MISSIONARIES TO LATIN AMERICA

 

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Aspegren, Philip & Jill: Philip and Jill work in Costa Rica with Casa Viva. Casa Viva connects children to Christian families through local churches in developing nations.

Chavarria, Rodrigo & Emilia: Rodrigo and Emilia are currently serving in Costa Rica with the Latin America Training Network (LATN) under Latin America Mission (LAM). They began their ministry in Costa Rica 18 years ago.  Their call is to provide quality theological education and training for Latin Christian leaders around the world.

 
Cubas, Cesar & Grace: Cesar and Grace serve in Puerto Supe, Peru with South America Mission. They are just beginning a new ministry there after many years of ministering in Bolivia. Cesar and Grace are planning to start church planting through community development. These connections and provisions for the community will turn into an avenue to reach people with the Gospel and eventually begin a church.

 
Griswell, Steve & Janice: The Griswells currently serve in Mexico with OC International.  Their vision is to help reproduce healthy churches by equipping church leaders in different cities through pastoral care and counseling, spiritual formation ministries, and life and ministry coaching.  They also teach part-time and lead the mentoring program at a Cross-Cultural Training Center for Latino missionaries.  

Erickson, Paul & Linda: Paul and Linda Erickson will be going back to Bolivia with SIM. They will be working with Hospitals of Hope to help implement their medical project. Paul will be responsible for Hospitals of Hope's government relations and internal chaplaincy. Linda will be responsible for the health management of SIM Bolivia missionaries, as well as being a nurse educator for Hospitals of Hope.  

Hurst, Greg & Faith: Greg & Faith Hurst serve with SIM in Bolivia, where Greg is the Ministry Coordinator for SIM, La Paz. Greg and Faith are involved in several ministries that focus on developing leaders. Their goal is to develop leaders committed to a lifestyle of "being a disciple and making disciples." They have helped establish a Chistian International school and started an economic development project that the emerging teams in Bolivia can administrate.

 
Kabernick, Jamie & Elizabeth:

Jamie & Elizabeth teach at Santa Cruz Christian Learning Center, a school for missionaries’ children as well as other ex-pats and local Bolivians. Within their neighborhood they also use street hockey as a way of developing friendships and providing opportunities to share the gospel. 

Kornfield, David & Debbie:  David is an OC International missionary in Brazil and the founder and national leader of Support Ministries for Pastors and Churches SMPC – known as MAPI in Latin America.

Pinto, Carlos & Rebecca: Carlos and Rebecca are missionaries with the Latin America Mission (LAM) on loan to HCJB-Global.  Carlos serves as an educational and psychological consultant for the Latin American regional director: he also serves on a volunteer basis as an external consultant to Serving in Missions (SIM) in the area of Emergent Mission Movements from Latin America.  Rebecca serves as a patient representative at the mission's "VozAndes" Hospital and has been preparing herself for years to help out as a resource person for tribal mother-tongue Bible translators.

 
Trautwein, Victor & Leslie: Vic and Leslie serve with Kids Alive International in the Dominican Republic. Vic is the Director of Operations for Kids Alive in the D.R. Their goal is to help God rescue and transform the lives of impoverished, at risk children. Vic directs and advises with regard to the operation of the children's ministry sights in D.R. and Leslie provides medical advice and care for several sites.
Yount, Shaw & Sharon: The Yount's are physicians involved in hospital-based evangelism and medical care at Hospital Loma de Luz on the north coast of rural Honduras. Both Shaw and Sharon are involved in ministries with their local church in Lucinda.