Dykes Bill Loretta 1975 Belize(Honduras)

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Missionaries

Forwarding

agentsi

o

0-

Bill

and Loretta Dykes James and Helen Johnston

Box 59 Rio Hondo 6ko North

Oak

Grove

San Antonio, Orange Walk District Springfield,

Missouri,

65802

Belize, British Honduras

Bill

Dykes attended the Great Lakes Bible

College,

He has

preached

at

Coe

Church

In St,

Louis, Michigan,

Marlon Vllle, Mo,

and Southland Christian Church,

Springfield,

Mo,

Bill

and Loretta are the parent< of

seven

children,

Suaan 18,

Deborah 15, Billy 13, Jimmy 11,

Timothy

9, Kenneth

7, and

Angela 6,

The Dykes spent about ^ years in extensive work

in

Mexico.

Educating the Mexican young

men

to carry the ©spel to

their

own

people. Hey were also helpful In themedlcal work there.

The

enx^ev.

of

1973 found the

Dykes

family

arriving

in British

Honduras, Quite

some time was

spent

In

flndlng.a permanent location.

The three reasons they settled on an Island in the Hlo Hondo areai

(1) The people

in

this area are similar to those that

they

had worked

with In Mexico,

(2)

This area had

the

best schools,

(3)

There are

s e v e r a l M e x i c a n v i l l a g e s

a c r o s s t h e r i v e r

t h a t c a n b e '

n d n i s t e r e d ^ t o .

Twenty

acres of uncleared land

was

perchased on the island,'

Five acres have been cleared to

reveal

a

beautiful

and peaceful

land. This is

used

for

their

home and

a

garden.

The older

children

attend High

School

9 miles

away in Orange

Walk,

They ride their

bikes

3 miles

and

then are picked up

by

a

truck

(it


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The

Offical Associated Press Almanac 1974

British Honduras (State Belize) rhymes with valise

Status: British Colony

Populatlon: 131,84o

Area*

8^6 Sq,

Miles

Capital: 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

horh

to

175 Inches in the south.

Forty percent

of the

people

are of

African decent,

the

same nufober are

of Latln-Amerlcan,.decent, with

a

small number

of Europeans and

fewer East Indians,

The

official

language Is

English,

Sugar cane, citrus and

forest

product are t he

main

exports.

Pishing and cattle f irming are

being

developed, as are the culti

vation of

baneinas,

cocoa, and vegtables.

The gover nment 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 Soverlngty ov e r the area and the British claims

are

void. In

1968

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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lief supplies in the village of Omoa. Three hundred people

were killed in this village. Since

the

biggest problem was

the lack

of

food, I suggested

to

I. D. E. S. from Marion,

Indiana that we collect

garden

seeds and distribute

them to

the

poor

people

who had lost everything in the sotrm. To

make

a

long story

short,

the

Northrup

King Seed Company has

donated

over a quarter

of a

million dollars worth

of

garden

seeds

to

be

distributed

in

Honduras.

Brother

Bob

Pate

and

I spent the last three

weeks in Honduras making

arrangements

with

the Honduranian government to

store,

package

and dis

tribute

the seeds.

'We have been

promised the

full support

of the gover nment both military and civilian. We have been

given permission to

distribute

Spanish Hew Testaments

and

Bible

tracts

with each

packet of seeds.

We will

package

an

assortment of garden

seeds

to

make

up a packet containing a

Bible

and other material

to give to each

family.

We

should

have

close

to 100,000

packages

to distribute. The

govern

ment

v/ill

furnish transportation

and

volunteer help

for

the

processing and distribution of the

seeds. As

you can see,

God

has given us

an

opportunity

to personally

contact

thousands of people with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. This

will necessitate

moving our

families

to

Honduras, at least

temporarily, until the seeds can

be distributed.

We would

appreciate your prayers and whatever assistance you could

give

toward purchasing Spanish

Hew

Testaments and

Bible

tracts.

Please tell

all of our friends

at

Kokomo,

Hello, ,

We will keep you informed as things develop.

Your co-workers

in

Christ,

Bill

&

Loretta Dykes

P.S.

Because

of the drought

that we

are

experiencing

at

the

present

time, the

early corn

crop has failed. The

Honduranian

officials

are

doing everything that they can to

prevent starvation. They

ar

expecting us to distribute

these seeds as quickly as

possible.

If you can help with

Bibles let me know by

return

mail.

We can

purchase the

Bibles

in Honduras for about 350 pei*

Bible.

At

our congregational

meeting

on Aug. lA,

we

will

con

sider

adding the Dykes

family

to our regular mission sup

port.

The

elders have

already decided t o sent S350.

out of

our re gular mission money to be used for purchasing Bibles.


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/'

Mexican V i l l a g e Evangelism

Non-Profit

Org.

U. S. Postage

PAID

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

Permit No.

1468

Sponsoring Church:

Southland

Christian

Church

2631 South

McCann

Springfield,

Missouri 65804

M/'M

W. E.

McGilvrey

2600

Hookford Lane

Kokomo, Indiana ^6901

Missionaries:

B i l l

and L o r e t t a Dykes

Box py,

barTA'nionio,

Rio Hondo

Orange Walk D i s t r i c t

B e l i z e ( B r i t i s h Honduras)

Forwarding Agents:

James

and

Helen

Johnston

640

North

Oak Grove

Springfield, Missouri

65802

Springfield, MoOLUMNE VI

No.

2

December 17, 1975

( P t a i J e T ) l t e jCotd/

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READ ALL

ABOUT

T

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The task of packaging

and distributing the garden

seeds

for

hungry families

in

hurricane distressed Honduras is

well

underway.

