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Bill

and

Mrs.

Loretta

Dykes, Apdo.

Postal

22,

San Pedro Sula, Republic de ilonduras, Gantral

Atnerlca have

changed

the name of

their

mission

from exican Village ISvangelism to Central

American

Mission in July, 1976. Ihe main

thrust

of

this mission is

centered

in the

country of Hondura s. The aim is to take the

Gospel

of Christ

to

those

who have

never

heard

the truth. The forwarding agent

or

treasurer

is^

Central American Miss ion,

Ed

Osenga,

P.O. Box 33, Point H

Lookout,

MO 65726.


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Central American

Mission

Missionaries

Bill and

Loretta

Dykes

Apartado Postal 22

San Pedro Sula

Republic

de

Honduras

C.A.

Forwarding Agent

Ed Osenga, Treasurer

P.O. Box

33

Point Lookout,

Mo.

65726

Guate.

El

Sa

Hondur

December

1976

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CHANGE OF

NAIIE

As

of

July, 1976, what w a s formerly known as Mexican

Village

Evangelism became Central American Mission. The name is

changed, but

the ambition and the message

is

the same; taking

the

Gospel of Christ to those who have never heard the truth.

Bro. Bill Dykes

is Executive

Director,

a n d on the field missionary.

The

Board of

Directors are

the

following:

BOARD

OF

DIRECTORS

ROY WEECE

Chairman

Eldon, Mo.

B.

J. VERNON

Vice-Chairman

Springfield, Mo.

DON RENNER

Secretary

Springfield, Mo.

ED

OSENGA

Treasurer

Point

Lookout,

Mo.

JIM OOB0YNS

Asst.

Treasurer

Lockwood,

Mo.

DERYLL SPRINGER

Publicity

Pompsno Beach, F l a .

MEL

HARREL

Asst. Publicity

Boca Raton,

F l a .

CLINTON LOONEY

Radio Evangelism

Harlingtcn, Tex.

MAX IMBROOK

M i n i s t e r T u l i p S t . Chr. Ch .

Mitchell,

Ind.

WILMER BALLOU

Minister, F i r s t Chr.

Ch.

Hobarl, Ind.

DR. DILLARD GRIFFITH

Medical

North

P l a t t e ,

Neb.

JAMES JOHNSTON

Elder, Southland Chr.

Ch.

Springfild,

Mo.

BERT WARD

Minister Souhland Chr.

Ch.

Springfield, Mo.

JOHN REX ROBERTSON

Eagle

Pass, Texas

Gifts of support

should

be s e n t t o E d O s e n g a , Box

33, Point

Lookout,

Mo.

65726.

The

main

thrust of this mission is centered in

the

country of

Honduras,

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Our House in Omoa

Living by

the

o c e a n

is

exciting and sometimes frightening. We

have

felt two

earth tremors,

and just

the

last

few

days,

have

been

buffeted by hard

rain, high

s e a s ,

a n d

s tron g w i n d s from

the hurri

cane off the Pacific

coast

of Mexico.

It is

very

interesting

to

watch

the

fishermen come

in

with the different

kinds of fish. We

can buy all

of

the fresh fish that we want for 25 cents

U.S.

a

pound.

It certainly

is

cheap

enough, but I don't

like fish.

I f

you like

to fish, why don't

you

come down and

visit us.

We

have

some of the best fishing

i n the wor l d

right here in

front of

my

house.

This

is

a

personal invitation

to a l l

our our

friends.

Bible Correspondence

Brother Clinton Looney's Bible Correspondence materials has turned

out to

be a

very effective means

of teaching hundreds

of

people

the

word of

God.

Most of the people we have contacted seem eager to

know more about the Bible. The material

is

geared

to

bring the

student to

a

decision

for

Christ. No

one can

study this complete

course

and

not know

exactly what

he must do

to

be

saved. This

also

includes

knowledge

of

Christ;

the Holy

Spirit;

the church;

the

authority

of

the

scriptures, etc.

At

the

present

time we have

our

program on two radio stations. One is i n San

Pedro

Sula, and the

other

is in Puerto Cortes.

Both

of

these

stations

offer

the free

Bible correspondence course. We received a letter

from

a man who


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Central

American

Mission

Sponsoring

Church:

Southland

Christian Church

2631 South

McCann

Springfield, Missouri

65604

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Non-profit Org.

U.

S. Postage

PAID

S p r i n g f i e l d ,

Mo.

Permit

No.

1468

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The

Lord continues to bless us here in

Omoa.

As of today we have

enrolled 172

students

for our Bible

correspondence program. Five

of the

first

students to finish the

course

have been baptized. Each

day I

teach

a

special

class for

the

new

converts who

want

to learn

to

teach

and

preach.

Their changed lives and

their eagerness

to

serve

Christ

have

made

a tremendous

impact on

the village of Costa

Rica.

