2017 Year-End Brochure

From Darkness To Life
Building Bridges to the Abundant Life
“I have come that they
may have life, and
have it to the full.”
John 10:10

In 2003 a congressional
scandal broke out over a funding project
dubbed “The Bridge to Nowhere.” Mission
UpReach (MUR) is many things, one of the
most important of which is that we are
bridge builders. Instead of building bridges
to nowhere, the bridges that we build—in the
name of Jesus—are pathways that take people
from darkness to life. They take people from
ignorance and oppression to knowledge and
freedom. These bridges carry people to a better
future that we call the John1010 Generation.
This year we have chosen bridges as the
theme of our annual year-end giving
campaign to communicate more clearly why
your collaboration with Mission UpReach
(MUR) is so essential. There is a huge chasm
between where the people of Western
Honduras are and where they could go with
the Lord guiding their lives. To reach the
place in life that Jesus has prepared for each
of these people they are going to have to walk
across some bridges in order to get there.
You can help
66% of Hondurans
live in poverty
(World Bank 2016).
In fact, the truth is that without your financial help we cannot
continue. Without your support, the bridges that we have been
building will never be finished and all will fall into ruin, leading
to nowhere. Won’t you join us? We urge you to read through this
brochure, and make a decision to get more involved.

Hello
dear friends
5 out of 10 of households
are subject to extreme
poverty of incomes of less
than $1.90 per day (World
Bank 2016).
Kevin H. Siepel wrote a two-volume
series entitled Conquistador Voices
that uses excerpts from diaries and
journals of the Spanish adventurers
that conquered the Americas. When
you read in their own words the
justifying thought and motives
behind what those mercenaries
perpetrated on the indigenous
peoples across the American
continent, you might be surprised
to learn that they did it in great part
in order to bring the Gospel of Jesus
Christ to those “barbaric savages.” It
is a fascinating read, one that you
can hardly put down once you have
begun it. Some 50+ years before
Jamestown was established in 1607
these men raped, murdered and
pillaged their way across almost the
entire continent. This was all done in
the name of the King of Spain and the
Savior Jesus Christ.
You and I know that what they
brought to the Americas was not the
pure Gospel of the Savior of the world
“who being God humbled himself, taking
the form of a servant and eventually
dying on the cross as the propitiation
for our sin.” While they introduced
a distorted form of the Gospel, it
was in name only. As Jesus said of
the religious leaders of his day, “this
people honors me with their lips but their
heart is far from me,” one could also
say of the Conquistadors. Why is this
important you might ask? Let me
explain: it is important because the
legacy that these Conquistadors left
behind for their descendants is being
played out every day in Honduras in
ways that are just as devastating as
the Conquest was.
As you read through this brochure
and see some of the statistics you will
see what I mean. The Conquest and
the subsequent years of oppression
of the poor majority by the wealthy
few has led to a difficult life for most
people in Honduras. Mission UpReach,
in a few words, is helping to build a
bridge from today to a better future. We
are doing that through leadership
development programs that will
empower a whole new
generation of leaders that have the
mindset of Christ. A new generation
of leaders that we call the John 1010
Generation who will lead their people
and their communities across bridges
to places where they will experience
the abundant life in Christ Jesus. The
church of Christ is central to God’s
plan in empowering this generation
to change their nation. Mission
UpReach is preparing leaders to lead
the church in their local communities
as Christian men and women that
know the true gospel of Jesus Christ.
The gospel of forgiveness of sins,
the gospel of hope for eternity that
begins now in this life, and the gospel
of service to others in Jesus name.
I hope you will be moved to take
action by what you see and read in
this brochure. Honduras needs bridges
built to a better future. The bridges
built by Mission UpReach are made up
of “living stones.” These living stones
are young men and women that have
been transformed into the kind of
leaders that God can use to build an
entirely new nation in Honduras. The
raw material is readily available for
building bridges and without these
bridges the future of Honduras is as
bleak and discouraging as it has been
for generations. We need your help. In
past years, half of the funds that we
need to sustain the cost of operations
for our ministry programs are given
at the end of the year in the annual
giving campaign. This year we are
once again counting on you to help
us meet our goal of raising half of our
operational cost.
