Missionaries to speak at local church

By Kathy Thomson

Reverend Ron Gebauer will preach at Trinity Lutheran Church’s Fall Mission Festival this Sunday afternoon, Oct. 14, at 4:30 p.m. and, according to pastor Tom Chandler, the entire community is invited to attend the service and stay for the free-will donation meal that will follow.

The meal will be Mexican salad. Tea and several types of dessert will also be served.

“Please come join us and stay afterwards for the food the ladies of the church are preparing for us all to share,” Chandler said. “Ron will be giving a regular message during the service, and then he and his wife will have a presentation about their missionary work in the Solomon Islands during the meal in the fellowship hall.”

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Gebauer and his wife Roxanne have worked for Wycliffe Bible Translators since 1989. 

The Gebauers currently live in Dallas, but they have served for years as overseas missionaries to the Solomon Islands and plan to return to the South Pacific mission field in 2020 with the youngest two of their 10 children.

The Solomon Islands are made up of over 100 islands, and over 70 local languages are spoken by natives. Only two percent of the population are fluent in English, the official language of the nation.

The Gebauers have worked for decades to translate the Bible into the islanders’ native language.

Trinity Lutheran is located at 733 Highway 180 East.