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Bob Dayton (84) went Home to be with
the Lord on Tuesday, June 14, 2022. Bob and
his wife, Sabina, joined BIMI
in June 1961 and served in
Nicaragua. In 1976 Bob became
the Central America Director but
continued his mission work in
Nicaraguaamong the people that
he loved. Through Dr. Dayton’s
work and with other missionaries and national
pastors, there have been well over 150 churches
started with over 16,000 in Sunday school, a
Bible institute, a camp, and several Christian
schools under his direction. He also established
and built a Spanish church in Mission, Texas.

Brother Dayton held soul winning meetings
with missionaries and national pastors for over
25 years. In recent years, Bob spent his time
raising funds for various church needs for the
national people in Nicaragua.

L.T. Everett (89) went Home to be with
the Lord December 21, 2021.

His wife, Geraldine, went to be
with the Lord in 2016. Brother
L.T. and Geraldine began their
ministry with BIMI in 1968,
serving in Bolivia in the remote
Andean mountain village called
San Juan del Potrero. He told his director, Roger
Blevins, that he “wanted to go to a place where
the Gospel had never been preached.” The
Everetts were not deterred from their calling
even with fierce opposition and threats to their
safety at times from the mountain people, local
government, and religious leaders. L.T. Everett
faithfully served the Bolivian believers, pastors,
and churches over 50 years.

Thomas Kane
(69) went
Home to be with the Lord on
Wednesday, March 23, 2022, after a
long battle with cancer. Thomas and
his wife, Jerilyn, were approved by
BIMI in June 1995 to work in India.

Even though no missionaries were
allowed to work in India on a permanent basis,
Thomas and Jerilyn were able to stay in India
for a few months at a time to teach in a Bible
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college and seminary that were established by
the Divakars. His passion was winning souls to
Christ and planting churches.

William (Bill) McClure (82) went
Home to Heaven on Monday,
January 31, 2022. Bill proudly
served his country in the United
States Army and fulfilled his life’s
passion as a missionary. Bill and
Lois McClure joined BIMI in
February 1975 and surrendered
to the Military Ministry in the beginning
years of that ministry. He and Lois faithfully
served three years in the Azores, ten years in
Spain, and ten years with the military in the
United States. Bill and Lois moved to the ARM
ministry in August 2012 and worked in VA
homes and hospitals in North Carolina.

A.A. (Bill) Menchie Padilla
(88) went Home to be with the Lord
on Tuesday, January 11, 2022.

His wife, Erlinda, went Home to
be with the Lord in 1996. Bill was
approved as a missionary with
BIMI in July 1969. He went to
the Philippines as a single young
man and married Erlinda. They worked as
church planters in the Philippines. In 2004, Bill
pastored a church on the island of Negros. They
also established a Christian school. Bill retired
as a missionary with BIMI November 10, 1998.

Junior Parker
(72) went
Home to be with the Lord on
Monday, February 21, 2022, after
a long battle with cancer. Chris
and Junior joined BIMI in 1981 as
missionaries to the military. They
had a heart for military missions,
having experienced firsthand the
work of a military ministry. Chris was in the
United States Navy in Rota, Spain, when a
couple from Bethel Baptist Church befriended
them. Through the witness of this couple,
they were converted and became members
of the church. Over the years, they served in
several military ministries in Spain, Japan, and
Germany.




Saundra Wang
Saundra and her husband Victor became
part of the BIMI family in 1977.

Victor was born in Norway, and
as a young man came to America
to live. He met and married
Saundra, who was an American, and after
their conversion, they had a great burden for
the Norwegian people. They joined BIMI and
after deputation they served as missionaries in
the city of Oslo. Victor went to be with the Lord
in 1991, but Saundra remained in Norway with
her children.

Although the spread of the Gospel was stifled
by the powerful influence of the Lutheran state
church, Saundra was able to have a Bible club
consistently in her home. She retired in 2004
and went to be with the Lord in 2022 and is
buried in Norway next to her husband, Victor.

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