Claudia Arango
MISSIONARY TO UGANDA
Claudia's objective is to help care for the children at the Good Shepherd's Fold Orphanage, reaching them with the love of Jesus Christ and helping them to grow in His knowledge. Her current involvement is overseeing the accounting department at the orphanage and teaching Sunday School to second- and third-graders.
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Dave and Julie Ayer
MISSIONARIES TO ETHIOPIA
The Ayer family, Dave and Julie, Ella (8), Caleb (6), Maija (4), Riah (3), and Evie (2), has a deep passion and desire to KNOW Jesus and to love others in His Name. They are stepping forward in the year ahead to follow the call God has placed on their lives to GO, to LOVE, and to SERVE His children in Soddo, Ethiopia. They will be partnering with Soddo Christian Hospital. Dave will be serving as SCH's first pediatrician. Julie will continue her ministry of shepherding and homeschooling their five children, as well as ministering to orphans and widows.
Tom and Sharon Batley
MISSIONARIES TO UGANDA
Tom and Sharon are from Greensboro, N.C., and look forward to joining the team at Good Shepherd's Fold Children's Home and Primary School in Uganda in late 2012. Tom's primary role will be to oversee the maintenance of the property and buildings. He will seek to develop opportunities to teach them trade skills that will enable them to earn a living when they transition to life outside of GSF. His heart is to disciple the young boys and men to live God honoring lives. Sharon's primary role will be Short Term Team and visitor coordination. Sharon's heart is to encourage and disciple the young girls and women that live and serve at GSF. Tom and Sharon both have a heart for mercy ministries.
Rhonda Baxter
MISSIONARY TO KENYA
Rhonda is a missionary in Kenya, East Africa, working with the Maasai tribe in the Great Rift Valley. The scope of her ministry includes adult literacy; drilling boreholes for clean, safe water; and working with a group of local pastors. The goal of her ministry, Starfish Charities, is making a difference, one life at a time. As Starfish Charities works with the communities through local pastors in areas of literacy, Biblical studies, and evaluation of their areas of influence, they facilitate various training opportunities to help the pastors help their people improve their lives physically, but, more importantly, spiritually.
Sem and Eunice Beasnael
MISSIONARIES TO CHAD
As the only Christian institution of higher learning serving French-speaking Central Africa, evangelization is included within the daily curriculum. The school has been equipping leaders who spread the Gospel and become self-supporting, negating the need for government subsidy for public services. This University provides training in modern agriculture, rural economics and animal husbandry, with the intent of raising the standard of living for the poor.
Perseverance Bray
MISSIONARY TO UGANDA
My primary mission while serving in Uganda is to teach the missionary kids. I will be responsible for the Social Studies and Language Arts portion of their studies. There are eleven missionary kids living in Jinja ranging in grades K-11. Educating the MKs will allow their parents to better focus on the mission God has placed in their hands. While there I will also be able to help in the orphanage and hopefully organize a soccer team.
Seth and Rebecca Brill
MISSIONARIES TO BURKINA FASO
Seth and Rebecca Brill will be serving in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso in West Africa beginning in the summer of 2013. The Brills will be leading WIRED youth ministry. WIRED exists to disciple English speaking Christians and send them out to spread the gospel among their peers. The Brills will also be working with other local missionaries on two different projects. The first is to minister to at-risk women and girls at a newly built women's shelter located in the city. The second is to minister and share the Gospel with unreached people groups in villages located outside the capitol city.
James and Marilyn Bumgarner
MISSIONARY PROJECT COORDINATORS, UGANDA
James and Marilyn Bumgarner served at Good Shepherds Fold Orphanage from 2002 until 2006. During that time they worked on the property preaching, teaching, running the health clinic and the agriculture program. Also, they became involved in helping the students who left the orphanage complete their education, in high school, vocational school, and university. We have assisted 12 to finish university with 3 still in classes; 25 have finished high school with 4 remaining in classes, and 10 have completed vocational training. One student is currently in medical school and one is beginning medical school in the fall. They continue to assist these students through donations and sponsorship even though they had to return to the U.S. due to health problems. They have made three trips to Uganda to oversee this ministry since relocating to the U.S.
Chi and Sandy Chung
MISSIONARIES TO ETHIOPIA
The Chungs are Global Outreach missionaries serving in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Sandy teaches at the International Community School (ICS Addis) where Olivia and Nathan attend school. Chi serves with the Pan-African Academy of Christian Surgeons (www.paacs.net) which trains and disciples Christian surgeons who will go on to serve in their home countries in Africa. The PAACS residency program in Ethiopia is based at the Soddo Christian Hospital (SCH) and the Myungsung Christian Medical Center (MCM), where Chi serves as the PAACS site director and assistant program director.
Jim and Diane Clair
MISSIONARIES TO UGANDA
The Clairs have ministered in Africa since 1976 and are based in Uganda along the Nile River. Jim is founder and President of Alpha-Omega Seminary (1990), a school specializing in training men actively serving in ministry; AOS objectives: Building Christ-like Character, Imparting Biblical Knowledge, Developing Ministry Skills. AOS awards an accredited degree in theology. Diane is Chief Administrator of Riverside Academy, an international Christian school which she founded in 1999. Favored by expatriates and locals for its high academic standard and good morals, the Riverside family is a mixture of different races, cultures, and religions that is regularly exposed to a Christian witness. Says Diane: The value of our school was well attested to when I met in town one of our Riverside parents, a Muslim businessman from Somalia. Expressing gratitude for educating his children, he said loud enough for all to hear, God bless Riverside Academy, and God bless America!
Pete and Trish DuBrule
MISSIONARIES TO ZAMBIA
Pete and Trish are working with the N'jelika Mission Center in rural, northern Zambia. The Center is made up of fifteen local churches dispersed along a 90 Km stretch of road. This area, where we live, has been heavily evangelized and there are at least three churches in every village. A lack of depth and scriptural understanding has led to confusion and deep difficulties in these churches. We're told that the elders of the churches have been praying "for years" that God would send teachers who could help to disciple the church leaders and bring a deeper understanding of the Word. Pete and Trish now find themselves in the "classroom" an average of 20 hours per week. Church leaders bicycle and walk, sometimes for hours, to attend these classes. Pete is leading the elders and Trish the senior women in the churches. All together this teaching touches about 125 men and women leaders and will impact over 600 families. More details can be found at our website, linked below.
Diana Ferrell
MISSIONARY TO UGANDA
Diana Ferrell is a Global Outreach International missionary living and working in Jinja, Uganda, East Africa. She has been serving in Uganda for the past nine years. When she came in 2002, Diana took over two ministries for a retiring missionary, Dorothy Ferris. One ministry is to the rural women of Uganda called Christian Women Working in Communities (CWWC). Much of the support Diana raises funds CWWC to teach the women about God's love while sharing information such as basic hygiene, food presparation, gardening, childcare, and other topics, to assist the Ugandan women on how to improve their families lives. The other ministry is the Jinja Children's Clinic which is the outpatient department of the children's ward of the Jinja hospital. Diana raises support to provide medicine and staff salaries for the OPD.
In nine years, both of these ministries have seen tremendous growth and change. She and her team are now working in the West Nile Region of Uganda which boarders Southern Sudan and Congo known as the Moyo District. In 2010, Diana and her team trained 67 women through CWWC in Moyo District and a second class of 56 is training there now. She is now giving aid to the Moyo Hospital's Children's Ward. Diana's plans are to continue to work in the Northern Uganda to help with women's training through Christian Women Working in Communities and helping the local government hospitals in their children's wards. Other areas of Uganda where she has worked in the past will not be forgotten as the Lord leads and provides for more training schools and a helping hand to the government children wards.
David and Lisa Fish
MISSIONARIES TO UGANDA
David and Lisa Fish, along with their children, plan to move to Uganda in the Summer of 2013 to assist the missionaries serving at Good Shepherd's Fold Orphaniage by educating the missionary kids and living out the love of Jesus in the midst of the orphaned and abandoned children at Good Shepherd's Fold.
Christina Francis
MISSIONARY TO KENYA
I work as an OB/GYN at AIC Kapsowar Hospital. My mission is to provide Christ-centered compassionate care to the women and their families that I serve. Our hospital is located in a rural part of Kenya and we are the only hospital for approximately 400,000 people. I am also involved with community health education both for education purposes and as a means of reaching communities for Christ.
