Edgar “Buddy” Gaines’ initial service with OMS was in Hong Kong
with the Every Creature Crusade (now Every Community for Christ), doing
evangelism and church planting for two years. Several years later, after he
finished seminary and married Martie, the Gaines family served in Hong
Kong for 10 years in a variety of areas, including church planting, youth
ministries, coffee-house evangelism, and Evangelism Explosion ministries.
Harold Greenlee taught in the OMS-related seminary in Medellín,
Colombia, during the summer of 1963. The family returned to Colombia for
the 1964–1965 school year. In 1969, Harold and Ruth began their career
missionary service with One Mission Society, teaching in Bible schools
and seminaries around the world.
Oswald Heinrich arrived with his family in Haiti in 1966 to begin
working with Radio 4VEH. He and Kathy served there until 1980, when they
returned to the U.S. to serve at the OMS World Headquarters. Os assisted
in a variety of roles, including mailroom, data processing, and information
technology. During retirement, Os offered long-distance assistance from
their home in San Antonio, Texas, and periodically returned to headquarters
to help out.
Ed Kilbourne, grandson of OMS cofounders and son of OMS missionaries, grew up in Asia and eventually returned there to serve as an
OMS missionary with his own family. Among his many roles, he served
as a seminary professor and field leader. After more than 25 years on the
field, Ed and his wife Nanoo returned to the United States, where Ed began
his 25-year role as vice president-at-large, which took him to many OMS
fields around the world.
Gene Madiera and his family arrived in Ecuador in 1956, where
they served for one year before going to Costa Rica for language school.
They then ministered in Colombia for one term. Gene and Ruth returned
with their family to the U.S. during their second term and settled in the
Northeast, where they served with OMS as homeland representatives for
several years.
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