Orin and his wife, Rosa, came to a saving knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ in 1971. At that time, Orin was working with the United States Forest Service on the Mount Hood National Forest in Oregon. From the very outset of his new faith in Christ, Orin strong desire to serve the Lord cross-culturally. In order to prepare for cross-cultural ministry, Orin attended Prairie Bible College in Alberta, Canada, from 1972 to 1976.

In 1977, following graduation from Prairie and linguistic training at the University of Washington, Orin and his family left for Irian Jaya, Indonesia, (now West Papua) where they spent 22 years working with the Kimyal tribe in the Eastern Highlands. Orin spent most of those years in church planting, discipleship, and leadership development. He also served as the West Papua, Field Director from 1995-2000.

After returning to the States, Orin served in a new ministry arm of World Team called ChurchLink (2001-2005). The focus of that ministry was serving local churches through building relationships, casting vision and providing resources for strategic impact locally and globally among unreached people groups.

After 30 years with World Team, Orin and Rosa resigned from the Mission (2005), to begin a new ministry role as the Pastor of Global Outreach at Grace Bible Fellowship where he served as a staff Pastor for 11 years. During that time, he also served as an Adjunct Professor at Corban University for 5 years, teaching a mission class.

After Orin and Rosa’s return to the States in 2000, they continued to make yearly visits back to Papua, and in 2009 Rosa and her Kimyal translation team completed the Kimyal New Testament, which was dedicated in March 2010.

In 2016, Orin resigned from his staff position at GBF and Corban, so he and Rosa could give more time to the Kimyal tribe in West Papua. Orin and Rosa were married June 1968. They have two sons, eight grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.

Sam and Wanda Miller are retired missionaries, who spent 48 years in service to the Lord. They worked for Wycliffe Bible Translators from 1964 to 2012, in the country of Brazil. They now live in Corvallis, Oregon.

Sam was born and grew up on the family farm on Peoria Road.  As a member of the pioneer Miller family, Sam’s father was John Miller.  Sam graduated from Halsey High School and attended Oregon State for 2 years. Wanda grew up in Aumsville. Sam and Wanda both attended Multnomah Bible College in Portland where they met, became engaged and later married.   Sam and Wanda attended bible study in preparation for Christian service as they both felt led to the mission field.

Sam and Wanda were trained further in Seattle and then joined Wycliffe Bible Translators.  Their call was to Brazil, where they settled in Cuiabá, which is in the west central portion of the country.  When arriving in Brazil they did a 3-month study to learn Portuguese.

Sam and Wanda were essential in the development of the mission station base at Cuiabá. Sam worked in construction and maintenance and later served as the base manager.  He also supervised Brazilian employees.  Early on, Wanda served as a teacher for the base workers’ children, until trained teachers arrived. She also worked in the accounting department as a cashier and did administration, accounting, and bookkeeping.

Sam and Wanda served wherever there was a need on the base.  Sam assisted with typing and translations as well as visiting the surrounding Indian tribes to share the gospel. Wanda was used extensively to help the local Indian tribes with any medical issues that came up.  Sam and Wanda opened their home to share the gospel to local youth on Sunday afternoons. They held bible classes on their porch and served them dinner. 

Their first home was a simple adobe brick structure with no electricity, no running water, and no bathrooms. Early on, the 80-acre plot of the base was outside the town.  By the end of their stay, Cuiabá had become a bustling city, and the base was surrounded by businesses, traffic, and homes. The compound was sold by Wycliffe to a developer just before they left.

While the Millers worked in Brazil, they estimated that Wycliffe translated the New Testament into 26 Brazilian languages, many for tribal Indians, and three full Bible translations.  Sam and Wanda experienced that in one generation several of the Indian tribes went from no written language to using computers, cell phones, and even Facebook.

While in Brazil the Millers also spent 16 years in Brasilia, the capitol city, running the Mission Field Headquarters, but returned to Cuiabá to complete their service.  They worked with people from all over the world including Switzerland, Germany, Canada, and many more.

Sam and Wanda raised two children.  Their son Brad lives and works in Wylie, Texas, and their daughter Cynthia lives in Cheyenne, Wyoming, where she and her husband raised 2 sons.

Valeene Hayes is a retired missionary that GBF continues to support. Valeene’s history with GBF began when her father Albert V. Hayes was the first pastor of Peoria Bible Church, which later was renamed Grace Bible Fellowship, when the church moved to Tangent.

Valeene Hayes was a missionary musician at Radio 4VEH in Cap-Haitien, Haiti. She began her ministry with One Mission Society in 1962. Although Valeene left active service in Haiti in 1997, she remains in touch and continues to minister through prayer, and Operation Saturation through the Men for Missions International office. She also continues to represent OMS whenever the opportunity arises.

For six years she was the music director for the OMS radio station and music instructor at the Vocational Bible School. Several Haitian musical groups that she inspired and trained were selected to portray missions in drama and song across Haiti, Canada, the British Isles, and the United States. Valeene then served from 1970-1976 at OMS World Headquarters in World Intercessors, the OMS prayer fellowship, challenging others in new dimensions of prayer. After a two-year leave of absence, during which she was employed as dean of women at Vennard College, she returned to Haiti in 1978 as dorm mother to missionaries' teenagers attending high school in Port-au-Prince.

In 1982 when Radio 4VEH added FM Stereo broadcasting to reach the business and professional community in northern Haiti, Valeenebecame the FM program director. She fulfilled her role in the Great Commission through a format of easy listening and inspirational music to catch the ear and nuggets from God’s Word to capture the heart. Valeene also conducted Bible studies for women and girls. Radio 4VEH, beams its message in different languages throughout Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

Valeene had musical training at Manchester College and Cascade College. For years she enjoyed a music ministry alongside her pastor father and directed choirs and various music programs in Haiti and the United States.

Valeene currently lives in Anderson, Indiana, and continues to communicate with Grace Bible Fellowship.  She continues to bless GBF by sending yearly scripture calendar cards.

Dick and Dee served with African Inland Mission (AIM) for 40 years in ministry. They were married for nearly 60 years and had 2 daughters.

They spent 15 years in the Congo, teaching at an international high school. They also spent several years in the Comoro Islands, four small islands in the Indian Ocean, and 15 years in France.

In Comoros, they began their work among Muslims as teachers on the island of Moheli. Political upheaval forced them to evacuate to Kenya. Before long they returned to the island of Mayotte, which remained more stable as a French protectorate. This allowed them to establish a church in their home, where Dick ministered to a congregation of primarily Malagasy immigrants. In 1987, they established an AIM office in France, serving in an administrative role and recruiting native French speakers to serve in Africa. They lived in a suburb of Paris for the next 15 years, providing hospitality to all, supporting missionaries in various countries, and developing friendships with neighbors and churches.

In 2002, Dick and Dee “retired” and settled in Tacoma, Washington close to their daughters and grandchildren. Active in their church community, they helped prepare prospective missionaries, provided premarital counseling and helped develop men’s and women’s ministries. They traveled the US representing AIM and led several prayer teams to the Muslim country of Morocco.

In 2016, Dick and Dee moved to Grangeville, Idaho, to be with their family. They quickly developed a network of relationships in the community. In March 2023 Dick passed peacefully with his wife and family by his side.

Dee continues in ministry opening her cottage to a weekly bible study which continues to grow and flourish. Dee continues to mentor women and disciple them, and the ministry has grown to the point that they now have to meet in different homes.