John and Rebecca Fulks
MISSIONARIES TO UGANDA
John and Rebecca have been serving the Lord in Uganda since 1999. They have five children: Johnny, Jacob, Lynnsi, Aaron, and Benjamin. John is currently the President of the Global Theological Seminary (GTS) in Jinja, Uganda. GTS is a non-denominational school committed to equipping pastors and church leaders for the ministry of preaching and teaching the Bible. There are three programs: Global Bible Institutes, a one-year Bible certificate taught in the local villages in the local language by GTS graduates; GTS Three-Year Advanced Diploma, taught on the campus; GTS Bachelor of Arts Degree, created to equip students to become more qualified teachers of the Word of God in training other pastors and church leaders.
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Paul and Rebecca Gray
MISSIONARIES TO ETHIOPIA
Paul and Becca Gray live in Ethiopia with their twochildren, Nathan (12/29/07) and Lydia (08/13/09). They work at Soddo Christian Hospital (SCH) which is located in Soddo about 330 km south of Addis Ababa. They have been serving at SCH since 2008. Paul is a general surgeon and is the program director of a general surgery residency program through the Pan-African Academy of Christian Surgeons(PAACS). PAACS is committed to training African Christian doctors in surgery to enable them to serve as surgeons in their home country. Becca is a registered dietitian and, in addition to being a home-schooling mother, works with patients at the hospital and coordinates all of the visitors to SCH. Before moving to Ethiopia, Paul and Becca lived in Dallas, Texas.
Mark and Amy Gwartney
MISSIONARIES TO UGANDA
Mark and Amy Gwartney serve at Good Shepherd's Fold orphanage in Uganda. Good Shepherd's Fold was founded as an orphanage in Jinja, Uganda, in 1994 by Wayne and Bonnie Sue Walker. The orphanage remains the primary ministry, with children living in family units with a house mother. There are 10 houses for orphaned and destitute children. GSF has expanded to now include a kindergarten and primary school with over 320 students. A small medical clinic provides medical services when qualified personnel are on hand. The GSF Bible Chapel coordinates outreach to other poor and destitute families in our area. GSF farms provide income and food for the ministry. By God's grace and provision, GSF is now a multi-faceted ministry sitting on 100+ acres of land which is a place of refuge for many hurting people in Uganda. Mark and Amy moved with their three children (Caralina, Megan, and Titus) to GSF in 2008. While directing various aspects of the ministry, the Gwartney family also hosts the many teams and volunteers who visit GSF every year. The Gwartney family lives on the GSF campus with a desire to see many other children brought up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
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David and Karisa Hardin
MISSIONARIES TO ETHIOPIA
David and Karisa Hardin currently have four children and are expecting a fifth child in late November 2012. They are moving to Soddo, Ethiopia in early 2013 to serve at Soddo Christian Hospital. David is a general surgeon and is excited to work at the hospital and help train new physicians through the PAACS residency teaching program. Karisa will be homeschooling the Hardin children and is looking forward to ministry as a family.
Steadman and Alyssa Harrison
MISSIONARY PROJECT COORDINATORS, ETHIOPIA
Alyssa Harrison is a full-time teacher with Bingham Academy, an international Christian school located in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, with more than 250 students from 40 plus countries. Alyssa teaches Bible and English for 6th, 7th, and 8th grades. Steadman is an ordained elder of International Evangelical Church in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. IEC is planting a church South of Addis Ababa in Debre Zeit at Genesis Farms where Steadman preaches and leads worship each month. Ongoing leadership development work includes training of Ethiopian Theological College students and faculty as well as youth work with Christian Childrens Fund, Onesimus Street Childrens Ministry, World Vision, and many of the Christian NGOs headquartered in Ethiopia. The Harrison family launched a support project with the Huligeb Center for the Blind in Ethiopia and utilizes U.S.-sponsored financial support to care for the 70 plus disabled employees of the Huligeb Center. Activities include life-skills training, evangelism, business planning, and basic life needs support.
Ruthie Howard
MISSIONARY TO UGANDA
Ruthie Howard began serving with Shepherd's Heart International Ministry (SHIM) in January 2010. SHIM is based on Lingira Island on Lake Victoria in southern Uganda and its primary outreach is to the approximately 52 islands in the Buvuma Island chain. Ruthie's main focus is serving as coordinator for SHIM's Child Development program, which helps provide school fees and holistic development to about 60 students, including those in primary and up to vocational school or university. She also teaches weekly computer classes to students of Lingira Living Hope Secondary School, leads a weekly girls' Bible study at the school, is beginning one-on-one discipleship with the girl students; teaches on occasion in the local church, and assists SHIM with communication and hospitality. God is doing transformational work in the islands of Lake Victoria, and Ruthie feels privileged to play some small part in it.
Bob and Carolyn Jacobsen
MISSIONARIES TO UGANDA
This ministry advocates for the Good Shepherds Fold (GSF) young adults who have aged out of GSF. These young adults need help transitioning to the “real” world outside of GSF. Having helped raise many of these kids for over five years, our desire is to see these young adults continue in the way they were taught at GSF with a Christ-centered worldview. Our work involves mentoring, micro-finance, apprenticeships, internships and general advocacy. This ministry also includes an outreach called the Jinja Pregnancy Care Center. This part of the ministry currently cares for over 42 young women and their babies. Many of these young women are teenagers, unmarried and ostracized. They are not cared for by the community or their families. Some are HIV+, some have been thrown out of school, and most live on next to nothing. This ministry encourages these young women to keep their babies and to love them. Our goal is to prevent orphans! We teach the ladies health and hygiene and bible study. The women are given food, counseling, love and encouragement. As a side note, the center has also drawn in street kids who find it a safe, clean haven to play, color, and get sweeties!
Mark and Allison Karnes
MISSIONARIES TO ETHIPOIA
The Karnes' are working at Soddo Christian Hospital in Ethiopia teaching, mentoring, and training Christian African doctors to become surgeons. They hope to improve the obstetrical and gynecological health care of women by facilitating safe childbirth and to promote a fistula prevention center. They hope to utilize English as a second language to mentor Ethiopian students and help them know the King and grow the Kingdom of God.
Joanna Kelley
MISSIONARY TO KENYA
Joanna works with a Kenyan Ministry called Missions of Hope, International. In 2000 the director Mary Kamau began a school with two rooms and 50 students. They now have over 10 schools offering a quality Christ-centered education to more than 3,000 students. The scope of the ministry includes:
· Education, clothing, and nutritious meals for the poorest children
· Community Health Evangelism (CHE) program, teaching harmony with God, self, others and the environment
· HIV/AIDS awareness and education
· A microenterprise loan program for launching and growing small businesses
· Basic health and wellness education
· Church plants, family counseling, and religious education
Her area of involvement is with the microenterprise program. Business Services Development (BDS) offers support to small business owners in the community through accountability groups which meet weekly, intensive training classes, ongoing training within the groups, targeted counseling when needed, encouragement to save weekly as well as granting loans for business expansion. The work she does in the office frees the staff (all Kenyans) to do what they do to best serve their clients!
Elijah and Janeth Koske
MISSIONARIES TO KENYA
They Koske's have pastor trainings going on in three different locations. Two of them are offering Diplomas and one, which was started January this year, is a Bachelor of Arts program from from Luther Rice University in Lithonia, Georgia. There are pastors who have graduated from the schools taking care of four new churches in Masai Land. The orphans' program is overwhelming; they are too many and there is no children's home in place yet. The Koske's are just visiting them to pray with them and to see what they need, although they do not have silver and gold, but Jesus. Pray for the orphans' ministry, Bible school teachers, and for the Koske's and their children.
Monique Ladosz
MISSIONARY TO RWANDA and UGANDA
Monique's ministry extends to many of the people in Rwanda and Uganda. Currently there are 58 projects in Rwanda and 91 projects in Uganda. The widows are being taught skills to earn money to support themselves and their families, youth are being provided seminars and camps and receive Bibles, children are taught in ministries much like Vacation Bible Schools. There is a street children's ministry. Some have been sent to University, paid for by the funds generated throughout the ministry. Others have been taught skills such as sewing, card-making, and basket weaving which are sold on the ministry's website. The ministry has projects for providing funds within the countries, such as making bricks and roof tiles, and working on a banana, peanut, and sunflower plantation. The Gospel is presented to young people, widows, and children and many have accepted Jesus as their Savior and will be rejoicing with all of us when we are all together with our Savior and Lord.
