John & Gladys Balaram

In 2010 B.B.I.C. send out our first two short term missionaries. John and Gladys Balaram traveled to the New Delhi area of India with the desire to start a ministry for children who live in the slum, giving them the skills needed to attend classes at a public school. By February they had assessed the need, prepared the training manuals, selected the children, and found a public school that would accept the children upon completion of their training.

Some of the training is being given at new Delhi Bible Fellowship Church. This gave John and Gladys the opportunity to include Bible training in their lessons. Contact has also been made with the parents and assistance is given to the home where possible.

Roger Stewart has joined B.B.I.C. as project manager. Roger is a graduate engineer and will be available to assist in the planning, engineering, and building of projects in many mission locations. He has already visited a site on the island of Roatan, Honduras to assist with the completion of a training facility that will be used by a local church to teach the people of the community a trade.

Roger & Heather Stewart

David & Megan Guevara

David & Megan Guevara made their first trip to Canada in October of 2010, presenting their ministry of church planting and youth ministry to three churches.

A Personal word from the Guevaras

Greetings in the name of our Lord and Savior. My name is David Guevara. I am a missionary to my own country, Honduras. I graduated as a youth pastor from Piedmont Baptist College of Winston-Salem, North Carolina in 2003. During my sophomore year I met Megan Chambers, a missionary kid from Zambia, Africa. We were married on June 21, 2003. We have three beautiful children, Andrew, Adrianna, and Kaeden.

We are sent by our home church, Salem Baptist Church in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. We have been in Honduras since July 2005 working with youth; however, our burden for and ministry to teen began several years earlier. As a teenager growing up in Honduras, I was both impacted by and burdened by the lack of specific outreach to and opportunity for saved and unsaved youth. God has continued to use these images and experiences from my past to fuel our direction and opportunities for the future. It is our prayer that God will expand our already-existing ministry, allowing us to reach an even broader range of people and needs.

Brett serves as full time administrative assistant and technical support at BBI headquarters in Odessa, Florida USA. Brett and Leanne started serving at BBI in February 2007 and have been full-time since October 2009. Leanne is a stay at home Mom with their son Daniel.

Brett serves in a support role for the mission. The Lord has provided Brett with a wide variety of experience through his past secular jobs. All of those jobs seem to have been in preparation for his work at BBI. His primary responsibilities include, receipting all of the donations that come in, maintaining and updating the website, and he assists with radio program production when needed.

To see more current information about Brett and Leanne and some family photos you can go to their website. http://www.prudenplace.com

Brett & Leanne Pruden

Rev. Herman & Joyce Meister

Rev. Herman Meister is Vice President of International ministries. Herman is responsible for identifying, planning, preparing, and leading activities on foreign shores.

Herman and Joyce have a heart for missions at home and on the foreign field. They have been on mission trips to Dominica, St. Thomas, Roatan and San Pedro Sula, Honduras, Italy, Germany, and the Czech Republic. Herman is no stranger to BBI, having served on the Board of Directors for the past 13 years.

Both of the Meisters are graduates of Bob Jones University. Herman did additional studies at Providence Christian College and has a Master’s degree from Pensacola Christian College. Both have had a extensive teaching and administrative experience in Christian Education.

The Meisters were married in August, 1968 and started their teaching ministry the same month. They have two sons, a daughter, and a grandchild

Herman writes: “God made it very clear that His will for me was to enter into full-time Christian ministry. Working with Bible Basics is just an extension of what we have been doing for the past 40 years without the confinement of the classroom or academia.