International Missionaries We Support

*Assigned to our church by American Baptist International Ministries

Jae Stockton-Mexico; Yuree & Eric Lembke-Thailand; Kristy Engel-Global Consultant for Health

Local First Baptist Church Missionaries

2011

Keith and Wini Dewey joined others from churches in Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, and Colorado on a mission to Managua, Nicaragua to provide water filtration to the villagers in La Pimienta, Nicaragua.

The team worked with American Baptist missionaries, David and Laura Parajon, through their organization AMOS (www.amoshealthandhope.org). AMOS strives to work holistically with remote villagers to facilitate the process of empowerment so that Nicaraguan villagers can take action in a way that improves the health of every member of their community. The villages are too far from government-provided hospitals and health providers to get needed medical care without individuals having to travel several hours on foot for services. The AMOS organization and team of doctors and nurses provides the funds, training, and support to health promoters, elected by individual villages as the first responders for medical care. Each health promoter keeps careful medical records on each member of their community, which AMOS staff use to study the health concerns of the region and provide the medical training and support to the remote health promoters.

2012

In late January, a team from First Baptist joined 34 other people from Maine, Illinois, North Carolina, & Keokuk, IA, to provide work assistance and medical support to the people in La Romana and the San Pedro areas of the Dominican Republic. Team members worked on the third floor construction of the Good Samaritan Hospital in La Romana. They sifted sand, hauled it up three floors, mixed it with concrete, and helped lay concrete blocks on the walls of the hospital. David Palmer, and Keith and Wini Dewey were able to go out with the medical team near San Pedro and assisted them by counting meds, playing with the waiting kids, and dispensing reading glasses. During this trip, the medical team provided de-worming medication to about 1000 children and adults, and gave medical support to about 600 individuals.

2014

In December, Marcia Street, Susan and Dwayne Price, and a group of others from the Mid-American Region traveled with Executive Minister, Rev. Dr. Marshall Peters, to various refugee camps in Thailand and also visited groups of refugees in Malaysia.

2017

In August, a group of adults and youth from our church traveled to New Orleans, LA to participate in week-long mission work to help rebuild homes following the devastating Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

2018

Several youth and adults from First Baptist traveled to Puerto Rico to help restore homes and buildings following several hurricanes in 2017.

2022

Following the COVID-19 years, Rainbow Acres in Arizona was our next mission trip for several people to attend in January.