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Roma Marshall
MISSIONARY TO UGANDA
Roma serves the Surgical Ward of the Jinja Regional Referral Hospital and the Laboratory of Rippon Clinic. She is a consultant to short-term nurses at Good Shepherd's Fold Orphanage. She teaches health-related subjects to women and teen girls in remote villages. Her other interests include assisting remote village clinics with medicines for infants and children.
Steve and Daria Mayotte
MISSIONARIES TO SOUTH AFRICA
Steve and Daria Mayotte are missionaries to Pollsmoor Prison in Cape Town, South Africa. Their primary ministry focus is investing in the lives of the correctional officials of the prison's Medium A facility. While working in association with All Nations and Hope Prison Ministry, Steve and Daria build relationships with the wardens through a variety of avenues and disciple the officers in small groups as well as individually, seeking also to plant "simple churches" among the officers through the process. Their vision is to reach the inmates by first ministering into the lives of the officers and discipling them to be the catalysts for bringing about transformation in the prison through Christ. Additionally, Steve works with small groups of inmates in the adult men's Medium B prison through the Restorative Justice program.
Stephen and Esther Napier
MISSIONARIES TO UGANDA
Stephen and Esther, along with their four boys, began serving in Uganda, East Africa in 2011 after being missionaries in rural Alaska for nine years. From Jinja, Uganda, the Napiers are engaged in training leaders within the national church. Their specific focus is on discipling local pastors, training workers for children's ministries, and helping village churches start Christian schools. Stephen also serves teaching at Global Theological Seminary. Overall their focus is to enable and equip local leadership for the long-term growth and effectiveness of East Africa's local churches.
Bob and Michelle Peterson
MISSIONARIES TO UGANDA
Bob and Michelle Peterson, and their four children (Janae, Joshua, Jon and Josiah), serve Uganda through Shepherds Heart International Ministry. SHIMs heart is to advance Gods Kingdom in the Buvuma islands of Lake Victoria through transforming communities and empowering indigenous leaders to minister effectively among their own people. Bob served God in the pulpit for many years and now works with SHIMs Discipleship and Evangelism Ministries as well as Family Ministries. He is currently developing a pastoral training curriculum, one not based on textbooks; rather, one which reaches the pastors through biblical storying orally with life application. Michelles primary responsibility is in homeschooling their children. For SHIM, her current focus is sharing her home as opportunity arises, although she often joins Bob in teaching on marriage and parenting with the Family Ministry Team. The family also visits the SHIM base on Lingira Island and shares Jesus with the local village children.
Jon and Bekah Pollock
MISSIONARIES TO ETHIOPIA
Jon and Bekah Pollock are teachers, trainers, educators, called to invest in the next generation, whether it is the next generation of Christian surgeons in Ethiopia, the future of surgical care in Ethiopia and beyond, or the next generation of global citizens. For Jon, this means training Ethiopian surgeons with the Pan-African Academy of Christian Surgeons at Soddo Christian Hospital and Myungsung Christian Medical Center. For Bekah, this means teaching missionary and other expatriot kids at Bingham Academy and helping to form and shape a biblical and global worldview.
Tracey Rzepka
MISSIONARY PROJECT COORDINATOR, UGANDA
Tracey Rzepka is a nurse-practitioner who has been serving in Africa since 1997 when she completed a Discipleship Training School with Youth With A Mission (YWAM). Her outreach for this course took place in Soroti, Uganda. Since then she has been to Africa many times for up to a year at a time serving in many different areas of Uganda as well as short term trips to Botswana, DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo), Zambia, and Zimbabwe. In all of these areas, her main focus has been HIV Training. Most recently, she has been training church leaders how to prevent HIV, counsel those affected by the virus, and care for others physically and spiritually. At present, her plan is to travel to Africa for one month per year while working as a parish nurse full-time in Sarasota, Florida, where she lives.
Andrew and Karina Smith
MISSIONARIES TO UGANDA
Andrew and Karina, along with children David and Johnathan, work in the Buvuma Islands of Lake Victoria, Uganda. Transforming lives from the inside out is the heart of everything they do. Together with their Ugandan and American team members, they work in the following areas:
• Village Water Projects - The Lake Victoria Pure Water and Sanitation Project
• Child Development - The Lingira Living Hope Secondary School, Child Sponsorships
• Healthcare - Namiti Island Clinic (in partnership with YWAM)
• Economic Development - Small business seminars, Women's Handcrafts, Farming/Animal Husbandry
• Family Life seminars and counseling
• Basic Pastoral training and evangelistic outreaches
Corinne Stoltzfus
MISSIONARY TO UGANDA
Corinne is moving to Good Shepherd's Fold orphanage in Jinja, Uganda. The purpose and vision of GSF is evangelizing the orphan and destitute children of Uganda with the good news of Jesus Christ, while also providing for their physical, educational and medical needs. Corinne's position on the GSF team is the Sponsorship Coordinator. Other roles include managing craft sales, teaching Sunday School, and a host of other opportunities to interact with the children at GSF.
Gordon and Ellyn Sturgeon
MISSIONARIES TO UGANDA
Gordon and Ellyn will be working in water and widows ministries in Uganda. Gordon will map groundwater resources, so that nongovernmental organizations and water sector businesses will have a better idea of where to drill their wells. He will offer to teach groundwater courses to university students and government scientists and engineers. And as funding permits and opportunities arise, he will test well water quality to verify whether or not a well was constructed properly and the water is safe to drink. The groundwater program will provide many opportunities to share our faith when meeting with students outside the classroom, and when visiting villages to map and test the water. Ellyn will assist Gordon with the water program and reach out to widows in our community.
Robb and Sheila Warfield
MISSIONARIES TO UGANDA
Robb and Sheila Warfield and their three children (sons Avery (2000) and Hayden (2003) and daughter Avalyn (2002)) will be living and serving at Good Shepherd's Fold Orphanage and Primary School in Uganda, Africa. Robb's responsibilities include overseeing the Christian primary school as well as the education for the secondary students and post-secondary students who have lived at GSF. Also, Robb will direct the mercy ministry outreach programs to the local villagers (including two feeding programs, one for local malnourished children and another to a number of the elderly who live within walking distance of the property).
Michael and Katherine Grant
MISSIONARIES TO PHILIPPINES
Our focus is partnering with churches for training in personal evangelism and discipleship. Our vision is to mentor leaders that are serving at their churches and supporting their pastors. We are involved with the urban poor and to conduct beneficial food distribution or feeding programs as part of our present ministry. We are training churches to facilitate Bible studies using a story telling method called "Simply the Story." By using this method we can reach the Illiterates with the Gospel, among the urban poor. Our prayer is to someday establish Global Outreach as an official mission entity in the Philippines. Matthew 25:40 says, "And the King will answer and say to them, 'Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me.'"
Chris and Sheryl Brumley
MISSIONARIES TO HAITI
Chris and Sheryl Brumley have been missionaries to Haiti with Global Outreach International since 2003. Chris is the country coordinator for Global Outreach in Haiti and is the compound manager. He is also a Bible teacher and loves sharing God's Word. Sheryl is an R. N. and heads up a burn clinic on the compound and assists with teams and the running of the compound and programs. Their teenage son Joshua is very active in the ministry. They have two other sons in the States, Jonathan and his wife Molly in Greeley, Colorado, and college-son Jordan in Durango, Colorado.
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Glen and Linda Erickson
MISSIONARIES TO HAITI
Glen and Linda Erickson joined the Global Outreach Team in Haiti in March 2011. Glen had a varied career that included owning a trucking business, being a
diesel mechanic, and operating a farm in Colorado. Linda worked as a RN for 30+ years. Her experience as a float RN gave her valuable training. God used life training and mission trips to prepare them for ministry in Haiti. Glen and Linda came to Titayen Haiti with a team in 2009. They knew that week that God called them to return. They spent March to June 2010 in Haiti listening for God's direction, attended MOT, and committed to move to Haiti as soon as possible. God blessed them as they were able to return to Haiti in March 2011. Linda works in the burn clinic, supports the activites of the compund, and works in the office. Glen works on vehicles, works with children, and helps with well repair. Both are involved with the teams that come to Haiti.
David and Judy Heady
MISSIONARIES TO HAITI
David and Judy Heady have been missionaries to Haiti since 1983. Before coming to Haiti as career missionaries, the Headys lived in Owensboro KY and owned an electrical company as well as a sign manufacturing/erection business. Their first years in Haiti were spent working in the mountains of Haiti as volunteers with the Southern Baptist Foreign Mission Board. In 1988 they joined Global Outreach International and began developing Globals ministry in TiTanyen, Haiti.
