Story number 4 for 7 Jan 2000

Elsewhere, paying off student loans for medical students no longer has to be an
excuse to keep doctors away from the mission field. SIM International says
because the shortage of medical missionaries is so “staggering”, they began looking for
ways to help. There is now a ministry called Project MedSend that helps young
doctors serve on the mission field. The ministry works in cooperation with other
mission organizations to assume the monthly payments of their educational loans. So
far, 84 grants have been issued.