MISSION ONE:
GEARING UP By Dr. Jim Pratt
Since March of 2020, the Mission One program has, to a large extent, been in a holding pattern. While the needs at our international locations are more significant than ever, we have been unable to send mission teams due to travel restrictions. In the past 18 months, we have only sent two small teams; one to Honduras and one to Mexico. During this waiting period, we have developed stateside mission trip opportunities. In the fall of 2020, a small team traveled to Gainesville, Missouri, to assist Real Life Gainesville Church with getting their facility ready for its grand opening. In July 2021, a student team of 20 individuals from Agee Fellowship Church in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, traveled to St. Louis, Missouri, to assist the Westside General Baptist Church in community outreach to homes damaged from storms in the area surrounding the church. The team also helped at a local shelter. Again, we are gearing up to offer mission teams, interns, and short-term missionaries to serve in Guam, Honduras, Mexico, India, Jamaica, the Philippines, Saipan, and West Africa. In addition, we will offer multi-cultural opportunities stateside and opportunities to be involved in disaster response at various locations. We are planning to have a full schedule of teams in 2022. As early as January 2022, we hope to send a medical mission team to West Africa to assist the Yeomans in community outreach. Plans are also in preparation to send teams to Honduras in February 2022.
12 | General Baptist Messenger Winter 2021
