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PCM Motto Verse
Isaiah 61: 1 “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because the Lord has annointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and freedom to the prisoners.”
Board of Directors
Mark M. Barret MD "Bub"
- Pediatrician for The Trinity Clinic Tyler Tx 14 years
- University Texas Southwestern Medical School Dallas Tex 1992
- Texas A&M Bachelor of Science in Psychology, 1988
- Mission experience to Mexico and Uganda
- Current member & Deacon at Dean Baptist Church
- Married to Monica K. Barret 18 years with 2 daughters
Monica K. Barret
- Mother of 2 daughters (Bailey and Libby) married to Mark Barret for 18 years
- University of Texas Austin Bachelor of Arts in Sociology 1989
- Bible Study Fellowship attendee 7 years, leader 1 year
- Mission Committee member for 2 years at Grace Community Church
- Mission experience: Mexico, Mozambique, Uganda, Guatemala
- Currently a Child Evangelism Fellowship leader
- Member of Dean Baptist Church
H. Charles Bauman “Chuck”
- Elder Law attorney for Brown, Bauman & Smith P.C. for 17 years
- Baylor University Bachelor of Arts Business Administration
- Baylor University School of Law, Juris Doctor
- Led mission trips to Oklahoma to minister to native American tribes
- Served various committees and involved with youth ministry at GABC
- Currently a deacon at Green Acres Baptist Church, Tyler, Texas
- Married to Kathy Bauman 18 years, 3 children
Myles Cunningham "Mr. Cha"
- 6th grade teacher for 32 yrs currently at Grace Community 28 yrs.
- B.S.in elementary education from Grace College (Winona Lake, Indiana)
- member of Grace Community Church
- married to Lill for 32 years / 2 adult children and 1 grandchild
- mission experience to Ecuador and Uganda
Ashely Ferguson
- Married to "Mr. Ja" - 16 years
- Mom to Emma, Annie and Ellen
- Member Grace Community Church
- Baylor University, BBA
- Manager-Marburger Farm Antique Show
John W. Ferguson, Jr “Jay” or "Mr Ja"
- Current Headmaster Grace Community School, 11/03 to present
- Former Director of Development Grace Community School
- Covenant College Master of Education
- Texas Tech University School of Law, Juris Doctor, 1992
- Private practice law 9/92-12/01
- Member and elder Grace Community Church Tyler, Tx.
- Married to Ashley Ferguson for 15 years, 3 daughters
Karla Foreman
- Current Elementary Principal Grace Community School Tyler Texas
- Former Assistant Principal GCS, 2 years
- Elementary teacher for 16 years, home school teacher for 12 years
- University of Texas Bachelor of Science in Education
- Covenant College Master of Education
- Young Life leader, Child Evangelism Fellowship teacher, small group leader
- Mission experience to Ukraine, Mongolia and Uganda
- Married to Kim Foreman 32 years, 3 children
Leslie A. Jeske “Les”
- Current President and owner of Solutient Geosciences, Inc Tyler Texas
- University Texas Austin Bachelor of Science Geology
- Master of Science Geology Stephen F. Austin University
- Elementary Sunday school teacher 10+ years, BSF leader 5+ years
- Missions Committee Chairman Calvary Baptist 2005-2008
- Past president and chairman of Tyler Area Home Educators Assn.
- Co-Founder of IPray a grassroots Christian organization to pray for governmental leaders
- Married to Wendy Jeske for 20 years
- 6 children
Randy Stevenson
- Currently investment broker/financial advisor
- University of North Texas BBA Finance Denton, Texas 1979
- Masters Human Relations and Business, Amber University 1987
- Former President of Tyler International School of Aviation
- Former elder, Sunday school teacher, Crown Financial Ministries leader
- Veteran United States Army
- Married 28 years to Shannon Stevenson, 2 children
BettyRae Wallace
- Mother of two sons and two daughters, grandmother of 13 children
- Pepperdine University Bachelor of Arts Education
- Kansas State University Masters in Education
- Elementary school teacher for 24 years in CA, TX, KS, MD
- Taught Bible story clubs at home after school for children for 40 yrs
- Child Evangelism Fellowship teacher 7 years Tyler Texas
- Accomplished speaker at many teacher conventions
- Married to Norman Wallace 46 years
- 4 children
Daniel A. Wallace "Ambush"
- Current Executive Director Gull Lake Ministries, a Christian conference center and family resort in Hickory Corners Michigan
- Former Senior Director of Camping at Pine Cove Camps in Tyler Texas
- 25+ summers of camping experience in MO, TX, MI and KS
- Summa Cum Laude Evangel University BBA Accounting 1989
- Masters in Ministry Leadership (Dallas Theological Seminary and Grand Rapids Theological Seminary)
- Licensed minister of the Gospel and popular speaker across the US
- Elder at Richland Bible Church Michigan
- Married to Michelle Wallace 18 years
- 4 children
History
HOW WE ARRIVED HERE
The Lord’s timing and ways are perfect. In 2004 the Barret family traveled to Saltillo Mexico and God began to give us hearts of compassion for the poor and lost. The last day we were leaving Saltillo many tears were shed because we were so overwhelmed with God’s love for these humble, precious people. Two years later as Christmas 2006 approached, our youngest daughter Libby (age 8 at the time) gave Monica and I a Christmas card that she had written at school. It stated, “Dear Mom, I feel this Christmas we should be missionaries and help the poor. Jesus keeps pushing me to tell you. Merry Christmas!” From this little one being sensitive to the Lord, God opened up clearly His will for Monica to go to Mozambique Africa. The Lord quickly led Monica to feel this was for His good purposes. It was a little over a month later that Monica was in the sky headed for Mozambique Africa, one of the poorest nations in the world. The Lord opened every door - visa, shots, applications, packing for two weeks, and care for our children. All the while He also was giving us great peace and excitement in our hearts for this new opportunity He was opening up to us. Those 2 weeks in Africa in February of 2007 were powerful and life changing, for all 4 of us. Monica was able to visit two orphanages under the care of Iris Ministries in Pemba and then Maputo. Monica and the team loved, prayed and worshipped with these orphans and widows. The Word says God will not leave us orphans - He will come to us! The Spirit of the Lord there was so mighty and so beautiful and those children just drink Him in and rest in Jesus’ arms! The highlight of the trip for the whole team was the privilege of meeting Pastor Emmanuel Nnyanzi from Uganda. Emmanuel quickly became a dear friend and his love, compassion and inner strength are evidence in his wonderful connection to the vine - JESUS!
