care. Because of this, Dr. Raad ranks in the upper 1% of inventors at MD Anderson in terms of patent productivity. He co-authored CDC and IDSA Guidelines, on lntravascular Catheter-Related Infections since 2001 till now. He is also the President of the American Lebanese Medical Association (ALMA).
In 1989, Dr. Raad and a few Bible-believing physicians met during a conference in Washington, D.C and founded the ministry of HOME, a Christian, interdenominational organization that exists to offer physical and spiritual healing to people in need in the Middle East. Dr. Raad, serving as the President has led HOME to a lasting commitment to sharing the healing grace of Christ and bringing the Good News to every Arab around the world. Above all, Dr. Raad’s greatest passion is to share the eternal love of Christ with his people and to live for Him who loved unto death – the death of the cross.
We know you will be blessed by Dr. Raad and we hope to see you February 23 & 24 for the 2018 M3 Conference. Click here to register and use promo code SPREADTHEWORDM318 to receive $5 off your registration!
M3 Visits with Jackie Zeigler, Founder of MPACT FOR MANKIND
Recently, M3 had the pleasure of visiting with Jackie Zeigler, a healthcare administrator and clinician, who – alongside her husband, Dr. Neal Zeigler – now operate a health and humanitarian services organization called MPACT FOR MANKIND. The Zeiglers have recently volunteered with Coreluv International after connecting with them at the 2017 M3 Conference and hope to partner with the organization moving forward to enhance the healthcare services available to the people of Haiti. We always love to hear about how M3 has impacted our conference attendees. Our hope is that everyone who attends M3 is touched in a positive way and leaves encouraged and with a clearer understanding of what they are called to do. Jackie spoke with us a few weeks ago to share her and her husband’s story.
In February 2017, Jackie attended the M3 Conference with the goal to get as much information as possible in the area of medical missions. Leading up to the conference, she and Neal had been contemplating either joining a mission focused organization or starting one of their own. Neal was unable to attend, so Jackie set off to experience the conference for the both of them. Jackie shared how much the speakers’ testimonies inspired and informed her, and it gave her confirmation that she and her husband were on the right track.
When visiting the Exhibit Hall of the conference, what first attracted Jackie to Coreluv’s booth, out of all of the other exhibitors, were their t-shirts. She bought the t-shirts for her and her husband and also took copies of their organizational information. She continued visiting exhibitors and collected many other pamphlets and information given to her at the different booths. A couple of weeks went by before she decided to finally sit down, spread out all of the information she had collected at the conference, and process next steps. Once again, she felt drawn to Coreluv and started to read more about them.
Jackie said the more she read about Coreluv, the more she realized that their mission was exactly what they had been looking for. Coreluv’s primary purpose is to bring the love of Jesus Christ to orphans around the world. To do this, they provide safe shelter, clean water, nutritional food, healthcare, education, and more. As Jackie continued to research on their website, she discovered the opportunities they had to go on a mission trip. Neither she nor her husband had ever been on a mission trip, so they decided to take the first step and see if this is really what God was calling them to do. They embarked on a 6-day trip to Haiti with Coreluv, and it was all the confirmation they needed.
Neal and Jackie were excited to be a part of helping Coreluv with their vision and hope to continue to do so. Jackie expressed how interactions with Coreluv’s leadership and mission teams gave them the confirmation and encouragement they needed to move forward into missions. The focus of their newly founded organization is healthcare and developing the systems needed to provide and sustain overall good health, including access to medical care, nutritious food, clean water, and health education. Through Mpact for Mankind, they also plan to assist Coreluv in their missions to Haiti.
MPACT FOR MANKIND’s mission is to transform communities by improving health outcomes, enhancing knowledge, and promoting sustainable development. Their vision is to live in a world where every individual has the resources needed to live life to it’s fullest potential regardless of ethnicity, gender, or socioeconomic status.
Jackie informed us that the MPACT FOR MANKIND website (www.mpact4mankind.org) is currently being developed and should be up by the end of December.
When asked what her biggest piece of advice would be to any new attendees at the 2018 M3 Conference, Jackie said “Come with an open heart, an open mind, and an expectation to hear from God. Also, make the most of the conference. Attend the breakout sessions, go around to the booths, talk to others and network. You may just make a connection that will catapult you into your next level of destiny.”
We at M3 absolutely love hearing these beautiful stories about how M3 has helped people “connect with others, be inspired, and find their mission.” We hope that will be you this year! If you haven’t already, click here to register for the 2018 M3 Conference on February 23 & 24. You don’t want to miss it! Use promo code SPREADTHEWORDM318 to receive $5 off your registration.
M3 Welcomes Dr. Martin Nkundeki to the 2018 M3 Conference
As we continue to announce our list of 2018 M3 Conference speakers, we at M3 are reminded of the amazing talent that comes together for this one event, all eager to share their knowledge and experience in hopes that it inspires others to help change the world. One of these speakers, who is no exception, is Dr. Martin Nkundeki.
Dr. Martin Nkundeki is the Medical Director of Wentz Medical Center (a community Hospital in Kampala, Uganda), where he has served God since 2005.
At the time Dr. Martin started working with Wentz Medical Center, he had just completed his medical school and Internship at Uganda’s largest referral – Mulago Hospital. The medical center had just been set up and barely opened its doors to the community. Through the years, however, Dr. Martin’s leadership has guided this humble institution from being a donor-dependent fifteen-patients-a-day clinic to becoming a 90% locally sustainable medical base, seeing up to 70 patients a day, as well as overseeing 4 rural health clinics, all of which were established following the same model of: local church partnership, village based health education, responsive medical care, and long term community engagement.
Also, every year, Wentz Medical Center (in partnership with Africa Renewal Ministries) hosts over 5 medical missions that work with local churches around Uganda treating thousands of people annually. In 2016, 86 American citizens from 5 American states participated in these body and soul redeeming missions.
Dr. Nkundeki graduated with a Degree in Medicine and Surgery (MBChB) from Makerere University (Kampala, Uganda) and an MBA from East and Southern Africa Management Institute (Arusha, Tanzania). He is married to Rosette, and together, they have three sons. Dr. Martin is also a minister at Gaba Community Church; and he is passionate to serve God, and pursue community transformation through sharing the Gospel, creating access to healthcare and nurturing entrepreneurship.
To hear Dr. Nkundeki and other great speakers, we invite you to join us on February 23 & 24 for the 2018 M3 Conference. Click here to register and use promo code SPREADTHEWORDM318 to receive $5 off your registration.