After

hurricane Fifi the

government

purchased a tract of

land about

a mile

from Omoa and

built 90

small concrete block

houses

for

the people of Omoa that had lost their homes. This is

the

new

village

of

Costa

Rica. All

of

our converts come

from

this

village. These people seem to have a great interest in knowing

more

about the

Bible.

They do not hesitate

to

walk

over

a mile

to

attend

our

services in

Omoa. Last

Sunday

night

40 of the 68 people

present

were from Costa

Rica.

I

remember

seeing many

of

these

people when I first came

here

with relief supplies. I never

dreamed that I would be living

here

and preaching the Gospel to

them.

Samuel,

our Mexican

preacher got homesick and went back to

Mexico. He did

a

good

work while he

was

here.

Richard

Gring and

his family came

by to

visit with us. They were

here

for about

3

weeks. We sure did

enjoy

visiting with them.

Richard and his family came

down

to help in the reconstruction of

Guatemala. They worked

as

missionaries in El

Salvidor and

Guatemala

in the late 60's.

We will continue to push the Bible correspondence program. Every

new student we

enroll

in the program adds that much more work and


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Missionaries

Bill and Loretta

Dykes

Box

59 Rio Hondo

San

Antonio, Orange walk District

Belize, British Honduras

Forwarding

agents:

James

and Helen Johnston

640 North Oak

Grove

Springfield,

Missouri, 65802

Bill

Dykes attended the Great Lakes Bible College. He

has

p r e a c h e d at C o e C h u r c h in St, Louis,

M i c h i g a n M a r i o n

V l l l e

Mo.

and Southland Christian Church, Springfield, Mo,

^

^ Loretta are the parentg of seven children, Suaan 18,

Deborah

15,

Billy,13, Jimmy

11,

Timothy

9 i K e n n e t h 7,

and Angela

6.

The Dykes spent about 4 years In extensive work in Mexico,

Educating the Mexican young men to carry the Qspel

to

their own

people.

i B e y were

also helpful

in

themedical

work there, —

The s u c a m o r .

of 1973 found the Dykes family arriving In British

Honduras,

Quite

some time was spent in finding a permanent location#

The three reasons they settled-oh

an

island in the Rio Hondo area*

(1) The people in

this area are similar

to those that they had

worked

with in Mexico, (2) his area had the b est schools, (3) There are

several Mexic an villages across the river that can b e ministered

to.

T wenty acres of uncleared land w as perchased on the Island,

Five

acres

have b een

cleared to

reveal

a

b eautiful and peac eful

land. This

is used

for their home and a

garden.

The older

children attend

High

School 9

iles away in

Orange

Walk, They ride their bikes 3 miles and then are picked up

b y a

truck

(it

la like

a

cattle truck). The children wear white uniforms

to school ,

In

the rainy season

it is

a land

of

mud,

l i i e y arise

at

5i30a,m, and are off to school. I n the

evening

they

wash

their uniforms and eat dinner

and

do

a

few

chores and

study

until 10i30p,m, T he teac hers b elieve

in

eternal

home

work. The

younger

c hildren attend

sc hool in

the village

of San

Antonio, T he

population

is

500,

Many of

the

people

in

the

area are of

Mayan

decent and are

very slow in making decisions. When one of these is onverted

it

is

a

real victory. Bill

has

several good

neighbors.


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The Offical Associated Press Almanac

197^

British

Honduras

State Belize) rhymes with

valise

Status: British Colony

Populations 131

Areas

8̂

Sq. Miles

Capitals Belmopan 3»00)

The Colony is

on

the

east coast

of

Central America

bounded

on the east

by

the bay

of

Honduras

of

Caribbean

Sea

on the

south

and west by Guatemala and on the northwest

and

north by Mexico.

It has a

swampy

coast that

rises

gradually toward

the

interior

which

is

dominated

by tropical jungle

growth.

The

climate

is but-

tropical and

humid with

annual

rainfall

from 50 inches in the norh

to

175

inches in the south. Forty

percent

of

the

people are

of

African

decent

the same number

are

of Latin-American„decent with

a

small number

of Europeans and

fewer

East

Indians,

The

official

language is English

Sugar cane, citrus and forest product

are

the main

exports.

Fishing and cattle trming are being developed,

as

are

the

culti

vation

of

ban^inas, cocoa,

and

vegtables.

The

government consists

of

a

bicameral national assembly,

with an elected house of representatives and

an

appointed senate,

and a cabinet

headed

by a premier.

The

British

crown-appointed

governor

is

responsible

for

foreign affairs, defense, interaal

security, and civil

service

employment,

British Honduras

is

claimed by Guatemala on the grounds that

it inherited

Spanish

Soveringty

over the

area

and the British claims

are

void.

In I968 after

two

and a half

years

of meditation, the

United States presented

a treaty

offering

a

possible settlement of

the

dispute: however, both

parties indicted that the

treaty was

unacceptable,

and

the dispute continues.


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