You can make a difference by
supporting Mission UpReach in
building bridges from darkness to
life. Please make a donation today
while these things are fresh on your
mind.
Phil Waldron
CEO-Mission UpReach, Inc.
The past 9 years of
my life have been
filled with some of
the most crushing
life experiences,
not the least of
which was an
accident that left
our son suffering
the consequences
of a severe
traumatic brain
injury. Ironically,
the past nine
years have been
filled with the most incredible joy due to being a part
of something amazing that God has been doing here in
Western Honduras. I thought I knew how to empathize,
but now I know that one really must experience despair,
pain, suffering, hopelessness, fear and darkness in order
to understand fully what God offers to each and every
person on the face of this earth. Jesus Christ is the bridge
from despair to joy, pain to healing, suffering to freedom,
hopelessness to hope, fear to confidence and darkness
to life. He has called each of us to build bridges on this
earth that take people to the life He offers. I thank Him
every day for the privilege and opportunity to be a small
part of what He is doing in Western Honduras. He has
opened doors to bridge-building that have transformed
lives and will continue to transform lives for generations
to come. While it is His work, He calls each of us to
ask ourselves what our part might be in bringing His
Kingdom to this earth. We often speak of “sacrifice” and
yet when we look at our contributions we are humbled at
how insignificant they can seem in comparison to what
He has done for us through his son, Jesus Christ. Yet, our
“insignificant” contributions are significant because God
is pleased and He multiplies our efforts to bring glory and
honor to His name on this earth.
We have seen God do incredible things. I don’t know
why the Creator of the Universe needs me and you, but
He has deemed it necessary for us to participate in order
to share that Jesus came to proclaim good news to the
poor, bind up the brokenhearted, and to comfort all
who mourn (Isaiah 61:1-3). In that same passage, it says
that we (those of us transformed by the gift of salvation
through Jesus) “will be called oaks of righteousness, a
planting of the Lord for the display of his splendor.” As
you read the stories we share in this campaign, pray for
all the bridges we have built and will build as we continue
to bring light and life to the poor and brokenhearted. Join
us as we strive to “display his splendor.”
Donna Waldron
Co-Founder, Mission UpReach, Inc.
Un- & under-employment
rates throughout Honduras
are high at about 36%
(2009 estimate,
World Fact Book).

From Hopelessness to Empowerment
Elisabet has had a challenging life. Elisabet’s
mother struggled with clinical depression, which
was not helped by her numerous miscarriages and a
husband who drank and chased after other women.
Elisabet’s mother attempted suicide several times
during her childhood, generally by overdosing, which
contributed to the kidney failure that eventually took
her life in 2013. Earlier that same year, Elisabet’s
father called her to ask her to inform her mother
that he would not be coming back home, having
decided to pursue another relationship. When
Elisabet broke the news to her mother, her mother
slid into the deepest depression yet and withdrew
from life by not eating and retreating to her room.
Elisabet, age 16 at the time, busied herself with
taking care of her little brother and spent a lot of
time hanging out with friends, who helped her
escape the pain by inviting her to numb herself with
alcohol and other things. Elisabet was watching her
mother die, but she was in complete denial. By the
time her mother’s health had declined to the point
of needing dialysis, her mother had lost all will to
live and declined the help that might have kept her
alive. The day of her mother’s death was a very low
point in Elisabet’s life. Dealing with self-guilt over
her mother’s decline, she was very vulnerable to the
unfounded accusations by her own father and family
that her mother’s death was due to Elisabet’s lack of
attention and care.
Elisabet, along with her little brother, went to
live in their father’s apartment just days after their
mother’s death. Two short weeks after burying her
mother, her father explained that there were going
to be some major changes in their lives. Elisabet,
still devastated by her mother’s passing, reacted
very emotionally to this news and she told her father
that she was not willing to accept the changes. Her
father’s response was to beat her and then take her
to her grandmother’s, where he left her and all of her
belongings. Having been a “daddy’s girl” her entire
life, this was the toughest blow yet. Her time with
her grandmother was very difficult because it was
obvious that she was not wanted.
