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Welcome.
Thank you for taking an interest in the precious souls of Guyana. On this site, you will be able to read our prayer letters, see our updates, and plan your visit to see us in Guyana. Before we go any further, let us tell you a little about ourselves and the rich history of this beautiful country and the ministry here.
Our Past.
Blake and Haylee Muscott are missionaries to Guyana, South America. They are sent out of the Bible Baptist Church of DeLand, Fl, where James Knox is their Pastor.
Blake was born in Inverness, Fl to good Christian parents. He called on the Lord Jesus for salvation beside his bed after weeks of searching in 2002. Blake surrendered his life to the Lord at a youth rally in 2011 for whatever life God would call him to live. Almost immediately, God began to burden his heart for the need of the gospel around the globe. Since 2012, Blake has traveled to the foreign field nineteen times and visited many open and closed countries all over the world. Blake is a graduate of the DeLand School of the Bible under the leadership of his pastors, James Knox and David Brown.
Haylee was also raised in Inverness Fl, by wonderful Christian parents. She was saved after a youth rally at age eleven and immediately felt a burden for the mission field. Being a pastor’s kid, she experienced first-hand the joys and sorrows of ministry. Haylee received a four year degree as a missions major from West Coast Baptist College where she also served for two years as the Dean of Women.
Blake and Haylee began courting in 2017, engaged on a mission trip to Guyana in 2018, and married in 2019. Later that year, they started Lifeline Baptist Seamen Ministry where they have been serving full-time as missionaries to the foreign seafarers of the world coming through the Port of Virginia. During this time, they would still take mission trips back to Guyana and other places. In 2024, God made it clear that the next chapter of their lives would be written among the people of Guyana. Guyana is the only English speaking country in South America and is extremely diverse both in climate and in culture. God has called the Muscott family to serve in the village of Port Kaituma which serves as a perfect hub for the evangelism of many surrounding mining and Amerindian villages all through the jungle.
Our People.
Guyana…. “The land of many waters”.... A land filled with natural beauty, vibrant color, and bustling with life. Its rich soil is not only the burying place of many precious resources, but is also the birthplace of the jungle canopy above. Its lush rainforest is home to millions of exotic creatures that seem to sing together of the beauty of Guyana.
But in the midst of all these beauties lies a people… nearly one million souls… trapped in darkness and steeped in satanic religion.
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Each day, 50,000 Muslims beg Allah for forgiveness, and have no answer.
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Over 200,000 Hindus bring offerings to their gods, and weep as they watch the public burning of their deceased loved ones, yet their gods cannot hear their cries.
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Hundreds of thousands of people are plagued by evil spirits and seek freedom by going to church and being religious… yet they have NO HOPE of everlasting life.
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Beneath the dense jungle canopy, can be heard the cry of nine Amerindian tribes, still waiting to hear from “the unknown God”. They live… and die… in obscurity. Unknown… and unreached…
Although Guyana is among the most beautiful regions on earth, it has attained the highest suicide rate in the world. This year alone, HUNDREDS of Guyanese people…. will end their life. Guyana needs the gospel!
Guyana, located on the northern coast of South America, has a rich and complex history shaped by Indigenous cultures, European colonization, slavery, and political struggle. Originally inhabited by Indigenous peoples such as the Arawak and Carib, the area was colonized by the Dutch in the 17th century. Control shifted to the British in 1814, and it became known as British Guiana.
Under British rule, African slaves were brought to work on sugar plantations. After slavery was abolished in 1834, indentured laborers from India, Portugal, and China were brought in, significantly shaping Guyana’s multicultural society. The country gained internal self-government in the 1950s and full independence from Britain on May 26, 1966.
The Jonestown Massacre occurred on November 18, 1978, in Guyana, when over 900 people died in a mass murder-suicide orchestrated by Jim Jones, the leader of the Peoples Temple, a U.S.-based religious cult.
Jim Jones had moved his followers to a remote settlement in Guyana, called Jonestown, to build a socialist utopia and escape U.S. government scrutiny. Over time, conditions worsened, and reports of abuse and forced confinement reached U.S. authorities.
When U.S. Congressman Leo Ryan visited Jonestown to investigate, he and several others were murdered by Jones’ followers at our Port Kaituma airstrip. That same day, Jones ordered his followers to drink a cyanide-laced beverage, resulting in one of the largest mass deaths in modern history. Many were coerced or forced, including children.
The people of Guyana have been indoctrinated by many false religions in their pursuit of God. Although 64% of its inhabitants claim some form of Christianity, very few of them have ever heard nor understood the simple gospel of Jesus Christ.
Our Purpose.
Our number one purpose is to bring glory, honor, and pleasure to our Lord Jesus Christ. Revelation 4:11
Secondarily, we live among and serve the people of Lighthouse Baptist Church in Port Kaituma. This church was started in the early 90's by missionaries Dean and Patty Runyon. Together, they worked to build not only the amazing facilities that we have here, but also a solid Christian testimony in this region. We are truly grateful for their years of faithfulness and plowing the ground before us.
We desire to continue evangelism efforts not only in our village but in many surrounding villages. We desire for every soul in our region to hear a clear presentation of the gospel. Some of these villages are reached by hours of driving the muddy or dusty jungle roads while others are reached by hours of travel up and down the murky rivers ebbing and flowing beneath the jungle canopy.
It is our plan to start a Bible institute where we can properly and effectively equip our young men and women for a lifetime of Christian service. We hope to see God use them to plant self-sustaining indigenous Baptist churches all over the country.
Finally, one of our greatest desires is to cultivate a love for world missions in the hearts of our American churches by hosting short-term mission trips.