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	· Ministry Team

>> Bruce and Pamela O'Neal

"When the Lord sent Pamela and I to the mission field in 1984, it was our desire to see people saved and new churches started. Because of circumstances, our methodology changed many times over the years. In 1993, while starting a church, we saw the need of malnourished children in our community. The Lord led us to start a feeding center along with this new work. This new church thrived and it became apparent that the Lord wanted us to reproduce it around the world.

Now, we have the opportunity to give to MANNA and help start new churches and feed needy children around the world. Will you and your church partner with Pamela and me in starting new churches and building feeding and learning centers?"

- Bruce O'Neal
b.oneal@mannaworldwide.com

>> Chuck, Carla, Ciera & Cayla Ward

What an exciting ministry to be a part of! That was our first feelings when we joined MANNA Worldwide in June of 2002. This last year has been a tremendous blessing to our family traveling around the United States presenting MANNA to churches. We are so excited to see what God is doing with this new ministry around the world reaching children and their families that otherwise wouldn't be reached. Knowing that children are being fed physical food as well as spiritual food makes all the travel worthwhile. Our prayer is for hearts to be touched and for many families to see this great need around the world and for them to be involved in reaching the lost!

Please pray for the Wards (Chuck, Carla, Ciera and Cayla) as they continue traveling raising support for our family. If you would like to have the Wards in your church, please contact the MANNA Worldwide office.

God truly is blessing MANNA Worldwide, won't you be a part of it?

- Chuck Ward
c.ward@mannaworldwide.com

>> Kent and Valerye McMillan

Hello, we are Kent and Valerye McMillan, our sending church is Seminole Baptist Temple, Springfield, Missouri. Valerye and I are very excited to be involved with MANNA Worldwide. To see the joy in the eyes of the children when their physical needs are met, and the joy in their hearts as they learn of the Saviour Jesus Christ is so rewarding. Rewards that are presently seen and rewards that only heaven will show. We have been so encouraged by the response of the Churches that we have contacted and the support of our family and friends. As we continue our deputation please pray about having a part of our ministry and reaching many for Christ

Under the leadership of Missionary Bruce O'Neal, God is richly blessing this ministry. "What a boost for our church missions program and one that is so scriptural" one pastor said. He also told me, "This is just what we have been needing to reach the lost". The fields are truly white unto harvest. Please help us with your much needed prayers and support, so that we together can feed, educate and win many children and their families for our Lord Jesus Christ.

John 15:8 "Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples."

- Kent McMillan
k.mcmillan@mannaworldwide.com

>> Sandy and Karen Baird

Little did we realize that when Bruce O'Neal asked us to join a MANNA Worldwide trip several years ago, it would ultimately change our lives forever. That trip touched our hearts and brought us to a steadily growing involvement with this wonderful ministry. After several trips and a period as a MANNA trustee we felt God leading us to join as full time ministry partners with the exceptional MANNA team. We realize now that God has been leading us to this point all of our lives. From Sandys time as a missionary kid in Jamaica to Karens early involvement in a dynamic missionary church and her friendship with the Bob Hughes family, missions has been at the core of our lives.

We both graduated from the missions course at Baptist Bible College and then following the leading of God have spent twenty years planting and growing a vibrant missions minded church in suburban Houston Texas. We are convinced whole heartedly that MANNA Worldwide is and will continue to grow as a dynamic tool of God to meet needs, start churches, and reach the lost around the world for the cause of Jesus Christ. We believe this to such a degree that we have committed the rest of our lives and ministries to this awesome work.

- Sandy Baird
s.baird@mannaworldwide.com

>> Beverly Lee

My name is Beverly Lee and I have been a missionary since 1983 when my husband Bill and I were called to serve in the Canary Islands of Spain. In 1995 Bill passed away from cancer and since that time I also served a term in Puerto Rico. In February of 2003, while in a mission's conference, I was introduced to the ministry of MANNA Worldwide. The Lord clearly indicated that this was an area of ministry where I could continue to serve Him. I began working with the MANNA team in September of 2003.

What a wonderful blessing to have a part in this exciting ministry. To work along side missionaries all over the world, see first-hand how God uses MANNA to meet not only the physical needs of children, but also to feed them the very Bread of Life. To then see a new church planted as they, and often their parents, come to a saving knowledge of the Savior is the "icing on the cake." I count it an honor and privilege to be a member of this team.

"You can't lose when you help others win."
- Beverly Lee
b.lee@mannaworldwide.com

>> Jerry and Ruthmary Abbott

Jerry and Ruthmary surrendered to be missionaries in February 1979. The same year they attended Baptist Bible College in Springfield, MO. After graduation, they moved to NW Arkansas and worked on staff with Pastor Don Elmore at Temple Baptist Church. In June 1984, they planted the Liberty Baptist Church in Siloam Springs, AR and pastored there for 6 ½ years.
They were approved as the first Baptist Bible Fellowship missionaries to Hungary in September 1990. After 10 months of deputation they and their seven children moved to Hungary to begin ministry there. God blessed them with a very fruitful ministry in Hungary, where they faithfully labored until the end of 2004, when God directed them to join MANNA Worldwide as European Directors.

Jerry and Ruthmary have three married children and two grandchildren. There are four children still living at home. They all reside in Springfield, Missouri where the family still relishes getting together for BIG family meals whenever Jerry’s busy schedule will allow it.

They are very excited to be part of MANNA Worldwide and are passionate about the effectiveness of MANNA to reach the lost and minister to the poor in the spirit and example of our Savior.

Jerry Abbott
jw.abbott@mannaworldwide.com

>> Ralph and Becky Done

Ralph and Becky Done grew up in South Florida. Both felt the Lord calling them into ministry as teens. Upon finishing University, they served the Lord in their hometown for five years doing youth ministry. During a mission conference in 1988, they sensed the Lord leading them into missions work. After praying and seeking the Lord’s will, they endeavored to serve the Lord in Hong Kong with the Baptist Bible Fellowship International. They served the Chinese people from 1988 to present establishing two churches in Hong Kong and one church in mainland China.

While ministering in Hong Kong, God began showing them the needs of people all over the Asian region and planted in their hearts a desire to help. They have joined with the MANNA team to help establish partnerships with churches and the various needs in Asia.
Ralph and Becky have three daughters: Sadie, April and Halee. Sadie is a school teacher in Florida, while April studies at Liberty University. Halee is ten and loves being a missionary kid.

Ralph Done
r.done@mannaworldwide.com

>> Keith and Christine O'Neal

Keith and Christine O'Neal have been members of the MANNA team since July of 2005. This couple joined MANNA with a wealth of international experience gleaned from growing up in the Philippines and Japan as the children of missionaries. They met at Faith Academy in Manila, Philippines in eighth grade and since then have never been far apart. After completing high school they both traveled back to the United States and pursued further education. Keith began working for MCI and was quickly promoted through the ranks to become an International Project Manager. He graduated from college with a Bachelor of Science in Business Management. Christine will be completing her graduate work in May of 2006 as a PA (Physician Assistant). She is excited
about using her unique skills and abilities to further the work of the Kingdom.

2006 will prove to be an eventful year for this couple. Keith will begin pursuing a Masters of Divinity this January while simultaneously working to raise support. Their goal is to be fully supported by the end of 2006. Christine will finish her schooling in May and will begin planning her first MANNA medical missions trip for late 2006.

Keith O'Neal
k.oneal@mannaworldwide.com

After these things the LORD appointed other seventy also, and sent them two by two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come. Therefore said he unto them, the harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest. Luke 10:1, 2