February Missionary of the Month

02.01.10

    This month’s missionaries are Steve and Brenda Hostetter who serve at Oak Hills Christian College in Bemidji, Minnesota,

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    This month’s missionaries are Steve and Brenda Hostetter who serve at Oak Hills Christian College in Bemidji, Minnesota, where Steve has served the last two years as President. OHCC offers a bible-based education that helps students develop a Christ- centered worldview and a heart for loving God and serving others .They are rejoicing for the provision of a volunteer campus pastoral couple and for a good Spring semester enrollment.

    It has been a significant year at all three branches of ministry: Oak Hills Christian College, Oak Hills Center for Indian Ministries, and Camp Oak Hills. The purpose of Mohakum Ministry Center is to train and equip Native American disciphostetter - Steve and Brenda Hostetterles and leaders through culturally relevant biblical education, ministry training, and character formation. Zane Williams, a Native American pastor from Phoenix, is the new CIM Director. His father was one of the original students of Mohakum in the 1950s, so he has strong ties to this ministry and brings valuable experience and leadership to CIM. Camp Oak Hills reopened the summer of 2009! After two weeks of staff training, they ran five weeks of youth camps with a total of 187 campers attending. Significant spiritual decisions were made at Camp Oak Hills this summer. Twenty-one campers accepted Christ’s gift of salvation, and 10 more made other spiritual commitments. 

    Steve and Brenda’s prayer requests are for wisdom as they plan a budget for the next fiscal year, for God’s provision in giving, for their missionary team working with Camp Oak Hills and the Center for Indian Ministries, for someone to fill the position of Vice President for Advancement (they currently have 7 applicants), and for planning for the Feed My Starving Children Mobile Packing event in March. They are planning to pack 100,000 meals to feed starving children around the world. To do this, they need to raise $l7,000.00 and secure 500 volunteers.

    For more information go to www. oakhills.edu.

    My name will be great among the nations from the rising to the setting of the sun.
    Malachi 1:11