Rick and Christal Blalock trusted Christ in their childhood years and had the privilege of growing up in strong Christian homes. Rick grew up in a pastor’s home and had a strong desire to go into aviation. He enrolled in a university with a major in business-aviation but God completely changed his direction and made a last minute change to attend Crown College. Rick and Christal met at Crown College and later married upon graduation. They moved to Milford, Ohio where Rick had the privilege to work as an Assistant to the Pastor at the First Baptist Church of Milford. He was involved and trained in many ministry experiences including Master Club, Bearing Precious Seed, and Biblical School for World Evangelism.

Now, sent from Beacon Baptist Church in Jupiter, FL, they have joined the Operation Lima Team as short term missionaries and will be arriving in March of 2006 in an effort to reach the people of Lima for the Lord Jesus Christ.