Southside World Missions

Missions’ Highlight - Mike and Kris Bridges - Bridges to Honduras
In August 2016, Mike and Kris Bridges moved to Honduras to become church planters. Settling in the small western town of Corquin, they have seen their original desires transformed by the Spirit into a ministry that reaches beyond two church plants in Corquin and Potrerillos. They provide job training and share about Jesus within the local school system.

The R.A.D.I.C.A.L. school program has grown from tutoring during the pandemic to being in 26 schools on a weekly basis. The government has them teaching life values and allows them to do so using the Bible. The R.A.D.I.C.A.L. team is in front of over 2,000 students at all grade levels every week. With the students they pray, sing, do a Bible skit, break into small groups to discuss that week’s life value from the Bible, and provide tutoring.

Since 2022, Southside has partnered with Mike & Kris through financial support for the R.A.D.I.C.A.L. program, prayer, and in 2023 started taking a team to do local benevolent outreach through a medical brigade. Our teams provide much needed medical care that is provided with the heart of Christ. These brigades also allow us to grow our relationships with Mike and Kris, the local churches, and the R.A.D.I.C.A.L. team, while sparking evangelistic opportunities for Bible studies.

You can check out the R.A.D.I.C.A.L. team page:

https://www.facebook.com/RadicalTeamCorquin

Prayer Requests from Mike & Kris
1) For the Spirit to guide them as they focus on three main points of church growth in 2026. Pray as they actively pursue having the church members grow into taking roles with ministries within the church. Pray as they modify and adapt the paid ministries into becoming more integrated within the church. Pray as they work on the growth of men and male leadership.

2) For Kris’s surgery and recovery in January.

3) For the AIMers that are leaving in November and for the next team of AIMers that will hopefully be arriving in May 2026.

4) Pray for the country to have peace during the upcoming National elections. Normally this is a time of possibly violent upheaval in the country, which can have a huge effect on travel within the country.

5) For generous hearts to provide the funding needed for additional R.A.D.I.C.A.L. employees.

Missions’ Highlight - the Noblitts - Kenya Hear
Former Southside members Bryce and Mary Beth Noblitt moved their family to Kijabe, Kenya, in the fall of 2022. Bryce is an Ear, Nose and Throat Surgeon and initially was part of a Post-Residency Program through Samaritan’s Purse, at Kijabe Hospital. This is a two-year program that takes physicians right out of residency and puts them on the mission field.

Now that the PRP is over, the Noblitts have transitioned to a long-term sending agency, Christian Health Service Corps, a community of Christian doctors, health professionals and health educators committed to serving the poor in places that have little or no access to healthcare. Christian Health Service Corps serves as their employer, taking out required deductions for Social Security, U.S. income tax, etc.

CHSC also supports the Noblitts to continue their work in Kijabe by providing continuing education, member care, credentialing assistance, and decades of wisdom in providing healthcare in the furthest reaches of the globe. The Noblitts are excited to join the CHSC Kijabe team, currently made up of two Pediatric Surgeons, two radiologist, an OB-GYN, and an Emergency Medicine physician.

For more information on Bryce and Mary Beth go to: For more information on Bryce and Mary Beth go to: https://southsidelexington.wordpress.com/kenya/ or check out their blog at: https://kenyahear.org/

To check out the organizations they are working with go to: https://www.healthservicecorps.org/ and https://kijabehospital.or.ke/

Prayer Requests from the Noblitt Family
1. Pray for a mold-free home, and for their family's health. Upon returning to Kenya, their house was filled with mold. They have hired a remediation company and purchased HEPA air filters and dehumidifiers to get rid of the airborne spores. This has affected the health of their family, especially Owen. He needs to take breathing treatments daily and sometimes, multiple times a day.

2. Pray for strength, endurance and patience as Bryce is currently the only ENT at the hospital for the next month, as his U.S. partner is stateside until December. His schedule is extremely busy while trying to operate and answer questions for the Clinical Officers all day, every day.

3. Pray for the students and the teachers as the new school year has begun. Grace is now attending the pre-school where Mary Beth is one of the instructors.

4. Pray for hearts to be opened to support them financially.

We gladly welcome our 9 new students, 5 female and 4 male, for this school year 2025-2026. May God raise up a new breed of servant-leaders to help expand the borders of His kingdom. If you feel God is calling you to ministry, rise up, enlist yourself for spiritual training and equipping. Enrollment is still going on. Classes will start on June 30. We have a few more scholarship slots available for new enrollees. If you are interested, or have any questions, please feel free to message us. We are more than willing to assist you. May God bless you...