We continued our relationship with Pastor Emmy as time went forward. We were unsuccessful in obtaining a visa for him to visit us in America so we made plans in the fall of 2007 to visit him in March of 2008. Our entire family left on March 6, 2008 for a 10 day trip to Uganda. There our lives would be forever changed ……experiencing these 200 orphans up close and personal. We were moved by their faithfulness, their joy and their genuine love for our Lord Jesus. We traveled and preached at some of the rural churches and knew that the Lord was asking us to do a great work for Him. We returned home motivated to make a difference in this world. In May of 2008, Parental Care Ministries USA, a nonprofit corporation was established to spread the Father’s love wherever He leads.
CURRENT WORK
The work has just begun with Parental Care Ministries USA, yet the Lord has accomplished much in a short time. The effort in Parental Care School Mbarara Uganda, our first area of focus, has brought many improvements to the quality of life for this group of 200 orphans and their staff of 16 employees. We have collected donations for the orphans and local pastors of rural Uganda. Our accomplishments in 2008 have included a new 16 passenger van for the ministry, dormitories for the orphans, new classrooms for the school, a uniform for every orphan, school desks, and teaching bibles for the teachers and pastors. An even big blessing was a private donation for a banana plantation to help provide about 1/3 of the monthly food budget for the orphans. We have started an orphan sponsorship program and currently have 1/3 of the 200 orphans sponsored at $35 a month. The monthly funds help cover food, shelter, security and teacher salaries for all the orphans. Moreover, we give the Lord praise for the quick provision recently of a well to provide clean water for all the orphans. $16,000 was raised in the month of December 2008 alone for this purpose. Drilling began the second week of February in 2009 and we hit clean water on 2/15/09. The water is plentiful and has already been tested as safe by the local authorities and the children. Currently the focus of our building in 2009 is on building bath houses for the orphans, a new dorm for the boys, and 2 new classrooms and repairing the large trench that is cutting through the middle of our land.
Our other focus arm of the ministry is working with Pastor Emmy's 43 rural Ugandan pastors. We try to gather them from all over Uganda at least twice a year for conferences. We are assisting them with resources to help equip their churches to minister to local people. We look forward to further to helping equip them with a mobile evangelism unit (complete with truck, PA system and the Jesus film ) someday soon. The other focus of work regarding the pastors is the School of Ezra that Pastor Emmy and Reuben direct. Here they teach these young pastors many Biblical truths and motivate them to share God's Word with the reached and unreached in their particular areas. The school of Ezra currently meets at Mbarara Parental Care School when the children are on break.
FUTURE WORK
Parental Care Ministries has 3 goals to fulfill the work that God has called us to do:
P is for Provider. We are to provide for people whom God loves both spiritually and physically.
- Matthew 6:31 states “For I am your provider and I meet all your needs.” We are motivated to provide God's children with the basics of life: food, clothing, shelter as well as resources for an education.
C is for Comforter. Our goal is to comfort and encourage God’s children.
- 2 Cor 1:3-4 states for “For I am the Father who comforts you in all your afflictions." We are called to come alongside those around the world who need comfort, encouragement, and edification. We are to build up the Body of Christ.
M is for Must Proclaim. We must proclaim the Good News.
- Mark 13:10 states “and the Good News must be proclaimed to all the nations.” We desire to share the Good News that Jesus saves, heals and delivers.
We look forward to fulfilling these goals wherever the Lord leads us in our future ministry efforts. We see our mission as to meet the physical, educational, and spiritual needs of God’s children in order that they may be equipped to carry the “Good News” throughout the world.
Links
Contact Us
Parental Care Ministries USA
3610 River Oaks
Tyler TX 75707
903-565-6278 (Mark and Monica Barret)
