Read the 2006 spring mission trip report and view photos

Hands Abroad
When you mention missionary work, many people think of foreign lands. But when you are located on the fringes of a comprehensive research university, the mission field is in your back yard. Each semester, students come to Oklahoma State University from over 100 countries. In many cases spouses and parents come with them. For many of these, this represents the first time away from their culture and homeland and the change can be trying and stressful.

The purpose of the Hands Abroad ministry is to show the love of Jesus to these people by helping the wives learn how to sew, coaching them in English as a second language and preparation for the TOEFL test, showing them where the stores are and how to shop, and generally helping them adjust to the new surroundings.

Hands Abroad meets on Thursdays from 9:15 to 11 a.m.during the spring and fall semesters and is well attended by a cross section of cultures. Internationals on campus should come to the University Laundromat by 9 a.m. on Thursdays if they need a ride. The church van will pick them up and deliver them back.

For further information, contact Kim Wegley at 612-3476 or drop her an email at kimwegley@yahoo.com

International Coffee House

Each Friday evening at 7:30 during the University semester, the lights go on and the coffee begins to brew at the UHBC International Coffee House. The coffee house is an outreach ministry of UHBC to provide a place for students of all nationalities to come and socialize, play board games, drink coffee, and practice their English. The coffee house mission started in 1998 and has been consistently popular with OSU international students.

For more information about the International Coffee House, call Kim Wegley at 612-3476 or email her at kimwegley@yahoo.com

Arrowhawk-Riverside Indian Youth Mission

Each year since 2003, UHBC has sponsored a spring mission trip to the Anadarko area with special emphasis on ministry to reach Indian youth at the Indian boarding school located just north of Anadarko.  Riverside Indian
School serves youth from elementary grades through high school in a resident-style boarding school.  There are currently over 500 youth in attendance at the school.  In the afternoons and evening of spring break each year the youth come to the Arrowhawk Youth Camp located about 8 miles east of Anadarko for a time of fun and spiritual enrichment.  Fun and games fill the afternoons with time in the camp's indoor pool and in its very fine
gym.  Evenings are spent with adults and youth involved in singing and worship in the gym.  In the 4 years that UHBC has sponsored the spring break mission trip we have seen dozens of Indian youth come to accept Christ.

Another associated project involved helping with construction at the Saddle Mountain Indian Baptist Church located about 45 miles southwest of Anadarko in the northern edge of the Wichita Mountains.  It also involved a youth sports day and worship experience on Sunday with John Talley and others from the FCA in-charge.  At nights we had worship services (Michael Howard was with us and preached at Monday evening's service) and on Tuesday evening there were 26 Indian youth who came forward at the end of the service to ask Christ into their lives.

For more information on the Indian youth ministry, contact Dean Schreiner at 372-3679 or drop him an email at schrei_osu@brightok.net

Faith Medical Missions

For 20 years John R. Wilson, Chickasha, Okla. has been coordinating medical missions for non-profit groups. He arranges all flights from the states, lodging, food, and clinic locations. He has shepherded as many as 120 volunteers and interpreters through a foreign country to bring medicine and the love of God to the world's needy.

In 2003, after coordinating more than 90 mission trips, God put it on John's heart to start his own ministry to address the physical and spiritual needs of struggling people around the world. By sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the abundance of medical blessings and knowledge of the United States, Faith Medical Missions gives hope and healing.

UHBC’s Dr. Ron Sanders and his wife, Joy, travel with FMM to many areas of the globe, bringing medical help, eye glasses, and God’s love. A group of UHBC ladies periodically mass-produces cloth bags with handles (lovingly called “Joy bags”) for Joy to take on their trips for distribution to native women. Joy says the women are very appreciative of such a useful tool.

For further information about Faith Medical Missions, check out their web page- faithmedicalmissions.com or contact Dr Ron or Joy Sanders at 377-1733 or by email at joysand@aol.com.

Light House Ministry

The Light House Ministry in New York City is pastored by David Gu, former pastor of UHBC’s Chinese mission which went on to become a self-supporting church. David ministers to a wide spectrum of people through the Light House Ministry and UHBC is happy to be a part of what is being accomplished there in the Name of Jesus.