During this time, Elisabet was studying in a
local High School. One of her classmates, Mayra,
a member of the church in Barrio Belen, made
her aware of the Dulce Refugio house. Elisabet
interviewed and was accepted into the program.
Elisabet shares that she could not believe she had
been accepted because she was convinced that
dulce
refugio
nothing good could happen in her life.
After a period of time in the Dulce
Refugio house, Elisabet fell back into some of
her old behavior patterns. She was slipping
out of the house at night to participate in the
same numbing habits of before. Because of
this, she had to leave the program.
Elisabet went to live with her
grandmother again, and once again felt the
same rejection as before. Being kicked out
of the Dulce Refugio house was a wakeup
call for her. She fell into a deep depression
but knew, from her experiences in Dulce
Refugio, that the person to turn to this
time was God. Elisabet temporarily stopped
attending church. However, in pursuit of
God, she returned to church and began
participating in the various ministries.
Elisabet discovered that the church was
a safe place to be and that in spite of her
bad choices, she was loved and accepted.
Elisabet developed a friendship with a
young lady named Malia Davidson, who had
arrived in Honduras to serve as a missionary
apprentice. This relationship blossomed and
the love and acceptance Elisabet received
from her new friend served to lift her out of
despair, pointing her towards Jesus Christ.
Elisabet refers to her friend as “an angel that
came to rescue her.”
After a period of time, Elisabet was
invited to return to the Dulce Refugio house.
Today, she continues to struggle through her
depression and hurt, but she is clearly on
her way to recovery. Elisabet’s relationship
with God is thriving and although Malia
has returned to the U.S., that friendship
continues to serve a vital role as Elisabet
finds her way. Elisabet exemplifies the
purpose and mission of Dulce Refugio;
taking young women out of oppression
and hopelessness and bridging them to
empowerment and growth: personally,
spiritually and emotionally.
Honduras is also a
difficult place to establish
businesses and jobs as proven by a
World Bank report that ranks the
country 125th out of 185 countries on
the ease of doing business and 179th
out of 185 on successful
enforcement of contracts.

From Wandering
to Purpose
Richar Garcia is a church planter. In spite of his young age, God
has already used him in some spectacular ways. Richar is a
graduate of the Moses Project, which is Mission UpReach’s
residential, sustainable-agriculture program. By his own
admission, he was not a Christian while he was a residentstudent
at the Moses Project. Back then Phil Davidson, a
Canadian Christian, along with a board of directors that
was made up of Honduran and Canadian men and women,
were the drivers behind the project. One day, while Phil
Davidson was visiting the Moses Project and contemplating
how to pass it on to an organization that might perpetuate
the original intent of the program, he encountered Richar
walking down the street. He stopped to ask Richar how he
was doing. Richar admitted that after graduating from the
program, he got mixed up in “chasing girls and drinking and
other sinful behavior.”
Richar went on to share, “I did those things, but
last year I became a Christian.” That day, Richar was
wearing a Mission UpReach T-shirt and he explained that
he was attending a Church of Christ, in Crucitas, which
Mission UpReach had helped plant some years before. The
conversation between Phil Davidson and Richar so impressed
Phil that he drove directly to the office of Phil Waldron, CEO
of Mission UpReach, and immediately began discussions
of how his organization might donate the Moses Projectto
Mission UpReach. That was two years ago, and since then
Mission UpReach has been able to add a significant amount
of infrastructure to the farm. There is now a commercial
operation of tilapia, coffee, and broiler chickens. The boys
in the program work in these agri-businesses during the day
and attend school at night to complete their junior high and
high school diplomas.