In addition to serving as Directors of Global Outreach Haiti Mission, David serves on Global's Leadership Team and also as Regional Director for Global in the Caribbean, Central America, and South America. The ministry in Haiti is multifaceted--meeting the needs of the total man with a commitment to feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, and providing potable water to the thirsty. They have four schools: Kindergarten, Morning School, Afternoon School, and a Sewing and Cooking School. Each of these schools receives food each day. They have a feeding program for 62 elderly people. Well drilling is a very important part of the ministry as is keeping the well pumps maintained. There is a Burn Clinic on the GO compound. They also have a Child Sponsorship program. The ultimate objective of all these ministries is to point people to the saving grace of Jesus Christ.
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Nicky and Kristie Runk
MISSIONARIES TO HAITI
The Runks are currently in the process of raising a support team. They are anxious to return to Haiti because the need is so great. They also know that God's timing is perfect and they don't want to get in His way. They will be able to return to Haiti when they raise enough to ship a container down and are getting the monthly support they need.
Barrett and Carrie Todd
MISSIONARIES TO HAITI
The Todds are Barrett, Carrie, Braxton (15), Abbi (13), Brodie (9) and Anders (3). They will be serving at Global Outreach Haiti and are currently building a team of sponsors to partner with them as they return to Haiti full time. Having many hands and feet, they will be helping with the numerous ministries including; Well Drilling, Conference Center, Burn Clinic, Youth Programs, Elderly Feeding Program, Schools, Evangelism and Discipleship. In addition to these amazing ministries the Todds will be developing a Youth Soccer/Futbol program that will incorporate bible studies, community service projects, character building and discipleship. Their main vision is to share the love of Jesus Christ through actions, relationships and God’s word.
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Dave and Meredith Alexander
MISSIONARIES TO HONDURAS
Dave and Meredith Alexander and John(10),Josiah(8),and Jacob(5) will begin serving at Hospital Loma De Luz in Honduras in early 2014. They are currently living in Germany as David finishes serving in the US Army. The Alexanders are in the process of sharing the vision God has placed on their hearts and establishing a prayer and support team. David is a general surgeon and will join the hospital staff at Loma de Luz in providing quality medical care to the local Hondurans. Meredith will primarily focus on homeschooling their three children, but looks forward joining other ministry opportunities as the Lord leads. Dave and Meredith and the "3 J's" are excited to join the mission already at work there through the hospital and the Cornerstone foundation summarized here: "The vision of Loma de Luz is one of a diverse community of Christian believers cooperating to provide medical care and a constant, present, on-going hearing of the gospel of Jesus Christ to the people of the north coast of Honduras...."
James and Paula Anthony
MISSIONARIES TO HONDURAS
Campo Yazu Minsitries shares the love of Jesus on the Mosquito Coast of Honduras. James and Paula have been missionaries with Global Outreach International since 1998 and currently are directors of Campo Yazu Ministries near Puerto Lempira, Honduras. James provides operation of and maintenance to the mission base facilities. He also ministers to staff and inmates in the village jail, placing Spanish Bibles into every hand who desires a copy of God's Word. James is also the coordinator/administrator for short-term mission construction and evangelistic teams. Paula operates the mission base clinic and works with the government hospital, district health department, and local physicians. She also provides health care when needed to two village orphanages. Paula will also be the facilitator/administrator of future medical and dental teams in remote villages of the Mosquito Coast of Honduras.
Scott and Stephanie Benedict
MISSIONARIES TO HONDURAS
The Benedict family hopes to share "a Living Hope" through education, counseling, and student ministries by working with The Cornerstone Foundation on the northern coast of Honduras. Scott and Stephanie are currently in the process of sharing this vision about their ministry and establishing a support team. After language school in Costa Rica, they will relocate to Balfate, Honduras. Scott will become the principal of Escuela Bilingue El Camino (a Christian bilingual school) and Stephanie will establish a counseling ministry to Hondurans, missionaries, and MKs. They also hope to initiate and develop student ministries based on evangelism and discipleship. Scott and Stephanie hope to guide Zack and Ally with their own ministries and help them to finish high school. The Benedicts are passionate about sharing these ministries with others and are looking forward to facilitating short-term missions teams for all outreaches at The Cornerstone Foundation. For more information about our ministry, click the link below to download our booklet.
Kevin and Margie Bishop
MISSIONARIES TO COSTA RICA
Kevin and Margie Bishop are Global Outreach International missionaries to Costa Rica. God has called them to provide sound biblical training to local pastors and church leaders. Many of the pastors and church leaders are not able to obtain biblical training. They will also be involved in sharing the gospel with the unsaved and working with local pastors and their churches. Their passion is to teach and share Christ in order "...to equip the saints for the work of the ministry, for the building up the body of Christ (Eph 4:12)." They welcome you to come partner with them as they seek to fulfill God's work.
Jason and Ashley Collum
MISSIONARIES TO BELIZE
The Collum family serves just outside Belmopan, working with and discipling the students at Global Outreach Belize Vo-Tech. Jason and Ashley serve in teaching capacities, as well as in a support capacity for the school's director. In addition to teaching and supervision of the students, Jason is working to grow communications and school awareness between Belize Vo-Tech and churches/mission teams in the United States, and is working to market the school and increase awareness of the school inside the nation of Belize. In addition to her teaching and organizing duties, Ashley also homeschools Joshua and Lauren and assists with hospitality for visiting mission teams and in communication with mission teams and supporters. The key thing the family hopes to accomplish is living out a Christ-like life on campus and in the area, sharing His love and showing the boys at Vo-Tech what a young, stable, Christian family unit can be.
Wilford and Dania Dilbert
MISSIONARIES TO HONDURAS
The House of God (Casa de Dios) was founded in 1977 by Apostle Wilford and Annie Dilbert. Apostle W. Dilbert Senior went home to be with the Lord in 1993 and his wife went home to be with the Lord in 1999. When the founding Apostle W. Dilbert passed away, God raised up his oldest son Wilford, his wife Dania, along with their three children, Wilford III, Dania Kaylene, and William Dilbert to continue the work of the ministry. Our vision is to win Honduras for the Lord, through apostolic evangelism. We have founded and established 38 churches in different villages, mountains, and cities of Honduras. We are dedicated to winning the souls, then disciple them, and send them out to win the loss.
Cohen and Amie Ezelle
MISSIONARIES TO BELIZE
Cohen teaches/trains local pastors and church leaders, taking them through a two-year curriculum focused on Bible and theology. He also helps preach in a local church and is involved in regular evangelism. Amie is a stay-at-home mom who also homeschools their children.
Bob and Rhonda Farley
MISSIONARIES TO BELIZE
Bob and Rhonda Farley began serving the Lord through missions in Southern Belize in September 1999, and became Global Outreach International missionaries in February 2006. Discipleship as well as starting, then turning ministry over to qualified indigenous leaders, is the heart of their mission efforts. The Farleys are managers of a primary school in the village of Boom Creek. This primary school of about 40 students is one of the greatest joys in seeing Christ ministered to children who live in a village of thatch huts and dirt floors. From Living Word Church and school, they have planted churches, helped start a 2000 watt Christian Radio station, and have developed an outreach into Guatemala by boat and trail that has resulted in the construction and completion of a medical clinic in the river village of Sarstun, Guatemala. They have also been instrumental in starting and continuing support of the Garifuna ministries in Punta Gorda and Barranco Village in Belize. Their latest project, "The Belize Training Center," has been a long-term vision of the Farleys' ministry to Belize. This facility will be for the training of local pastors and church leaders. There is also a hope that a program aiding children with disabilities would operate from this center.
Ted and Maggie Faull
MISSIONARY PROJECT COORDINATORS, HONDURAS
Information coming soon.
David and Marinajo Fields
MISSIONARIES TO HONDURAS
Dave and Marinajo Fields serve with their two children, Mariah and Benny, at Hospital Loma de Luz on the North Coast of Honduras. Dave is an IT Missionary and uses his technical skills to help take of the computers, medical equipment, and communications equipment at the Hospital. Dave is also discipling several local young men. Marinajo is a homeschooling mom who also helps to lead praise and worship and has a discipleship ministry with a few local girls. She also teaches an abstinence and purity class (Creating Positive Relationships) in the local schools.