The

Northrup

King Seed Company made

one

ton of garden

seed

available to

Bill Dykes and Bob Pate,

Missionaries

to

Honduras,

for distribution to

these

thousands of

people

who have lost almost everything through natural

disaster.

The retail value of these seeds is over $300,000.00, There are enough

seeds to supply

100,000

families.

People are hungry

right

now, and all haste is being made to get the seed

to

them.

In

this issue

we will

give

you

a pictorial

report of this work.

" H a v e

t h i n

[ >

C l ' I _

o w n

w a y , - 1

^

h a t

w i l l y o u

g i v e

f o r

m e ? - '

Lord...

/ .

F r e e i y

you

Have

R e c e i v e d .

F r e e l y

G i v e


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Ero. Bill

Dykes

is pictured here

showing one

of

the Bibles packed

in

the boxes. These Bibles are

print

ed

in Spanish and will

be

distri

buted along with Gospel Tracts to

those

who receive the seed packets.

The greatest

blessing of

this pro

gram is

that

God's

Word

will reach

the

hearts

and minds

of many

people.

We

pray

that

it will find

fertile

ground in multitudes.

Pictured above are sacks

of seeds

ready for distribution. In

each

sack are 500 family size packages.

In

each packet is

a

note written in

Spanish telling the people that the

seeds

are a

gift from God, given in

Jesus name.

It further states

that

it

is

a donation from the Northrup

King Seed Company.

It

also states

that the seeds

are

being distrib

uted by the International Disaster

Emergency Service, Inc. (I.D.E.S.)

and that representatives of

the

Christian Churches and Churches

of.

Christ

will visit them to

give free

Spanish New Testament to all who

desire

one.

A

WORD ABOUT FINANCE

To date $3,103.73

has been

given by

churches and individuals toward the

purchase of tracts and Bibles.

We

are thankful for your concern

and

support. More funds are needed

for

this project to be a complete

success.

We are sure

that

supporting church

es and individuals

would like

to

know the extent of financial

sup

port being supplied to the Dykes

family. From January 1975 through

November 1975, they have received

only $7,341.61. This

is

an average

of only $667,42 per month. VJith

this they must provide

housing and

all other

necessities for a family

of

nine.

If your

missionary

budget is not

fully

committed perhaps you

would

consider increasing your

support to

this

family.

Bert Ward, Minister

Southland Christian Church

Here is

shown

a

number

of

volunteer

students measuring seeds for pack

aging. More than

100

are

helping

in

this trem.endous undertaking.

This gives

the

missionaries an

op

portunity to vritness to them about

Christ.


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This

is th© l a . h G S b

news

f r o i n

Bill

Dykes. It

came

as

we

were

putting

together the

newsletter. Here are the latest developments.

The Dykes family

h a s - r e a c h e d

the decision after much prayer. They

feel

these t h i n g s must be done in order to take

full

advantage

of

the seed

program in Honduras. ^

(1) At least four M e x i c a n p r e a c h e r s n e e d to be r e c r u i t e d n o w to w o r k

full time in the villages. To illustrate: If four Mexican preachers held

a one-week

meeting

in all of the villages that

have received the

seeds,

a n d each of

the

v i l l a g e s a v e r a g e d 300 families, it w o u l d t a k e 4 pars to

p e r s o n a l l y

visit all of

t h e f a m i l i e s . T h i s

is i m p o s s i b l e without

h e l p .

(2) O t h e r m i s s i o n a r y f a m i l i e s

from

t h e U. S. a r e n e e d e d to

h e l p

in

the

evangelism of

Central America.

( 3 ) T h e

D y k e s f a m i l y

m u s t r a i s e a d d i t i o n a l s u p p o r t . W i t h t h e i r

p r e s e n t i n c o m e t h e y do not h a v e s u f f i c i e n t f u n d s

to

s u p p o r t t h e i r f a m i l y

and the mission also. This is making it necessary for them to return to

t h e U. S. at

the

first of

the

y e a r

to visit t h e ^

c h u r c h e s

in

an effort to

recruit

new missionary

feunilies.and

to.raise additional support.

(4) It is

necessary

to make application for permanent residence out

side the country. He must leave Honduras temporarily

to do this.

B r o t h e r Dykes s t a t e s that t h e s e four t h i n g s a r e of utmost

i m p o r t a n c e

to the

whole program

in Honduras.

He

feels we

have

one of greapst

o p p o r t v i n i t i e s to evangelize-in-this-area-that any of

our

missionariespp

ever

h a d

on

a n y field.

The

d o o r - i s

o b e t t /

t h e -

t i m e

is

now. We

must

t a k e

advantage of

it

all. All is

in our favor and

we dare not fumble

the

ball.

Helen

Johnston, forwarding agent for the Dykes,

will

be contacting

supporting

churches

very

soon

for speaking appointments for

Brother

Dykes. The prayers, concern and support of all the people are needed

in

this marvelous opportunity to

take

the Gospel to those who do not know

Christ as Savior./

Listed below

are

some of the villages and states that have

received

the seeds.

El Progresso

Villanveva

Copan (state)

Comayagua

Choluteca

El Oeotillo

Copan (state)

San Pedro Sula

Ceoba

Santa Barbara

Rio Lindo

Choloma

Yojoa

Potrerillos

600

-

25

2000

600

600

34

3000

1844

5000

packages

packages

packages

packages

packages

packages

packages

packages

packages

1100 packages

N e a r l y 1 5 , 0 0 0 f a m i l i e s h a v e b e e n s u p p l i e d w i t h e n o u g h g a r d e n s e e d t o

feed them for a year. Government a g r i c u l t i i r i s t s

are

teaching them how

to

save seed from harvest to

harvest

to have enough for the next growing

season.

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