After becoming a Christian, Richar enrolled in CREO
and CRESCO, Biblical training programs that MUR offers,
providing young men and women the tools to serve as leaders
in their congregations. As a result of Richar’s transformation
and service in his congregation, he was invited to join MUR’s
church planting team. He has matured in the two years that
he has been working full-time with MUR and continues to
demonstrate a desire to learn and grow in his faith and in
his skill and competence in the ministry of the Word. In
January 2018, Richar’s goal is to enroll in the Baxter Institute
in Tegucigalpa, which is a four-year university level academy
that offers a bachelor’s degree in theology.
Richar is walking across a bridge that leads to a better
future. Mission UpReach has helped to build that bridge. In
the future, we anticipate Richar building bridges that others
will cross, taking them to an even brighter future. Richar is
a part of the John 1010 Generation, a generation that, with
God’s blessings, will take many people from darkness to life.
Statistics translate into
depressing reality. Villages are
often reached by muddy, rock-strewn
roads. In many villages the homes are
one-room structures with animals
living in close proximity. Few
children have shoes. Many
families do not have toilets.
Moses
Project
Hugo Miranda is a Certified Public Accountant, an MBA,
and a member of the local Church of Christ that meets
in Barrio Belén in Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras. Hugo
hasn’t always been a Christian. In fact, there was a time
that Hugo was living a life quite different from what a
faithful Christian man should live. Hugo and his wife were
living in separate bedrooms while he carried on an affair
with another woman. He then lost his job and was unable
to find employment elsewhere. He was unemployed for a
couple of years, and his self-esteem slowly began to erode;
He even lost his car because he was no longer able to afford
the payments. Hugo became depressed but in the midst of
his depression he began to read his Bible. Soon he stopped
his affair and began visiting a few churches in an effort to
find God. During this time, Donna Waldron invited Hugo
and his wife to come to a parenting seminar being held at
the building where the Barrio Belén Church of Christ meets.
That timely invitation led to Phil and Donna studying the
Bible with Hugo and his wife and shortly after they were
both baptized.
Hugo and his wife, Sara, threw themselves into their
new life with enthusiasm. Hugo graduated from CREO and
then from CRESCO, which is MUR’s two-year Bible training
program. He also took a 10-month certificate program in
counseling from the Baxter Institute in Tegucigalpa. This
year Hugo was named a deacon in the local church. His
marriage has never been better and he is reaching out
to share the gospel with his extended family. His Mom
can’t believe the change that has come over him. Hugo is
a changed person because he has come into contact with
the transforming power of the Gospel. His training and
equipping in CREO and CRESCO have empowered him to
be a leader in his family, his church and his community.
Hugo has crossed a bridge to an entirely different place.
He is now equipped and motivated to build bridges for
others to cross. That is what Mission UpReach is all about:
building bridges to a future that is better. A future full of
life, the kind of life that only comes from knowing and
being in relationship with Jesus Christ.
from sin to transformation
Creo &
cresco

In 2012, the third year of our DESEO ministry, a young girl
by the name of Sara was invited to join one of our afternoon
basketball leagues. Sara was in the 7th grade so she was not
an active participant in our DESEO school program, but one
of her little brothers was, which is how she heard about the
opportunity to learn how to play basketball. Through the
relationships Sara made playing basketball, she was invited
to church and in April of 2013 she was baptized at a youth
retreat.
In 2014, Sara decided to drop out of school due to lack of
motivation and shortage of family income to support her in
school. Jon and Stacy Stacy were leading the youth ministry
team and began offering Sara opportunities to babysit
their children with the clearer intention of developing a
closer mentoring relationship with her. Meanwhile, Sara’s
younger brothers, Hector and Milton, were enjoying the
benefits of the DESEO program in their school. In 2014, a
new congregation was started closer to the neighborhood
where Sara and her family live. Through Sara’s urging
and because of her little brothers’ interest, Sara’s parents
from directionless
to inspired
began visiting the church. After a period of learning, they
were both baptized and now the entire family is enjoying
the gift of salvation.
