Jason and Jonie Mellinger Connecting You to Tribal Missions 
Early Sunday morning I had woken up and walked into the living room checking emails on the computer, when I received a phone call. It was my next door neighbor telling me that there was a medical need, and I should get ready to leave. Only moments later, a young girl was banging on my door. She frantically told me that something was wrong with her 12 year old sister and that I needed to come right away. I quickly put on my shoes and ran out the door. As we sprinted to her house, I began to pray, "Lord give me the wisdom to know what to do."
I was immediately taken into their home and entered this young girls’ room. She was laying on the bed with blood coming from her mouth and was unresponsive. I look back on it, and I see God’s peace was there with me as I was not frantic. I only used the education that I had to help this young girl.
I, by no means, can say that I saved her life, but I really felt that God used me to be the first one on the scene to help care for someone in need.
I cannot help but think about a big decision that Jason and I had to make only one year ago. We were deciding whether or not to go to Papua New Guinea. We were originally drawn to serving there because the mission had a medical clinic. However, we found out that New Guinea’s need for another aviation mechanic was not as severe as that of the Philippines. Jason and I had always said that we wanted to go where the need was greatest, and we saw this as God’s direction leading us to the Philippines.
