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Jody and Barbara Crain hold photographs of some of their 40+ year ministry as missionaries on the island of Palawan in the Philippines. -- Photos submitted by Jody Crain -
Jody Crain, squatting, center, teaches the natives the technologies of integrating rubber trees, coffee trees and banana trees. -- Photo submitted by Jody Crain -
Jody Crain teaches Philippine children during a summer vacation Bible school program with more than 400 children in attendance. -- Photo submitted by Jody Crain -
The Crains frequently flew in and out on the mission plane based in Lada, Palawan, about an hour flight from Lamane where the Crains lived. “Our first airstrip was 623 feet long and only one way in and out because of the mountain at the end of the strip,” Jody Crain said. -- Photo submitted by Jody Crain -
Jody Crain, left, visits with two grandmother – both witch doctors who he said were miraculously saved and eventually influenced their whole clans to become Christ followers. -- Photo submitted by Jody Crain -
Barbara Crain, right, enjoys sharing stories about her boys growing up in the village with two of her good friends, whose husbands are pastor and elders. -- Photo submitted by Jody Crain
Jody and Barbara Crain have been around the world and then some.
The Crains, who were born and raised in Putnam County, were initially called into the ministry to preach the gospel and plant…