No one comes down to do for us. The VIM program currently works with tens of thousands of persons serving in the United States and abroad. The kind of work that is done by volunteers includes construction, painting, roofing, and digging foundations, as well as leading children's Bible classes and Bible study with youth and adults.
Medical teams set up clinics in rural areas and work in existing Methodist hospitals.
All of this is at the invitation of the people we work with and in partnership with them. That's what makes our program so strong. . . . The Goodwins, full-time mission volunteers, are the Brazilian national volunteer coordinators working out of their home in Belo Horizonte, the third largest city in Brazil. The Rev. James Goodwin and Jo Ann Goodwin began their work as missionaries to Brazil in 1957 and have lived there ever since. They have met a large array of volunteers over the last forty-two years.