Larry and Angie Overholt

Larry and Angie Overholt were appointed as missionaries in April 1980, and now after 43 years of service with World Gospel Mission, they are retiring, effective May 31, 2023. Most of their years (40) were spent in Honduras, with the last three as part of The Americas Region.

Both Larry and Angie were called into missions in their teenage years. Through Angie's father, a pastor, they were introduced to WGM, and at his suggestion, they volunteered through the Summer Career Corp Program during the summer of 1978 at El Sembrador. This experience solidified their call. Once they finished their college education, Angie in nursing and Larry in agriculture, they returned as career missionaries. 

Their God-given passion to serve the people of Honduras has never wavered throughout the years. Through their faithfulness to God's call, they have seen people’s lives transformed from hopelessness to having vibrant testimonies that exhibit a desire to serve God with all their hearts. It has been an added blessing to see several people who came to the Lord early in their career that are now serving in different areas of ministry as pastors, educators, and business owners. The people of Honduras have become their family.

Nearly everything Larry and Angie have done involves education, and the reason for that is two out of every three Hondurans between the ages of 15 and 17 are not in school. Most of them do not have jobs. During the first twenty years of their ministry in Honduras, they served at Escuela El Sembrador (the Farm School), in the areas of farming, gardening, nursing, discipleship, and evangelistic teaching to over 200 boarding students and area communities. God then called them to Choluteca after Hurricane Mitch, where they participated in a regional team that has established eight church congregations. The team started a vocational school which serves over 200 students annually throughout the region. More recently, they helped start a new level of high school nursing education approved by the Ministry of Education in Honduras. Being involved in training young people has brought great joy and blessing to them. 

In retirement, Angie will spend more time helping their children and grandchildren, and Larry will have more time for yardwork and gardening.  Because of their vision and love of missions, they have been asked to be part of a task force in the Allegheny West Conference of the Global Methodist Church helping to develop a missions program. They will also continue to serve with WGM through the Emeritus program.