Jacob and Courtenay Folk
MISSIONARIES TO COSTA RICA
The purpose of the Folk's ministry is to glorify God in Costa Rica by sharing His love and grace and making disciples of Jesus Christ with the Ticos on the Irazu volcano.
Neil and Tricia Hemelstrand
MISSIONARIES TO BELIZE
Neil and Tricia are missionaries to Belize and, specifically, to Belize Vo-Tech. Global Outreach Belize Vo-Tech operates as the ministry arm of Global Outreach Belize Ltd. They moved to Belize in December, 2012. Their ministries includes mentoring, teaching, maintenance and administration, but their primary focus is on teaching the students to be men of God. The Vo-Tech is a vocational boarding school for boys ages 14-18 who, because of family finances or low educational levels, are unable to attend high school. The school is a three-year program, during which the students study reading, math, Bible, Belizean studies, health, computer use, and tools. Beginning their second year they choose a trade of either auto mechanics or wood working and spend several hours a day in the shops. The school is located on approximately 80 acres, and raise and process their own chickens. They have a garden that the students help take care of and they also learn to do yard work, landscaping and forestry, as they work around the school property. Neil and Tricia's desire is to further develop the boy's skills by starting to train the students in plumbing and electrical areas. Throughout the year twelve to fourteen teams from the States are hosted. These teams work on construction projects, tutor and mentor the boys, and hold Bible schools in villages in the country of Belize, affording them and the school an opportunity to minister to the people of Belize.
Nick and Sara Johnson
MISSIONARIES TO MEXICO
Nick and Sara, along with children Zoe, Caitlynn, and Gabriel, are in the process of going to Ciudad Guzman, Mexico, to work as church planters, focusing primarily on reaching the students at the University of Guadalajara and other colleges in the Guzman area. They pray for opportunities to share Christ with the students, and not only see new believers, but that the Lord would also raise up pastors and church planters to help reach out into the surrounding area for the glory of Christ.
Mark and Heidi Merritt
MISSIONARIES TO HONDURAS
As the Merritts begin their sixth year at Hospital Loma de Luz on the north coast of Honduras, some aspects of their ministry remain the same and some new things have been added. Mark continues his hospital duties as a family practitioner and oversight of the pharmacy but has added monthly trips to the mountain villages to do physicals on children. His men's discipleship class has expanded and he has added an English class to his weekly agenda. Heidi oversees the x-ray department and continues to lead Bible studies in the village as well as with missionary women. The rental of a small house in the village has opened many doors to new things. Together they have developed a small library and have a weekly children's story hour. Heidi has been reaching out to local women through bread making, basket- making classes, and cooking classes.
Nelene Pannell
MISSIONARY PROJECT COORDINATOR, BELIZE
Nelene serves for 6-8 weeks at a time throughout each year as God allows her the opportunity at Belize Vo-Tech. During those opportunities her duties change according to the needs on campus and as directed by BVT Director, Frankie Wade. These duties include: teaching as needed; issuing clothing, toiletries, linens; occasionally assisting during the boys' quiet times; operation of the snack shop; taking boys to the doctor when the need arises; and whatever is needed at any given time.
Vance and Susan Pirkle
MISSIONARIES TO HONDURAS
The Pirkles joined the staff of Hospital Loma de Luz in May 2011. Vance is an OB/GYN and will be helping to develop an OB/GYN section at the hospital. They have four of their five children living with them in Honduras: Rebekah, Sarah, Caleb, and Phillip. Their oldest daughter, Elizabeth, attends college in the States. The Pirkles served in Sanyati, Zimbabwe, from 2005-2007.
Lyle and Rose Rainey
MISSIONARIES TO BELIZE
Lyle and Rose are missionaries to Belize and, specifically, to the Vo-Tech school there. Global Outreach Belize Vo-Tech operates as the ministry arm of Global Outreach Belize Ltd. The Vo-Tech is a vocational boarding school for boys ages 14-18 who, because of family finances or low educational levels, are unable to attend high school. The school is a three-year program, during which the students study reading, math, Bible, Belizean studies, health, computer use, and tools. Beginning their second year they choose a trade of either auto mechanics or wood working and spend several hours a day in the shops. The school is located on approximately 60 acres, and raise and process their own chickens, cows, and pigs. They have a garden that the students help take care of and they also learn to do yard work, landscaping, forestry, plumbing, and electrical work as they work around the school property. Throughout the year twelve to fourteen teams from the States are hosted. These teams work on construction projects, tutor and mentor the boys, and hold Bible schools in villages in the country of Belize, affording them and the school an opportunity to ministry to the people of Belize.
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Cody and Ashlie Seabolt
MISSIONARIES TO BELIZE
Cody and Ashlie Seabolt are currently raising financial support to serve in Belize. They are from the Dallas Texas area and have three children. The family hopes to be in Punta Gorda, Belize in the Fall of 2012 to finish construction of the Belize Training Center and to help with evangelism and church planting.
Tony and Beverly Steele
MISSIONARIES TO MEXICO
The purpose of GO Zacatecas Mexico Mission is to take the gospel to what some call the "dark heart of Mexico" in southern Zacatecas state. The main focus is soul-winning, church planting, discipleship, and leadership training. The goal is to plant a Baptist church in all of the municipalities of southern Zacatecas. In a geographical area about the size of New Jersey with about a quarter of a million people, there are only three small Baptist churches in about 20 cities. This area has resisted the gospel in years past, but it seems the Holy Spirit is moving now to warm the hearts of the people to the precious truth of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Please pray for the people of Zacatecas state to be drawn to the Lord and for ancient strongholds of resistance to the gospel to come down. Pray for the Steele's to be useful vessels in the Lord's hands in the work He is calling them to do.
Franklin and Evelyn Turner
MISSIONARIES TO COSTA RICA
The Turner's moved to Costa Rica in August of 2004. They have founded a camp and training center called Taller del Maestro Global Outreach. They have started construction on the camp center and currently live on the camp property. They are in the process of finishing the multi-purpose building. This building is set up to hold seminars for 100-200 people with full kitchen facilities, and dorms to sleep 22 people comfortably! Their goal is to build dorms to sleep 100 more people. This camp center will serve the Costa Rican church by holding retreats and seminars, training the people to walk daily with JESUS CHRIST! They will also host teams from other countries to work in the communities surrounding the camp center encouraging the Christians and bringing the lost to salvation in Jesus!
Cody and Maria Whittaker
MISSIONARIES TO NICARAGUA
Cody and Maria Whittaker are missionaries to Nicaragua who are currently living in the city of León. Their vision is to make disciples and help train up pastors and leaders. They hope to do this through developing discipleship groups, mentoring, Bible study groups, and outreach and evangelism. They are also partnering with a ministry that will help provide training and resources to pastors and leaders. Please pray that the Lord is glorified through their work and that many people in Nicaragua come to true faith in Christ through the love and truth of the Gospel.
Tom and June Wilson
MISSIONARIES TO BELIZE
The Wilsons' ministry is to reach people in Belize ministry by evangelizing teenage boys in the vocational program and discipling them throughout the three years that they attend the school.
Dayna Wutke
MISSIONARY TO BELIZE
Dayna operates Cayo Christian Academy just outside the capital city of Belmopan.
Michelle Akavuti
MISSIONARIES TO SLOVAKIA
Youth are some of the most influential people in the world. God has called Michelle to work with youth in Europe and, more specifically, in Slovakia. While she was in Slovakia, she attended the Baptist Youth Leadership conference, where she learned about the need for youth workers in Slovakia. Many of these young leaders expressed their desire to learn how they could better impact their community and improve their youth group.
When she returns to Slovakia long-term, her ministry will include:
1) Local Church - Working with a local church in Nóve Zámky, Kresťanské Stredisko, training young Slovaks on how to be leaders and develop a weekly program for the Junior High and High School age groups;
2) Youth Camps - Organizing and training Slovak leaders to hold evangelistic youth camps.
3) Discipleship - Meeting with and encouraging young Slovaks in their relationship with God and discipling them;
4) Training - Equipping volunteer youth workers in the local church to be more effective in developing ministries that have a balance of evangelism, discipleship, and leadership.
The Slovak church in Nóve Zámky has expressed how excited they are for her to return to help with the church and their ministries. It is with this anticipation that she is eager to return by January 2012.
Tom and Vicky Arabis
MISSIONARIES TO PORTUGAL
Since 1990 the Arabis' have been involved in theological education in Portugal. Their desire is to prepare church leadership who are able to handle well Gods word and make it relevant to believers and pre-Christians.