Through the mentoring relationship with Jon and Stacy,
Sara decided to return to school and successfully graduated
from High School this past year, is enrolled in our CRESCO
program, and has plans to begin studying in the University
this year. In 2016 Sara was also offered a full-time position
as one of the DESEO ministry teachers. She now visits the
same school she attended each week, teaching them about
God and pointing them in His direction. Sara and her family
are good examples of how the DESEO ministry serves
to bridge individuals and families from wandering and
darkness to opportunity, acceptance and life.
deseo
Hugo and Flavia are a couple with a 3 year
old son, Hugo Daniel. Both Hugo and Flavia
are deaf but their son is not. When our MUR
team met Hugo and Flavia they were living
together out of wedlock. At the time, neither
of them could read or write, they had never
studied the Bible, and they had never been
taught any of the Bible stories that many of
us learn while attending Sunday school as
children. In 2016, Hugo had a heart operation
that included implanting a pacemaker.
While he was recuperating at his mother
and father’s home some of the MUR team
visited Hugo and his family. During that visit,
they heard Hugo’s father say, “all of Hugo’s
friends are gone. Many of them are dead but
the others left because their families were
ashamed of them.” This simple statement
uttered without bitterness or cynicism, struck
the MUR Team to the core. Suddenly, the
things that they had been observing in the
deaf community (made up of some 240,000
men, women and children) began to make
sense: the lack of education, the absence of
a common language, the feelings of shame,
and complete isolation.
As our eyes were opened to the plight of
the deaf in Honduras, an intentional decision
was made to build bridges that would take
them from isolation to inclusion. Knowing
that one of the greatest barriers for the deaf
is the lack of education, a decision was made
to open a school for the deaf (ESPERO).
Hugo and Flavia are among the first class
of 10 adults who are now receiving a formal
education. In the ESPERO environment
as well as their integration into the local
church of Barrio Belén, Hugo and Flavia,
along with others in the deaf community are
experiencing acceptance and the love of God
for the first time in their lives.
Hugo and Flavia are now legally married.
MUR has a program for unmarried couples
that encourages and helps them to legalize
their marriages. In fact, MUR has helped over
70 couples to legalize their marriages. And
the best news of all is that Hugo and Flavia
both made the confession of faith that Jesus
is Lord in front of more than 250 witnesses
and were baptized into Christ.
Hugo and Flavia have crossed over a
bridge, one that others sacrificed to build so
that they and those that follow could have
a better life. Without the ability to hear,
Hugo, Flavia, and many other deaf in the
community are hearing the good news of
Jesus Christ.
espero
from rejection
to acceptance
The Honduras Medical
System is a form of socialized
medicine but in spite of this there
is extremely limited access to any
kind of medical care.

from despair to healing
In June 2016, a medical brigade from the Burnt Hickory
Church of Christ from Kennesaw, Georgia came to serve a
village by the name of Crucitas. It was during that brigade
that we first encountered Iris, a 9-year-old girl born with
an undiagnosed degenerative brain disorder. That day,
Iris was very close to death. She had pneumonia and was
severally malnourished, weighing only 18 pounds.
Iris’ mother was burdened, knowing that she needed
to take Iris to the hospital but as a single mom of three,
one of whom was a newborn still nursing, she was forced to
make a difficult decision. Without family support to tend
to the other children, she could not take her daughter to
the hospital because the hospital would require her to stay
with Iris at all times and would not allow her to have the
other children there with her. The attending physician at
the brigade did what he could do for Iris, giving her some
strong antibiotics to help her body fight the infection.
In addition to the medication, Iris needed a good source
of liquid nutrition and we felt compelled to respond. We
purchased some Ensure for Iris and since that time have
kept her supplied with liquid nutrition. With the medicines
We have been dreaming and preparing the past eight years
to build bridges from need to abundance through welldrilling.
Nearly one million people out of a total population
of nine million in Honduras do not have access to water. If
you don’t have sufficient water, disease can easily spread
in a community, but providing clean water isn’t only about
alleviating a physical need. By providing long-term access
to water in communities in the western region of Honduras,
we know doors will be opened to share the source of living
water: Jesus Christ.
and the nutrition, Iris began
thriving and is today sitting up
again and responding to her
family. Knowing that Iris’ need
for liquid nutrition would be ongoing,
we shared her need in one
of our newsletters.
