Westmark Missionaries

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Bob and Jeanne Nelson

Bob and Jeanne Nelson
Family: son John, married to Brooke, Mike, and Elizabeth, married to Dan Olson.
ReachGlobal (Evangelical Free Church of America International Mission)
Serving in the Phillipines

Mail:
P. O. Box 388
6000 Cebu City
PHILLIPPINES

Contact: Robert.nelson@efca.org

Bob grew up in Westmark and is a member here. Jeanne is from Marquette, Nebraska. They work with church planting and church development in the Philippines.

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Jim and Kathy Carlson

Jim and Kathy Carlson
Abigail and David
ReachGlobal (Evanglical Free Church of America International Mission) to France

Mail:
40 allee Francoise Dolto
69140 Rilleux-la-Pape
France

Contact: Jim.Carlson@efca.org

Jim is the son of Helen and Bill Carlson, who served the EFCA in Congo for many years. Helen (Nelson) grew up in Westmark. Jim and Kathy are church planters in Lyon, France.

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Dan and Karen Carlson

Dan and Karen Carlson
Anastasia, Danielle, Benjamin,
Desiree, Lyle, Timothy, Caleb

Mission Aviation Fellowship
Kinshasa, Congo


Mission Aviation Fellowship address:
P. O. Box 47
Nampa ID 83653

Contact: Dcarlson@maf.org

Dan is the oldest son of Helen (Nelson) and Bill Carlson and also grew up in Congo. He is an MAF pilot and lives with his family in Kinshasa. He flies to many familiar airstrips in central Africa, and manages part of the work there for MAF.

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David and Olivia Wolf

Mailing address:
10101 Dellwood Dr
El Paso, TX 79924

Contact: dwolf@uim.org
www.uim.org/wolf



David is a pilot with UIM and flies into rural airstrips in Mexico serving a number of mission agencies. David and Olivia currently live in Chihuahua, Mexico.

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Sheryll Barker

ReachGlobal (Evangelical Free Church International Mission) to Czech Republic

Mailing address:
Kramolna 2320
193 00 Praha 9
Czech Republic

Contact: Sheryll.Barker@efca.org

Sheryll is from Holdrege, Nebraska and serves Czech youth camps and many ESL teams while also filling an unending list of office needs for the ReachGlobal Czech team. She is also helping develop a ministry to seniors.

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Lois McNeill

ReachGlobal (Evangelical Free Church of America International Mission) - Trinity Equipping Center in Russia

Mail:
Lois McNeill
11535 Lakeview Drive
Papillion, NE 68133

Contact: James.McNeill@efca.org

Until his death in 2008, Jim was instrumental in beginning and leading the Trinity Equipping Center in Kursk, Russia, a training program for pastors and those serving the evangelical Russian church. Lois is a nurse, and also teaches and models evangelism to Russian students and friends. She now divides her time between Russia and Papillion, Nebraska. She continues working hard with Russian believers to develop, tape and distribute a distance learning curriculum that can expand the TEC's ministry, even if the McNeills have to leave Russia due to restrictive government regulations. Jim has recently faced some serious health issues, but is now doing well.

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Marv and Jane Watson

Impact Ministries: "Impacting Nebraska's Prisons for Jesus Christ"

Mail:
P. O. Box 22878
Lincoln, NE 68542

Contact: mwatson1@neb.rr.com

Marv and Jane are from Holdrege, Nebraska and serve in the Nebraska Department of Corrections: State Penitentiary, Lincoln and the Correctional Center for Women in York.

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Dean and Debbie Halverson

Dean and Debbie Halverson and family

International Students, Inc. Colorado Springs

Mail:
4980 Whimsical Dr.
Colorado Springs, CO 80917

Contact: DeanHalverson@msn.com


Dean works with International Students in Colorado Springs and does writing and research for the organization.

Retired Missionaries still supported by Westmark:

Nils and Laura Oldberg

Nils and Laura now live in Nebraska after serving a number of years with the EFCA in Congo.

Mail:
805 N. 22nd Street, Apt. 3-C
Blair, NE 68008

Contact: Nils.Oldbert@efca.org

Dorothy Anderson

Dorothy's husband Richard Anderson died on April 9, 2003. She is originally from Holdrege and married Richard, whose father, Oscar Anderson, served as pastor at Westmark. Richard and his first wife, Alpha (whose father Lars Almquist also served the church as pastor) and then Dorothy served in Congo. Dorothy still lives in Turlock, California.

Ralph and Helen Christensen

Ralph and Helen officially retired from TEAM some years ago, but maintain an active ministry to former students from their years of teaching in South Africa. Ralph promotes Every Member Ministry and is supported through Helen's home church in Roseville, Minnesota. They now reside in a retirement facility in Kansas.

Mail:
Ottawa Retirement Village
1100 W. 15th St., Apt. 14
Ottawa, KS 66067

Esther Malmquist and Yvonne Ketelle

Esther and Yvonne are dear "church ladies" who have helped plant rural churches with the Rural Home Missionary Association. Both have experienced health difficulties in recent years and now reside in a retirement/nursing facility in Carl Junction, Missouri.

Organizations and Institutions supported by Westmark:

Youth for Christ of Holdrege, Nebraska

Campus Crusade for Christ at the University of Nebraska, Kearney

Hilltop Urban Church of Wichita, Nebraska

River Valley Evangelical Free Church of Arapahoe, Nebraska

Hope Evangelical Free Church of Kearney, Nebraska

Camino de Vida (Pathway of Life), Lexington, Nebraska

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The Open Door Mission of Omaha, Nebraska

Thank you for your interest in our missions page!

If you have questions about our missionary support or missions program, contact the chairman of our missions committee, Ruth Nelson (308) 472-5221, or the church office. A copy of our missions policy is available upon request.