Greg Wood, a father of three and International Mission Board missionary who served a village of indigenous people in Mexico, has died from an aggressive brain cancer after a two-year struggle with the disease. He was 48.
An obituary for Wood said he died from the disease on Tuesday, Dec. 5, after being diagnosed in December 2015.
“After hearing the news that Greg had gone to be with the Lord, I received a message from one of his colleagues saying that Greg was the most loving, peacemaking, dedicated missionary he had ever worked with,” IMB President David Platt said in a release. “I praise God for His grace in Greg, his wife, Missy, and their incredible children. Greg’s life was spent for God’s glory in ways far beyond what we could ever measure in this world.”
Charles Clark, Affinity Group Leader for the American Peoples who worked with Wood, said: “Greg was unwavering in His love for the Lord, his family and for the unreached people of northern Mexico.
“In the midst of serving with his wife, Missy, and family in some of the most dangerous areas of Mexico, his passion and joy in sharing Jesus never…
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