Two young girls, sisters,
responded to the need and sent
money that they had been saving
from their weekly allowance.
Both of these girls have been
participants in brigades with
their parents. Their lives were
impacted as they witnessed
firsthand the poverty and oppression of children their own
age. They were able to see how privileged and blessed they
are and wanted to help build a bridge to healing for Iris.
Medical brigades build bridges that take people from
pain and suffering to healing and hope.
Many families do
not have access to clean water
and get water from a cistern or
pozo. If there is no rain, families
haul water from the nearest,
often polluted, stream.
from need to
abundance
Here at Mission UpReach we have seen God provide the
right people at just the right time on numerous occasions.
An example of this is the decision made by Jason and
Michelle Simpson to move their family to Honduras to run
the well-drilling ministry. In November of last year, Jason
was working on rebuilding our drilling rig while it sat in
Longview, Texas. After a few weeks of work on the rig, we
asked Jason to consider moving his family to Honduras.
After much discussion and prayer, Jason and Michelle
decided to take a step of faith and make the move. Soon we
will begin drilling wells, and it is evident that God is at work
in this ministry. He has provided the people and the tools
needed to provide water to countless, and build the bridges
to move people from need to abundance.
Pablo Reyes is a good, hard-working man. A man of
character and principle. With only a third grade education,
Pablo has worked as a farm laborer all of his life. The oldest
of Pablo and Karla’s eight children is 16 and already has a
son, making Pablo and Karla grandparents at the age of 38.
Before coming to work for Mission UpReach on the
Moses Project as a Tilapia Technician, Pablo and his family
lived and worked on 200-acre farm owned by a prosperous
family from Santa Rosa. In 2015 though, the property was
sold to a man who is known by locals to be a drug trafficker.
His first change to the property was to put 70 calves under
Pablo’s care after which he said, “If one of these calves
dies, I will kill you.” A few days later, he asked Pablo, “are
you a man?” to which Pablo responded, “Of course I am a
man.” The new owner of the property then said, “well if
you are man enough and you want to make some really good
money I will teach you how to be an assassin and you can
come to work for me and make some real money.” Pablo
responded, “I am a man but I will never kill anybody.” This
wasn’t the first time Pablo was being pressured to murder.
Some years ago, his brother was murdered. In Honduran
society, particularly in the socio-economic level that Pablo
comes from, if someone murders your family member, you
are expected to murder the perpetrator in turn.
Even before Pablo became a Christian though he
knew that murder was wrong and he rejected the pressure
to kill the murderer of his brother in retaliation. His
reputation in the community in which he lived suffered
because of it. People said he was a coward. They said he
was calloused and that he didn’t love his family and that
he wasn’t a man. Of course, you and I know that that isn’t
true, right? A few days later after Phil Waldron, CEO of
Mission UpReach heard about this conversation he offered
Pablo an opportunity to get him and his family out of that
situation and live at the Moses Project to work as a Tilapia
Technician.
A couple of years ago Pablo and his wife became
from poverty to
opportunity
Christians and they are now faithful members of the local
church. Pablo is growing in his knowledge and love of
the Lord. He is a very good father and husband. Last year
violence struck his family again. His sister who was only 22
years old was murdered by her husband and father-in-law.
She left two small girls. One was four and the other was 16
months old. Once again, the socio-economic community
from which Pablo lives expected him to respond by
murdering or “disappearing” her murderers. Here is why;
the community knows from experience that Pablo’s sister
will never see justice done. It is a fact in most these types of
cases. Unfortunately, this was the case with Pablo’s sister.
Despite abundant evidence of foul play, her death was
ruled a suicide. Now if this was your family member and
it occurred in your community somewhere in the United
States, how would you respond?
People here in western Honduras must live with this
type of injustice daily. So, they most often live by the
kind of justice that we read about in the Old Testament.
You know, where Moses laid down the law of “an eye for
an eye and a tooth for a tooth.” It makes sense, doesn’t
it? It seems to make a lot of sense when you live here in
Honduras and you see this happening time and time again.