· Teaching. Tom teaches in the areas of hermeneutics/Bible study methods and Christian education at the Seminário Teológico Baptista (STB).
· Teófilos. Tom is founder and director of Teófilos which is an e-learning platform offering online learning in Bible, discipleship materials and blended learning.
· Educational administration. Both Vicky and Tom are involved in various STB administrative projects: curriculum revision, accreditation, new academic procedures and operational software, PR, and development, including fundraising.
· Sunday School Teacher training seminars. Tom is developing a team whose goal is to stimulate growth in Christian education in local churches through ongoing Sunday School teacher training.
Do you like computer work? PR? Fundraising and development? Teaching the Bible? Marketing? Serving? COME JOIN THEM!
Dave and Cindy Bintz
MISSIONARIES TO SPAIN
Dave will participate in the English and basketball camps with L'Arcada and help where needed in the other summer camps. He will actively be developing the plan to increase the sports camps with the goal of bringing more young people under the sound of the Gospel. He will also help in other events and activities, along with assisting in fundraising/recruitment trips. Cindy will be involved not only in the camps, but also with the international volunteer ministry. She will assist with the organization of travel and other office type duties as needed.
J.P. Bowers
MISSIONARY TO SPAIN
I am joining the full-time staff of L'arcada, a camp in the northeast corner of Spain that has been running for 22 years. It is designed to build the church of Spain, focusing on the youth through bold evangelism and continual discipleship. Through time and language acquisition, I will be growing into the role of director of the L'arcada basketball program. It will be in this position that I will benefit greatly from many years as a player and coach, and the joy it is to use basketball to introduce people to Christ.
Norman and Gwendolyn Bowman
MISSIONARIES TO SPAIN
Norman and Gwen Bowman have served in Barcelona, Spain, since 1982. They have lead and taught worship and music at the Spanish Bible Institute in Castelldefels near Barcelona, Spain, at the Zaporozhye Bible College and the Baptist Seminary in Ukraine, and in seminars in numerous churches and conferences throughout Romania and Spain. They have ministered to Romanian and Pakistani immigrants in Spain, men's ministries, youth ministries, the 250-voice Barcelona Gospel Choir, as well as through personal evangelism and discipleship. Much of their ministry is focused on mentoring key Spanish leaders who are founding ministries that reach out to adolescents and young adults across Spain. The stories of young Spaniards coming to faith in Christ are very encouraging. The Bowmans have a constant hospitality ministry in their home along with an extensive prayer ministry and teaching on prayer and the spiritual disciplines. Their gifting, calling, and passion is to communicate the truth of the Gospel to the post-modern and multicultural peoples of Spain.
Mario Cerda
MISSIONARY TO FRANCE
Mario is in Paris, France. God continues to soften his heart for the people. He is living simply, loving God deeply, and loving the French patiently. He welcomes your prayers and words of encouragement.
Paul and Beverly Currin
MISSIONARIES TO ITALY
Paul is a teacher at the Italian Bible Institute. IBI is an accredited school which provides a solid evangelical and interdenominational Bible training on the college level, equipping Italians for leadership in various ministries. He teaches primarily exegesis courses as well as exegetical studies in various Old and New Testament books. He also teaches Hebrew and Methods of Research and is developing the school library. His life verse is Ezra 7:10. Paul and Bev are also working with a small, evangelical church in the suburbs of Rome in a town called Mentana. Bev has been primarily involved in the Rome Bible Study Fellowship Evening Womens Class as the teaching leader and in the music ministry of the church. Paul's main role in the church is in teaching and leadership development.
Josip and Kelly Debeljuh
MISSIONARIES TO CROATIA
Josip and Kelly Debeljuh are serving in Zagreb, Croatia. They have five children; Mia, Ben, Lia, Ema, and new baby (due October 2011). The Debeljuhs moved to Croatia in 2008, and have been building means of outreach through university ministry and sports (basketball Josip), and art (Kelly) in the capital city of Zagreb. Josip was born in Croatia, in the small coastal city of Pula, where his family lives today. He was involved in basketball growing up, and is able to use those skills and connections to make an impact for Christ. Kelly is an artist, and uses her gifts in teaching to lead womens painting workshops and other events. Please pray that God touches the hearts of people in Europe, breaking through years of hardness brought about by socialist regime and indifference.
Jeremy and Sylvia Frank
MISSIONARIES TO SPAIN
Jeremy & Sylvia Frank serve in Spain, reaching kids, youth and families with the gospel through camping. Spain is a country with a population of more than 48 million, 99.7 percent of which do not have a personal relationship with Christ. With only 0.3% of the population being believers that means that of the almost 8,000 cities and towns in Spain, more than 7,000 of them do not have a church or even a believer in them. The Franks serve at L'Arcada camps with the mission being to reach those who do not know our Lord and to help them grow in the Lord with the many discipleship and leadership training programs that L'Arcada provides. The final goal is to grow and strengthen the local church in Spain. Sylvia is a graphic designer and helps do many of the promotional materials for the camp, such as brochures, posters, t-shirts, etc., as well as anything needed for our programs during the year that require her talents. Jeremy is the head of the New Tech and Multimedia departments, which involves him running all the social media, webpage and other promotional, discipleship, and follow-up tools, as well as being in charge of all the videography and photography areas of the camp. Jeremy also helps with directing and programming of various camps during the summer. The Franks are the parents of one daughter, Shania Grace Frank, and another one on the way, due in September 2013.
Harry Gaston
MISSIONARY PROJECT COORDINATOR, UKRAINE
Ukraine Ministries serves in the southwestern part of Ukraine near the Romanian border located near the city of Chernovtsy in the village of Malinovka.
Since 1993 they have built and continue to sponsor churches; however, their primary focus the past 10 years is the Place Of Hope, a Christian alcohol and
drug rehabilitation center ( 2 Cor. 5:17) in a beautiful 12,000 sq. ft. building sitting on a hill among four villages.
Pete and Barbara Gibson
MISSIONARY PROJECT COORDINATORS, ROMANIA
Pete and Barbara Gibson joined Global Outreach International in 1987. They served five years in Uganda and in 1992 transitioned to Romania in Eastern Europe. As it had recently gained freedom from the communist control, it was evident that Romania was open and in need of a ministry to children, youth, and families. The Gibsons began the work to found, build, and operate such a ministry. In 1985 Pete and Barbara opened The 7th Spring Camp and Conference Center (Al Saptele Izvor) in Arad County, Romania. The 7th Spring operates year round as a facility for Christ-centered activities that share the Gospel and encourage the body of Christ. The summer brings hundreds of children and youth from across Europe, and volunteers from the USA to The 7th Spring Summer Camps. In 2008 the Gibsons returned to the USA and now serve in the Global Outreach International Home Office in Tupelo MS while, at the same time, continuing to have an active part in the ministry of The 7th Spring in Romania. Pete serves as Vice-President of Missionary Personnel for Global Outreach International. Barbara's involvement with children continues for she serves as Missionary Kids Director for Global Outreach. With dual ministry responsibility, Barbara also serves in the Public Relations Department of Global Outreach. They are grateful for the opportunity to share Jesus with people around the globe. Indifferent to race or religion, Christ died for all and it is their desire to serve and reach the world with the Gospel.
Dario and Dalila Gonzalez
MISSIONARIES TO ROMANIA
The Gonzalez's are establishing churches, teaching the Bible, making disciples, preaching in a local church, and developing Bible studies in different cities.They are also counseling and mentoring brothers and sisters from different churches, and training leaders and pastors. Dalila is developing a social service to the Gypsy children, helping schools, and promoting the education for the Gypsy children.
Doug and Camelia Howey
MISSIONARIES TO ROMANIA
The Howey's ministry is: Loving God and the people of Romania, sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ while watching for the faithful people that God will draw to Himself, so that they may disciple them; always making themselves available to be used by Jesus as He establishes indigenously led, reproducing churches, that send missionaries into all the world with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Viorel and Didina Iuga
MISSIONARIES TO ROMANIA
The Iuga's work organizing and conducting Family Life conferences. They help the families to know Gods word on the family, challenging and helping them to get involved in helping other families to know Jesus Christ as their personal Savior. They help the young people to prepare themselves for a biblical family. They challenge and help the church leaders to pay more attention to the families and use them in fulfilling the great commission.
Bubba and Rockie Lollar
MISSIONARIES TO ENGLAND
The Lollars are based in Birmingham, England. They have developed the first-ever pageant ministry in their home community, Kinghurst. Thus, through their efforts, the Kingshurst Passion Play and the Kingshurst Christmas Pageant have been born.
