James“ Jim” Oldham and his wife, Emma“ Nell,” were introduced to OMS through their local church and began serving at the OMS World Headquarters in Greenwood, Indiana, in 1979. Jim worked in the accounting office until 1986, when they spent six months in Hong Kong handling OMS accounting. They returned to headquarters in 1987 and then served another year in Hong Kong and a year and a half in Korea. In 1990, they returned to Greenwood, where Jim continued in accounting until retiring in 1995. After retirement, they served through OMS’ extended service as regional directors in Washington state and later in San Diego. Together, they faithfully served OMS for 33 years.
Michael“ Mike” Shrode felt called to missions while working in the Texas oil fields, and in 1979, he and his wife, Bonnie, were accepted by OMS to serve in Ecuador. After language school in San José, Costa Rica, they began ministry in Guayaquil, Ecuador, in 1980, focusing on evangelism, church planting, and education. For more than 30 years, they served the Ecuadorian people and missionary kids through roles in evangelism, church planting, dorm parenting, district liaison, field director, and as the Latin America / Caribbean regional director. After retiring in
2011, they continued with OMS’ extended missionary service through 2021.
Beverly“ Bev” Warner began serving with OMS shortly after retirement when an OMS missionary told Bev about an opportunity to serve in Spain on a short-term prayer team. During that trip, God ignited Bev’ s passion to pray for missionaries. During a decade of work with OMS’ Every Community for Christ and World Intercessors ministries, Bev exemplified a life devoted to prayer and faithful service. Her dedication to intercession touched many lives and deeply strengthened the Mission. Together with her husband, Jon, she participated in 20 OMS mission trips to Haiti, demonstrating their shared heart for global ministry.
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