Ed & Barbara Louton
Country/Region: South Africa
Mount Hope Supported Since: 1986
Ed first went to South Africa in 1951, accompanying his parents, when he was 17 years old. His parents’ plans to become missionaries greatly distressed him until a wonderful encounter with God settled the matter once and for all. After a year and a half assisting in the work of his parents, he enrolled in South African Bible Institute located in the town of Brakpan near Johannesburg. Upon completion of the two-year course, he planted a church among the so-called “Coloured” (mixed race) and Indian people in Pietersburg, now called Polokwane, two hundred miles north of Johannesburg.
In 1956 he returned to the USA for two years with the purpose of raising support and establishing himself as a missionary. In the following year he met Barbara Hughes, the eldest daughter of Ralph Hughes, pastor of the Assemblies of God church in Clio, Michigan. They were married on February 1, 1958. In July of that year they sailed from New York on the SS Constantia for Cape Town, South Africa where they have spent their lives sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
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Greg & Sarah Owens
Greg & Sarah Owens
Country/Region: South Africa
Mount Hope Supported Since: 2021
Our family serves as career missionaries with the Assemblies of God in Cape Town, South Africa. We are part […]
Andréa & Darla Snavely
Andréa & Darla Snavely
Country/Region: Togo
Mount Hope Supported Since: 2022
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Jacob & Kristin Jester
Jacob & Kristin Jester
Country/Region: Africa
Mount Hope Supported Since: 2020
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TO SEE A WHOLE NEW […]
Pam Austin
Pam Austin
Country/Region: Burundi
Mount Hope Supported Since: 2021
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Jim & Margaret Thacker
Country/Region: Madagascar
Mount Hope Supported Since: 1988
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Ed & Barbara Louton
Ed & Barbara Louton
Country/Region: South Africa
Mount Hope Supported Since: 1986 Ed first went to South Africa in 1951, accompanying his parents, when he was 17 years old. His […]