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May 6, 2006. Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, who loses none of all that the Father has given him, but raises them up on the last day. This is Mark Bube, reporting for Telenews from the Committee on Foreign Missions of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church.

This is to update you with information regarding the memorial service, etc., for the Rev. Matthew D. Baugh, OP missionary to Haiti, who was killed in a motorcycle accident this past Thursday while he was on his way to meet another missionary.

A memorial service to thank our Lord for the life of his servant will be conducted on Thursday, May 11, 2:00 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church (PCA), 231 N. Washington St., Yazoo City, MS 39194-4226 (Tel: 662-746-1226).

Sympathy cards and notes for the family may be addressed to:

Mrs. Shannon Baugh
c/o Mrs. Barbara Freeman
P.O. Box 836
Tchula, MS 39169-0836

Gifts to assist Shannon and their five children, ages two to ten, in getting established back in the States and to help provide for their needs may be sent to:

The Orthodox Presbyterian Church
The Committee on Foreign Missions
ATTN: Baugh Family Diaconal Fund
P.O. Box P
Willow Grove, PA 19090-0920

Lord willing, Shannon and the children plan to return to the States on Monday, May 8, and stay with Matt's folks in the Tchula, Mississippi, area. Please continue to keep the Baugh family in your prayers in the days and weeks to come.

"For I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last he will stand upon the earth. And after my skin has been thus destroyed, yet in my flesh I shall see God, whom I shall see for myself, and my eyes shall behold, and not another" (Job 19:25-27).

Mark T. Bube, General Secretary
The Orthodox Presbyterian Church
THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN MISSIONS
607 N. Easton Road, Building E
P. O. Box P
Willow Grove, PA 19090-0920 USA
Tel: 215-830-0900
Fax: 215-830-0350
E-mail: bube.1@opc.org

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