We have participated in a
number of short-term missionary trips (including four
different countries in Africa), as well as ministries in
North America.
Liberia
Please visit
this link to our
special
Liberia
page
to see our ongoing ministry to
this country, especially to the Sinkor
province of Monrovia.
Meet
Richard Wesley
Pastor of
the Greater Love Bible Baptist Church and it's medical
clinic
and orphanage.
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Estonia
Beginning in 2000,
when our
church sent eleven
people to Estonia as
part of
Estonia 2000, a short-term mission trip that
blanketed the nation with the good news.
Since that first trip, we have revisited Estonia and
sponsored several Estonians to visit the epicenter in Galt.
Please visit our
Estonia page
for more details.
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Kenya
In
2001, two members of our church went to Kenya with
International
Commission.
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Uganda
First
Baptist Church Galt actively supports the
Sanyu Babies
Home.
As of September 2004 there
were 41 children, ranging from
1 month to 3-1/2 years old.
40 of the 41 children are abandoned without any family
or relatives according to Joyce Lulindya, the home's
Administrator.
"The babies are abandoned in
trash heaps, hospitals, car/taxi
parks, bushes and on the
grounds of the babies home," according to Lulindya.
Donations, primarily from FBC's "Retired" Sunday School
class
have provided salaries for two nurses over the past year.
We will be posting some
pictures of the Sanyu Babies
Home and some of the children
in the near future. In the
meantime if you would like to contribute to this very
worthwhile cause, you can send
a donation of any amount to:
"Sanyu Babies Home"
C/O First Baptist Church of Galt
653 "A" Street
Galt, CA 95632
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South Africa
Parlee Halfin first traveled from fbcgalt to Cape Town,
South
Africa with International Commission.
In February 2005,
Pastor Rob Patterson
traveled (with
several other pastors from Galt)
to Johannesburg, South Africa
for a Pastors' Vision Trip. This mission, in cooperation
with
World Vision, is for the purpose
of exploring a city-wide project
to assist victims of AIDS in that part of our world.
CLICK HERE for specific
information.
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Mexico
Our annual
"Love in a Shoebox"
ministry
to Indian tribal children is a program that many in the
church participate each year.
You can read about this year's program on the
fbcgalt
home page.
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Moscow, Russia
Mary Chase
is an ambassador of Christ in
Moscow. She has
visited the Epicenter on two occasions. We support her
ministry through the
Cooperative Program
and the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering.
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Macedonia
On March 27, 2005, at the Epicenter, we will commission
our own mission team to join
others from the Delta Valley Association on an evangelistic
mission trip to Skopje,
Macedonia. Veteran short-term missionary, Parlee Halfin is
currently our representative on
this trip.
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Kalamazoo, MI
Pastor Rob & Cathy served at Alpha
& Omega before moving to California. We
encourage you
to support this halfway-house ministry which seeks to heal
hurting people and bring the message of Jesus to inner-city
children. A great place to travel in the United States for a
mission trip.
Click below for
directions:
Alpha & Omega Ministries
821 Rose Ct
Kalamazoo, MI 49001
(269) 345-5100
Pastor Al and Shirley Dines
would welcome your support
and encouragement.
CLICK HERE to
email them