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An Earth-Shaking Missions Trip
UTILA, Honduras—The early flights could take off or land that
DECEASED MINISTERS and COMPANIONS
morning hours of May 28, 2009, day. Still, God continued to show
ALLEN, Osburn A.; 84; exhort- IRVIN, Joel L.; 87; ordained
will forever be imprinted on the these youth that He was at work.
er; Jamaica; Myrtle Allen (wife) bishop; South Carolina; Alice
minds of Youth Pastor David Tid- Chartered buses were made
available to transport the team
BAKER, Ricky S.; 41; ordained
Irvin (wife)
well along with 31 youth, chap-
erones, and ministers from the across the mainland to Teguci-
bishop; South Carolina; Jen-
MAXWELL, Reed; 90; ordained
Maranatha Fellowship Church of galpa, where they were able to
nifer Baker (wife)
bishop; Georgia; Raymond
God in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. acquire one of only two flights
CROWDER, Robert Earl; 77;
Maxwell (son)
leaving the next day.
ordained bishop; Alabama;
McCLAIN, Jim O.; 82; ordained
Youth Pastor Tidwell
Carolyn Crowder (wife)
bishop; Tennessee; Elaine
says, “No one can con-
vince these youth that
DILL, Howard Wayne; 85;
McClain (wife)
God’s love and power
ordained minister; Texas;
REESOR, Robert J.; 79;
are not real. They have
Barbara Dill (wife)
ordained bishop; Canada;
One of
come to experience it GRASSANO, Thomas; 83; Marilyn Reesor (wife)
the children first-hand. This experi- ordained bishop; South Caroli-
touched
ence has given each of
SMITH, Ralph King; 65;
na; Atha Grassano (wife)
by the
ordained bishop; Kentucky;
Consuming
them a realization of
HAYDEN, Leslie Edward; 87;
Linda L. Smith (wife)
Fire missions
how important life is
ordained minister; Virginia;
trip to
and to make it count
Honduras.
Agnes Hayden (wife)
WORTHEN, William W.; 78;
for God. The evidence exhorter; North Carolina;
of this life-changing
HOMNER, Daniel G.; 91;
Ruby H. Worthen (wife)
They had finished their week- awakening is evident in their wor-
ordained bishop; Maryland;
long mission trip and were ready ship services, prayer meetings,
Emma Homner (wife)
to head home the next day. and in their everyday lives.”
However, at 2:20 a.m. they were
violently shaken from their beds
as a 7.3 earthquake hit the coun-
try of Honduras.
Chalk Art Brightens
a cliff. When a florescent light is turned on, a
muscular arm catching the falling people is
The epicenter of the quake
struck only miles away from
Pastor’s Ministry
revealed.
Pastor West has been invited to draw for
where the youth group was stay-
Relay for Life and the Gideons, and also preach-
ing on the island of Utila. Dazed,
SHARPSBURG, North Carolina—David
es chalk-art messages at his church. His work
confused, and scared are some of
West, pastor of the Sharpsburg Church of God,
can be seen at www.nchalkartist.com.
the words that describe the emo-
has recently become a chalk artist to help com-
tions of these teens, but no one
municate the Gospel. He said, “Through the
was harmed. Buildings had fall-
ministry of chalk art, God has opened many
en, bridges weakened and col-
doors. At the local Baptist church, I drew a pic-
lapsed, and roads cracked. Yet
ture entitled ‘The Arm of God’ (based on
God, in His might, protected the
Romans 10:21), and two people gave their
David West
Consuming Fire youth from any
heart to the Lord.”
(right) with
devastation.
In that message, Pastor West completes a
Pastor Todd
The airport the team was to
scene in which individuals are blindly walking off
Green
fly from was damaged and no
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