Additionally, they have developed Empower ministries to teach 10-14 year olds about the love of Jesus in a fun and powerful way. They have also formed choirs, as well as worship dance and movement teams. They regularly hold childrens holiday clubs and work with senior adults, street evangelism projects, and Jewish and Muslim peoples. Both Bubba and Rockie enjoy leading discipleship studies and workshops on the use of creative and fine art disciplines in worship, and they regularly deliver Gods Word throughout Great Britain through their pastoral and music ministries.
Fred and Linda McRae
MISSIONARIES TO GERMANY
Fred and Linda McRae have served in Germany since 1986. Previously their work was in the Rhineland-Pfalz helping with church renewal and ministering also in church planting. Currently they are working in the Ruhr area of Germany, the most densely populated part of the country. It is also the least evangelized. Their ministry goal is helping four struggling churches in this area to begin reaching out to those without Christ. This involves one-on-one teaching, holding evangelistic workshops, preaching, and personal evangelism. The fundamentals of the work involve praying for, seeking out, and challenging believers to be true disciples of Christ.
Larry and Debbie Peck
MISSIONARIES TO ITALY
Larry and Debbie Peck have served with Global Outreach International since 2011. They serve at the Evangelical Theological Faculty (ETF) in Leuven , Belgium. Larry works as the Distance Education and Instructional Design Consultant and Debbie serves as the Conference Coordinator and Hospitality Manager for the Leuven Center for Christian Studies. Larry and Debbie's desire is to glorify Jesus Christ by equipping church leaders and helping to further God’s Kingdom: "proclaiming the kingdom of God and teaching about the Lord Jesus Christ with all boldness . . . ." (Acts 28:31).
Brent and Marianne Pilson
MISSIONARIES TO FRANCE
Brent and Marianne have a heart for the least evangelized and the least reached. France has evangelical population percentages similar to Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. Only 1 percent of French people are followers of Christ and for every 1 evangelical Christian, there are 10 practicing Muslims. Serving in the Alpine region of Southeast France at the University of Savoy, Brent and Marianne will be reaching out to French and International students through evangelism, discipleship, and outdoor programs. They'll also be involved in a local French church. They have a vision and a passion to mobilize French believers to reach out to their communities and beyond, with a special focus on unreached people groups in French-speaking West Africa. They expect to be in France by January 2014.
Wes and Sheri Stafford
MISSIONARIES TO CZECH REPUBLIC
With a passion for God's glory in marriages, we hope to reach out to Czech families by modeling biblical principles for husbands and wives that mirror our relationship with Jesus Christ! We've also learned the amazing effectiveness of sharing the gospel through chronological bible storying and hope to use it to reach out to lost Czech people in our community, the vast majority of which are atheist or agnostic. Since English is such a valuable commodity among Czech people (especially high school and college students), we will offer conversational English "classes" using bible stories as the topic for two-way discussion and dialogue. We're blessed to have a relationship with the Moravian Church of Czech Republic and hope to come alongside local church members in our community and encourage them as they continue to serve the Lord among their friends and neighbors.
Spas and Christina Stoimenovi
MISSIONARIES TO BULGARIA
The Stoimenovis minister to orphans and children-at-risk in Bulgaria. Their goal is to share the love of Christ with the children and youth in both word and deed, while at the same time equipping them with tools for a healthy and successful future. They do this through lessons, sports, camps, job training ,and other activities.
Jorge and Ruth Torres
MISSIONARIES TO SPAIN
The Torres' work alongside a Spanish pastor with a heartfelt vision to reach the people of Catalunya and to surrender all for the sake of the local church. They want to be an example in excellence, in service, in diligence, and sacrifice, and to lead many to be all God desires them to be so that they all fulfill their call in this generation. Jorge pastors a local church (one of four campuses in the church planting project) and focuses his time on discipleship and training of members and supervising/teaching in each congregations youth group. They also have periodic large-scale outreach events and ESL programs as a service to the community.
William "Bill" and Natalie Tully
MISSIONARIES TO ROMANIA/MOLDOVA
The Tullys work in Bucharest, Romania, with the International Church of Bucharest. Currently Bill is the pastor of the church and Naty is very active in various ministries of the church as well. She is working with childrens ministries on Sunday and during the week she helps guide the churchs afterschool program for children in the community. The church ministers directly to expatriates, diplomats, and business personnel in the English language from as many as 20 different cultures. In Moldova they serve local evangelical pastors in the south of the country. They provide training for ministry leaders, conduct summer programs for children and teenagers such as camps and Bible schools and help host conferences to teach and provide opportunities of renewal for ministry leaders.
Walter Aiken
MISSIONARY TO BRAZIL
The ministry in Brasil is, above all, focused upon proclaiming God's message of salvation in Jesus, the Messiah (I Cor. 9:16). Evangelism is central. Those who hear, believe. Those who believe, call upon His name. Those who call upon Him will be saved (Romans 10:13-17). Secondly, a strong emphasis is given to "making disciples" (Matthew 28:19). In addition, serving the Savior, in Niteroi, involves participating in youth camps, speaking at various conferences and special events, teaching a weekly Bible study, being a Portuguese-English interpreter for teams working with the church, and, at times, going along as their tour guide in and around Rio de Janeiro. Walking by faith with Christ is a daily adventure of experiencing firsthand that He lives (Job 19:25) and that His faithfulness never fails. The ministry is pressing on in His eternal grace.
Michael and Natalie Boyer
MISSIONARIES TO ECUADOR
Our passion is to go and reach and teach the people of the Andes Mountains the life-giving, life-transforming Gospel of Jesus Christ, the reigning Son of God, in the power of the Holy Spirit for the sake of God’s glory and their joy in Him. This will be done through Bible and literature distribution, relational evangelism, preaching and teaching, Bible studies, Biblical Discipleship, church planting and community development projects. It is our heart’s desire (Romans 10:1-4) rooted in His plan (1 Timothy 2:4), to do all of this in a way that will honor Him, profit those whom we are sent to serve (Acts 20:20-21), and builds up the true church of the living Christ (1 Corinthians 14:12).
Rhonda Criswell
MISSIONARY TO URUGUAY
Rhonda's main area of ministry is through sports. She developed a program
called Sports With A Purpose. To implement this program she travels throughout the country teaching other believers how to use sports as a tool to share the gospel and to start small outreach groups. Soon she will work alongside El Sembrador Iglesia Bautista as they move forward with the vision the Lord has given them. This vision, Project Hope, will turn their 75 acres into a multi-events camp. On this property they will have a permanent missionary learning center and they will have facilities in which they can hold various other events, three simultaneously. They will host missions and evangelism conferences, church leadership training workshops, marriage enrichment retreats, and sports and youth camps. Rhonda will continue working with sports but will also be living on this campground coordinating these activities.
John and Emily Darnell
MISSIONARIES TO ECUADOR
Walk by Faith Ministries was born out of the Darnell's desire to follow God and serve wherever and whenever He needs them. Current plans have the Darnell family initially traveling to Costa Rica to begin language acquisition. After Costa Rica they will be moving to Ecuador. There they plan to begin small group Bible studies and build relationships with existing churches and schools. They pray that those relationships will foster connections to help them with the long-term goal of establishing a youth camp. The youth camp is a desire that has been placed on both of their hearts. They yearn to serve the children of Ecuador by providing life skills, education, new experiences, and discipleship through a Christian perspective. They hope that the youth camp will help to establish lasting relationships with the childrens families, as well. Along with the youth camp, they hope to take part in discipleship with people in the community and through these disciples plant churches rooted in Biblical truths.
Jared and Elisabeth Fly
MISSIONARIES TO ECUADOR
The Flys are in Ecuador. They meet with a youth group each week and they also have weekly adult Bible studies. They have a childrens library where kids come and learn about the love of God and it allows them to build relationships with the parents. In addition to the childrens area they have space for pastors and lay people to come and use resources to teach/preach in their church. They have space for their youth group and adults as well as space for yearly pastoral training conferences.
Curtis and Michelle Gee
MISSIONARY PROJECT COORDINATORS, ECUADOR
The Gee's mission efforts are designed to support a local Baptist church in the city of Cuenca. Primera Iglesia Bautista de Cuenca is involved in many outreach projects including medical clinics, dental clinics, music classes for youth, sports clinics, and orphan outreach. The Gee's work with the local church to teach orphans the great news of salvation in our Lord Jesus Christ. They also provide financial support to the church. They host other church groups on short-term mission projects. They want to bless the people of Ecuador by sharing the Gospel.