The thing is, as Christians we know that because we have
been saved by the blood of Jesus, revenge only leads to more
bloodshed and more heartache. Pablo knew this because he
is a good man. And now he has become a Christian. He is
studying in MUR’s CREO Boot Camp Leadership Training
program and participating in men’s discipling groups in the
local church. Pablo and his family are crossing over a bridge
from a life filled with oppression and darkness to a life
filled with freedom.
Mission UpReach’s bridge building ministries are giving
them the skills to not only live the abundant life that Jesus
offers his followers but they are also giving them the ability
to use their passion and newly acquired skills to teach
others how to encounter this new life as well.

thank you to our donors
Mission UpReach, Inc., to give honor where honor is due, has established the following recognitions
for various levels of giving. All of you who support our vision and mission are an important part of our
succeeding and we want you to know how important you are to us. The MUR Partners, Society Members,
Council Members, Presideent’s Council, and Chairman’s Council that we have as of October 2017 are:
partners
The MUR Partners level of
giving recognizes individuals
& families who make
donations over $1,000 &
less than $10,000 annually.
These partners help Mission
UpReach maintain our
ongoing mission to raise up a
John 1010 Generation.
Dan & Angela Archibald
Jeremy & Kelli Bankes
Steve & Kathy Bennett
Larry & Virginia Boswell
Jason & Italia Brewington
Matt & Hannah Bridges
Peggy Aldridge - Broadband
Systems Consulting, Inc.
Ed & Kathy Brooks
Joe & Teressa Bryan
Cory & Jennifer Calendine
Will & Staci Carter
John & Candis Clinton
Louise Clites
Barrett & Karen Coffman
David & Elaine Coleman
Jim & Becky Combee
Dr. Jon & Julie Commander
Randy & Kim Corder
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Dale & Jane Cunningham
Bruce & Iris Curry
Andy Curtis
Wanda Dailey
Malia Joy Davidson
Diana Davis
Robert Dover
Robin Dover
Kenneth & Regina Dunn
Martha Eichelberger
Steve & Terry Elrod
Leila Evans
George Evans - Evans Family
Trust
Deborah & Nicky Faught
Ed & Lisa Fernandes
Elizabeth Foreman
Scott Fowler
Jim & Mikal Frazier
Linda Frazier
Mike Fullagar
Robert Gaddis
Bob & Donna Galloway
Rob & Elizabeth Galloway
Gary & Nancy Gardner
Richard Gibson
Zachary & Susan Giles
George & Susan Glenn
Karie Graves
Bob Green
Robert & Barbara Harrell
Chip Harris
Ryan Heath
Timothy & Donna Heath
Alan & Jan Hegi
Shirley Helms
David & Amy Hendrixson
Michael & Alice Hinterschied
Walter & Karen Hobby
Leland & Kaye Hodges
Ken & Julie Hounsel
Jeff & Sherry Hubright
Michael & Roselynn Hughes
William (Bill) Huston
Sonny & Debbie Jefcoat
Forrest & Tammy Jerkins
Frank & Jessica Jett
Raymond & Libby Jones
Timothy Jones
Monty & Melanie Joseph
Wayne & Debbie Kellis
Dan & Susan Kelly
Martha Kennedy
Claude & Marta Kinzer
James Kronewitter
Mykhaylo Kurko
Jim & Pat Lamb
Lisa Lang
Herbert Lawson
Robert & Betty Lingle
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Kevin Loudermilk
Linda Mason
Laura Matthews
Debbie Maxwell
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Emery & Ruth McCullough
Scott & Kay McDowell
AJ McElfresh
Steve & Pat McElroy
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Craig & Jennifer McKnight
Jimmy & Melanie McMahon
