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 Ron Birthday 07/09
Laura Birthday 03/27
Ron & Laura Wedding Anniversary 08/07

My name is Ron Back. When I was eight years old, a missionary from a local independent Baptist church in Pierceton, Indiana, invited my brothers and me to church.  My parents enjoyed the thought of having a break from us boys every Sunday, so they encouraged us to go with the missionary family.  Shortly after this first encounter with Bro. and Mrs. Ernie Mason, I received Christ as my Saviour in Junior Church in 1980. I believe, even though I was only eight years old, that God put the desire in my heart to be a missionary, but since my family was not saved nor in a local church, Satan was able to quench that call.

My young adult years were spent out of church.  I did not get scripturally baptized until 1994 while I was attending a Baptist church in Rancho Santa Marguerita, California, during my enlistment in the United States Marine Corps.  Shortly after I was baptized, God called me a second time to the mission field under a missionary to Australia.  I went to the pastor and inquired of him about missions.  I thought God wanted me to go build churches physically with hammer and nails, not by preaching.  My pastor told me that we did not support missionaries except the kind that go and preach the Gospel and win souls to Christ, building the churches with people, not materials.  I was convinced that I was not the missionary type because I did not think I could talk or preach to large groups of people.

When my enlistment in the USMC was up, I chose to be a husband and a father instead of a career soldier.  We went back to Warsaw, Indiana, where my family was and decided to start our family there also.  Within two weeks of getting back to Warsaw in the spring of 1996, we found Open Bible Baptist Church, pastored by Sam Carns, a Hyles-Anderson College graduate.  I thought that I had finally found a home that would be permanent for my whole family.

In May of 1996, Layne Jones, a missionary to the Philippines, preached at my home church of the need for more missionaries.  This time I realized God’s call on my life. I immediately responded to the invitation and surrendered to be a missionary.  Within just a few months, I understood that God wanted me to go to Australia.

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21 EMS B61b Lane
Warsaw, IN 46582
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51 Queen St. Moe, Vic, 3825 Australia

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  • Charles and Lindsey Osgood Prayer Letter: Training Faithful Men

    Charles and Lindsey Osgood Prayer Letter: Training Faithful MenThank you for your prayers and financial support!

    Furlough Meetings

    I thank the Lord for the opportunity I had to preach in four new churches in Illinois, Michigan, and Missouri during the final six weeks we were in the USA. What a blessing it was to see people faithfully serving the Lord in their “Jerusalem”! On October 24 in Valparaiso, Indiana, I was able to visit a young man named Brandon, who’d recently lost his job. He was very discouraged. After listening to his story, I was able to share the Gospel with him. He readily placed his faith in Christ for salvation! Please pray for Brandon to get in a good church and to grow in the Lord.

    Return to Ghana

    On November 6, our family returned to Ghana! What a blessing it is to be back home with the people God has called us to serve! We are adjusting to life with a newborn again. Please pray especially for Lindsey to have strength as she cares for our baby girl.
    Hyles-Anderson College of West Africa Graduation

    On November 13, we had a graduation service for four students who completed their training in our Bible college. Two of these men, Anthony and Sylvester, are Liberians. They have now headed back to Liberia to start a new church. Please pray for these two young men to have wisdom, strength, and protection as they look to start a church in the near future. I am excited to see how God will use these zealous young men!

    Converts

    In May, I was able to lead a university student named Seth Oppong to Christ. He came to church and followed the Lord in baptism. I have been in contact with him, and we have now started doing discipleship lessons. He has also gone soul winning with me. Please pray for Seth to grow and to become a preacher of the Gospel.

    Faithful Men Training Program

    One of my main roles here in Ghana is to lead our Faithful Men training program. We are very focused on training men to serve the Lord and to help them become committed and capable leaders who can train others also. We have added 3 men to our program in the last month. We have another 3 men who are looking to join our program very soon. This will put us at 24 men. This is a blessing—24 is the maximum capacity of our current dormitories! We have a vision to train many more servants of Christ; however, we will need to build more dormitories in order to expand our program. Please pray that God will provide for us to be able to house more men so that we can train them to serve the Lord. If you can partner with us to help meet this need, please let me know.

    In Christ,

    Charles, Lindsey, Josiah, and Lily Osgood

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