We both became Christians during the same week; I (Kent) in Tucson, Arizona, and Rhonda in New Lexington, Ohio. We sensed calls to full-time Christian service and enrolled in Circleville Bible College (Ohio), where we met and were later married.During the 1980s and 1990s, we served for 15 years as missionaries in Laredo, Texas. I did vehicle and building maintenance and new church construction in addition to directing projects for visiting work teams. Rhonda served as a secretary, treasurer, and teacher. We also worked together in evangelism and discipleship ministries.
Currently, we are serving at Escuela El Sembrador in Honduras, Central America.
The above was taken from our conference website.
Yesterday we received the automated message from our Missionary Superintendent to pray for Kent Harmless. He had suffered a heart attack and was scheduled for emergency surgery late last night (our time). This morning we received another call informing us he had passed away during surgery.
Our minds immediately question God's timing and will in this tragedy. How can it be in His plan for a devoted missionary, who was giving his life for God's service, to die? As humans we question, we try to find a reason, and purpose, a plan. In God's eyes death is not the end, it is the beginning. Death is not separation, it is reunion. He brings His faithful home to be forever with Him. Kent Harmless is with his Saviour and is experiencing the blessedness and peace of heaven. We thank God so much for the promise and hope of heaven.
Our church family will be praying for his wife and family. While Kent is with Jesus, his family must now walk the road of grief and feel the loss of earthly separation. We pray that God would comfort them and that they would feel His presence close in this time of deep loss. Our hearts go out to the Missions Department and all who were touched by his life.
You have our love, our thoughts and prayers.
Henderson Church Family
