The End of An Era

Back in the late 1980's we became acquainted with Dave and Joy Hall when they applied to become YUGO missionaries. After retiring from the U.S. Coast Guard in 1966, Dave and Joy spent the next ten years serving as missionaries in Puerto Rico. Dave decided that he wanted to get more training, so they moved to Chicago to study at the Moody Bible Institute. After studying and serving the Lord in the area for another decade, they began seeking the Lord's direction for a new mission field. That's when He sent them to us. In 1990 they moved down to the heat of the Mexicali Valley to teach at our Logos Bible Institute and to help with several church planting projects.

Dave's specialty was teaching Evangelism Explosion, Bible and Theology, while Joy taught English and helped with ladies Bible studies. They also proved to be a blessing to other missionaries and to teams of American and Canadian youth that came to both Mexicali and Tijuana. Many times Dave used his expertise as a mechanic and electrician to help fellow missionaries and Mexican workers with their automobiles and homes. His calm and peaceful spirit was a great example to everybody.

When it finally became time to retire from the mission field in 2002,
Dave and Joy were rewarded for their faithful service with a home in the Bradenton Missionary Village near Sarasota, Florida. Since the beginning of 2009, Dave's health took several turns for the worse, being unable to recover completely from an injury. Then his immune system could not fight a case of double pneumonia. He was welcomed to his final home in glory on August 19. He was 80 years old.

Joy is doing quite well with all the wonderful support of her family and good friends at the retirement center. Please pray for grace and peace for the entire Hall family. Praise God for the wonderful missionaries whom the Lord continues to send our way.