Many of you are interested in keeping up with the mission efforts in Central America of Bob Young (former Fort Gibson Church of Christ preacher). He keeps a very thorough report of his activities on the following website: http://www.bobyoungresources.com/missions/mission-reports.htm

One very exciting addition to deacon Glen Elliott's missions ministry in 2012 is World Bible School. This ministry is headed up by Karissa Bruce who was already active in missions here, having been to Honduras (along with teenage granddaughter Morgan) on our summer 2011 trip. Karissa joins thousands of other Christians in sending and grading Bible correspondence courses for 2-million students around the globe!

Honduras - September 2012

Our preaching minister Dan Rouse (left) and our missions deacon Glen Elliott (Right)posing for a pic with Honduran preachers Olvin Florez and Siney Medina. Our congregation is financially supporting Olvin and Siney who are spreading the Gospel message to neighborhoods just outside of the capital city of Tegucigulpa. Olvin and Siney graduated in December 2010 from the Baxter Institute (four year preaching school in Tegucigulpa). The purpose of this trip was to touch base with our young missionaries, Siney and Olvin, to help them define a plan for their evangelistic work. The four also toured Mission Lazarus (in southern Honduras) where the church of Christ supported work as planted over twenty congregations since 2001.

During Dan and Glen's trip, they were able to deliver milk cows to these families in southern Honduras after a very successful fundraising effort by the Fort Gibson church of Christ (led by Gean Hackworth and her teenage son, Hunter who also lead the Magi Project in Fort Gibson to send shoe box size gifts to Honduran children for Christmas). These Honduran families are Christians thanks to a man who himself was helped and converted by missionaries at the church of Christ backed "Mission Lazarus". The man's daughter received life-saving treatment in the U.S. through "Mission Lazarus", and so the man spends much of his time going house to house telling about the love of Christ and planting churches.

Siney Medina and Olvin Florez

Sunday evening service at a small church recently planted by Siney and Olvin.

Honduras - June - 2011

The following pics were taken near Tegucigalpa Honduras (the capital), and further south near Mission Lazarus (near Choluteca). Our mission team helped contruct a wall around a Church of Christ supported medical clinic, nutrition site, worship location near the Pacific Ocean. We delivered food to some needy families with the aid of a local preacher there. We also helped build an addition at a local church building in Tegucigalpa. Our 3rd-5th graders in Fort Gibson raised about $900 so we could buy a cow and deliver it to a Honduran family. One local church presented our team with Honduran soccer jerseys! We also purchased laptops and a digital camera for our new missionaries Siney Medina and Olvin Florez. We are making plans for summer 2012.

Honduras - June - 2011

Honduras - June - 2011

Pictures of February Mexico Mission Trip to Santa Monica (near Monterrey)

above: exterior when we arrived (before windows and front door).

above: interior.

above: Construction project coordinator Rick Owens gives a pep talk to Fort Gibson, Sand Springs, and Tyler,Texas groups before the work begins on Monday of our trip.

above: Missions deacon Glen Elliott tying together rebar to support concrete roof on second story of church building. The structure land was purchased by the Fort Gibson Church of Christ, and is being built by mission teams from Fort Gibson as well as several other church groups who are taking part in the project at various times throughout the year.

above: Work begins on getting rebar and conduit for electricity in place so concrete can be poured the next day. This is the roof above the second story classrooms.

above: Anthony Wallace, Dustin Stilwell, and Cade Roberts working on second story roof.

above: finished second story roof.

above: first window installed.

above: front door installed.