Hello...Olá!
My name is Sarah Goodman. I am a Registered Nurse and missionary with Baptist International Missions Inc. (BIMI). I am sent out of Calvary Baptist Church, Englewood, FL, and am currently on deputation. The Lord has called me to serve in the Amazon River basin and assist church planters and national pastors in "Continuing the Mission of the Great Physician." Through the use of medical care, many remote fishing villages and indigenous tribes welcome missionaries and national churches into their homes to begin building relationships. This has allowed for church plants in locations that were otherwise closed off to the Gospel. The Amazon River Basin, or, Vale do Javari, is home to the largest group of unreached indigenous people. I believe medical care is a unique tool to show the love of Christ and assist with a spiritual need far greater than any physical illness. Please take time to review my prayer letter updates and learn of how the Lord is working in the Amazon River Basin!
My Story
Raised in a Christian home, Sarah Goodman accepted the Lord as a 7-year-old at Mt. Zion Baptist Camp. The following year at that same camp, God began working on her heart as she listened eagerly to missionary stories every morning. This desire followed her home where she eventually began telling missionary stories of her own to the children’s classes at her home church. As a young teenager, the Lord began growing an additional passion in Sarah’s life for the medical field. She began seriously considering how God could use both of these passions together to reach fields that were particularly challenging- -both in physical health and spiritual. Although uncertain of God’s full plan, Sarah graduated from nursing school in 2020. During her first mission trip to the Vale do Javari (Amazon River Basin), God cemented His will in Sarah’s heart as she saw the value of using medical care to soften the hearts of the small river villages and tribes that were otherwise resistant to the Gospel. With a passion for both medical and spiritual care, Sarah plans to return to Brazil’s Amazon River Basin and assist church planters in continuing the mission of the Great Physician.
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Year of Salvation: August 2003
BIMI Acceptance: June 2022
Missionary Number: #1661
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Ministries: Personal soul-winning outreach, Mobile medical clinics; Children's ministries
Field Director: Director Sean Lunday; SouthAmericaDirector@bimi.org
Sending Church: Calvary Baptist Church, 75 Pine St, Englewood, FL 34223
Phone: (941) 475-1555
Baptist International Missions Inc.
PO Box 9 • Harrison, TN 37341
423-344-5050
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