Alan and Fabiola Gordon
MISSIONARIES TO ECUADOR
Alan and Faby are working in the areas of theological education and community work. Alan is teaching in three different seminaries: Church of God, Nazarene, and Alliance. Faby works heavily in the community with a Women's Club, and also pushing papers for community development, especially in the area of health. In addition they are making contacts among rural pastors all over the country to help them in the development of their churches and discipleship.
Robin and Wendy Gutierrez
MISSIONARIES TO ECUADOR
Robin and Wendy Gutierrez serve God administering Emmanuel Christian School in Macas, Ecuador. ECS is a ministry of "Columna de Verdad" Christian Church and was founded in 1999. ECS is the only Christian School in the province of Morona Santiago and serves both Christian and non-Christian Ecuadorian children. Emmanuel Christian School is a member of the Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI). They serve the community through preschool, elementary school, and high school, offering Biblical instruction throughout the curriculum. The majority of the staff is Ecuadorian and they are committed Christians. Considering going to Macas for short-term or long-term to serve with them!! Help them build a new campus so more children can meet Jesus.
Andrea Moeller
MISSIONARY TO ECUADOR
Andrea's Motto: Lifting up the name of Jesus Christ in Macas and Rio Blanco, Ecuador, through Evangelism, Discipleship, and Service. She is working alongside the local church in Macas, La Iglesia Columna de Verdad, in their outreach in Rio Blanco in children's Bible clubs,visitation,evangelism, discipleship, and service with the long-term goal of establishing an active, growning, and Christ-exalting local church. She is also serving in Macas in Bible studies, encouragement, and visitation ministries.
Lynn and Cathy Prather
MISSIONARY PROJECT COORDINATORS, ECUADOR
Lynn, Cathy, Eli, and Olivia Prather are a missionary family residing in Puembo, Ecuador. Their ministry is involved in evangelism and church planting, with a focus on discipleship and leadership training. Their primary work site is Guadalupe mission, where they work with their Ecuadorian ministry partners. Special projects from time to time allow them to work with various schools, churches, and other groups. The Prathers have recently become involved in seminars to train Ecuadorian pastors and church leaders. They believe short-term teams from the U.S. are very beneficial to their work and actively seek the participation of these groups as a part of their ministry.
Sara Risser
MISSIONARY TO ECUADOR
Sara Risser arrived in Ecuador in December of I964 to work as a registered nurse in Hospital Vozandes She now works six months in Ecuador and six months in the United States.
Ministry in Ecuador: During the first of the year she arrives in Ecuador to prepare for ministries in the summer months and to continue to mentor spiritually all the young people that have worked with her or whom she have helped with education, health care, or work. In May the first of two nursing student groups arrive for an experience in healthcare. One week is coordinated with the National School of Nursing in Quito and the second week in the jungle area of Tena with Dr. Tod Swanson and a nurse from the government health department . The second group usually follows in June or July. Construction groups with World Servants, surgical groups, or groups from churches help to fill all the remaining time until the end of August. She has trained Ecuadorians to direct many of the teams that come and she assists when possible. Individuals also come to help teach English at a Christian Day School in the jungle area of Macas or to improve their Spanish at a childrens home.
Ministry in the USA: They include mission conferences supporting churches in ME, VA, FL, PA MS and sometimes other states, contacting and facilitating groups for Ecuador. She also is a caregiving for members of her family and participates in home church activities.
Azucena Robles
MISSIONARY TO ARGENTINA
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Marcelo Robles
MISSIONARY TO ARGENTINA
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Brad and Kim Savage
MISSIONARIES TO ECUADOR
We are Brad and Kim Savage. We have four children, Alayna, Carolyn, Kyle, and Gray. We are serving the Lord in Ecuador through Global Outreach International, and are currently living just outside of Quito. We are in the process of learning Spanish and the Ecuadorian culture. After our language studies our plan is to reach people with the gospel, disciple them into mature-reproducing followers of Christ, and help train indigenous pastors/leaders. "We proclaim Him, admonishing every man and teaching every man with all wisdom, so that we may present every man complete in Christ" (Colossians 1:28).
Christopher and Carol Sills
MISSIONARIES TO ECUADOR
The Sills' calling is to teach and equip pastors and lay leaders of churches in Ecuador, South America. They implore churches in the USA to partner with them in teaching these godly men, desperate for better understanding of the Scriptures. So many have never heard more than the life and ministry of Jesus, and some pastors are unfamiliar with much more than the basic gospel storyand many times an incomplete one. In addition, they will seek to evangelize the indigenous peoples of the Andes, the Quichua. Their hope is to see a solid, Bible-believing, grace-filled church established among these people. Moreover, they will endeavor to see that the believers are well-discipled and accurately taught the Word of God. Through ESL, VBS, teaching the Bible and theology, general evangelism, and other ministries, they hope to win the Quichua people for Christ, partnering with churches from the USA!
John and Rebecca Thompson
MISSIONARIES TO ECUADOR
John had the privilege of growing up as a MK in Ecuador and is now very excited to return with his family to serve there. The family will go to Costa Rica first so that Rebecca and Hannah can learn Spanish. The Thompson's want to support the local churches of Central Ecuador through church planting, discipleship and leadership development. They will also be working with the ministry team at Campamento Bautista Chacauco in their many ministries serving the Baptist churches of Ecuador.
Steve and Carol Thompson
MISSIONARIES TO ECUADOR
Information coming soon.
Ben and Ruth Ann Yantis
MISSIONARY PROJECT COORDINATORS, GUYANA
This ministry is comprised of people from all walks of life who come together to form short-term mission efforts in Guyana, South America, with one purpose in mind--to do the will of our Lord, ministering in any way they can on the mission field. God uses the gifts of the team members in humanitarian efforts up and down the rivers distributing food, agricultural tools, clothing, Bibles, and Christian pamphlets to the native Amerindians. This ministry provides most of the supplies for schools in the interior where team members present Bible stories in the classrooms. Others offer a VBS program, teaching children the Word of God. Seminars for native pastors and evangelistic meetings have a significant influence on the pastors and lay people, insuring the ministry continues in the remote villages after the teams leave. This ministry also places water wells at schools, which is a blessing to the entire community. Ben Yantis has designed and currently furnishes a stainless steel pump that outlasts the older cast iron models. The seeds planted are watered by the loving hand of God. Lives are forever changed--praise be to God.
Kyle and Claudia Zimmerman
MISSIONARIES TO ARGENTINA
The Zimmerman's are serving in La Misión, a small church in one of the poorer areas of the city of Buenos Aires. Kyle is the director of a newly-forming vocational school and is presently teaching different levels of carpentry/woodworking skills in the three shanty-towns closest to La Misión. The vision of the school is to develop community leaders by empowering its students with both the skills to be competitive in the job market and the drive to actively seek Christ-centered change in their communities through the power of the Gospel. Claudia is assisting/teaching in the leadership training. Together they are leading the college and young professionals' ministry, small/discipleship groups, and are a part of a church-planting team that is focused on the micro-center of Buenos Aries.
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Jason and Carla B
MISSIONARIES TO SOUTHEAST ASIA
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J and V Burnette
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Laurel H
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Jesse and Susan M
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Grayson and Karen O
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Adam and Kristen Simpson
SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT
MastersMedia: Proclaiming the Great News of the Kingdom through Media and Discipleship. What if you could be invited into the living rooms of millions of people in one of the most closed countries in the world? Would you go? That is the opportunity the Simpsons have been given through using television media to broadcast Kingdom programs into the country of Iran and many other countries. By producing both dramatic films and theological training media, they are hoping to open doors and hearts to the message of Christ. Through serving groups of Iranian believers around the world, they provide discipleship and media training to help these passionate believers produce powerful media which carries the message of Jesus and His Kingdom. They are also passionate to see families transformed by the culture of God's Kingdom through turning hearts back to the Father, the Family, and the Field.
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Andrew and Lori Spurgeon
MISSIONARIES TO ASIA
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Mathew T
MISSIONARY TO SOUTHEAST ASIA
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Sarah T
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Christina W
MISSIONARY TO SOUTHEAST ASIA
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Billy White
MISSIONARY TO SOUTH SUDAN and D4
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GO Barnabas Camps/Brumley Youth Camps
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