This project provides buckets with special clay filters and a five-gallon container to hold the filtered water, providing clean water for approximately 100 families in the Dominican Republic.

Through meeting basic equipment needs, this project can improve the services offered to 100,000 patients who seek care in this network of facilities.

Sarah Jean Nash of Olympia, Washington, has been endorsed to serve as an International Ministries (IM) missionary in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. She will minister through the new extension of House of Hope in Santa Cruz, Bolivia.

On January 15, 2017, the Rev. Carmella Jones was commissioned by the American Baptist International Ministries (IM) Board of Directors to serve in Hungary.

Jones is preparing to relocate to Hungary in March 2017 and will serve as a school chaplain through IM partner Hungarian Baptist Aid.