Ashley Miller
James & Mary Miller
Margie Miller
Kevin & Connie Monsees
Timothy Morr
Billy Morris
Fernando Nasmyth
Noel Nesser
Tammy Newsome
Allen & Debbie Nichols
Clint & Sarah Owens
Lelan Pack
Carl Perry
Nick Pham
Russ Pickett
Faith Polaia
William Prince
Kristina Qualls Schmidt
Lon & Rebecca Raby
Joel & Lori Reed
Doug & Kathy Reeder
Wendy Reffitt
Max & Kay Reiboldt
Dr. Brad & Rachel Russell
Bonnie Safley
Troy & Dee Sandlin
Joseph Scales
Matthew Schick
Jack & Anna Scruggs
Bob Sellers
Jason Shelnutt
Vernon Shuffett
Dwayne & Sherry Simpson
Jeff & Jill Simpson
Kelley Smith
Kent Smith
Bob & Ridglae Stephens
Jon & Amy Stevens
Helen Stinnett
Joe & Karen Stork
Tim & Shellie Swafford
Tim & Leah Swenson
Steven & Tammy Terry
Curtis & Margie Thomasson
Kyle Thompson
Thomas & Suzanne Tignor
Jeff Tucker
Ted & Cheryl Van den Meiracker
Bobbi Villarreal
Jesse & Nikki Villarreal
Jane Waites
Mat & Dani Waites
Dave & Camille Warren
Richard & Mollie Weber
Tim Welch
Trevor Welch
Cheri White
Robert Williams
Greg & Susie Winnett
Scott & Dana Womble
Ron & Clydean Wood
Sloan & Amy Williams - WPC
Services, LLC
Jason Ziemann
Randy & Diane Zook
Cedar Grove Church of Christ
Central Oconee Church of Christ
Rusk Church of Christ
Shawnee Trail Church of Christ
Clearview Church of Christ
Memorial Road Church of Christ
Miami-Dade Church of Christ
humanitarian
circle
The Humanitarian Circle of
giving to MUR recognizes
individuals & families whose
annual giving is between
$10,000 & $24,999.
Tom & Janell Bedichek
Candice Bracewell
Michael & Alice Hintershied –
Cable Depot, Inc.
Gerald & Carla Campbell
Grant & Janice Carruth
Kory & John Cummings
Duane & Suzanne Cunningham
Larry & Lynn Hartselle
Dr. Linda Huff
Phil & Mary Hulsizer
James & Merrill McCreary
Eugene Moss
Dorris Shelton Gulley
Adam & Kristen Spencer
Clark & Kathy Spencer
Pat Monsees – The Patricia
Monsees Trust
Paul Thornton
Jim & Julie Tidwell
Charles & Sherry Waldron
David & Betsy Waldron
Greg & Tammie Waldron
Southside Church of Christ, TX
Southside Church of Christ, TN
LaVergne Church of Christ
Burnt Hickory Church of Christ
What is done with
your money and
where it comes from
LEADERSHIP
SOCIETY
The MUR Leadership Society
recognizes individuals &
families whose annual giving
is between $25,000 & $99,999.
Scott & Heather Bedichek
Bill & Darla Dismuke
Jackson Family Foundation -
Jackson Healthcare, LLC
Darin & Karen Beakley – Sat-Lite
Technologies, LTD
Leo & Angie Wells – Angie & Leo
Wells Foundation Inc.
Mark & April Anthony
Ken & Joyce Shumard – The
Shumard Foundation
Pine Tree Church of Christ
Church of Christ at Snellville
Legacy Church of Christ
Hermitage church of Christ
president’s
council
The President’s Council
recognizes individuals & families
whose cumulative annual giving
exceeds $100,000.
Zack & Brandi Kellis – Kellis
Vegetation Management, Inc.
Rom Kellis – NaturChem, Inc.
John & Michele Neiland
chairman’s
council
The Chairman’s Council
recognizes individuals & families
whose cumulative annual giving
exceeds $1 million.
Anonymous, Bartlesville, OK
For many families meals
are beans, tortillas, rice, eggs, little
meat and limited vegetables. Coffee is
the drink of choice and beans are roasted
on the plancha of the stove. Often the
home is used to store the corn and bean
harvest attracting rats,
mice and disease.

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