Bev Huff

I was raised in a Christian home and attended church faithfully.  It was at the age of 6 that my father passed away suddenly and my mother at the age of 30 began to raise four children on her own.  It was my mother’s godly life and faithful walk with God that inspired me to live for Christ. At the age of 13 I received Christ at Echo Lake Bible camp and was disciple by godly youth leaders.  

While I was attending college and was challenged by a CEF director who spoke during a chapel service to give a summer to teach 5-Day Clubs.  I attended CYIA training and served as a summer missionary that summer for CEF of Manitoba and for the first time experienced what it meant to be a witness for Christ.  That is when the Lord planted the seed in my heart to serve with CEF.  For the first time I experienced God using me in sharing the gospel and I witnessed the miracle of children as well as adults coming to salvation and a personal relationship with Christ. 

 My Current role in CEF

For the past 17 years, I have had the joy and privilege of serving in the North American/Caribbean region as an Education Director.  I have witnessed God at work in many ways in developing the outreach and ministry of CEF in the Carian.  I consider it an honour to have had a part in helping open” Specific” countries in the Caribbean, with training programs helping to increase the number of Instructors and providing key training to help strengthen and ministry. As well as the joy of having opportunities to ministry to children and seeing them come to Christ. I praise God for what He is doing and look forward to what is ahead. 

Ministry roles with CEF 

  •  Regional Education NA/C – 2006 – present 

  •  Canadian CMI Director – 2002-2005 

  • Education Director – CEF of Manitoba 1981-2005 

  •  Area Director -City of Vancouver, British Columbia 1978-1981       

  • CYIA Summer Missionary – 1977 & 1978 

About CEF

Child Evangelism Fellowship of Canada (CEF) is an evangelical, Bible-centred mission whose purpose is to evangelize boys and girls with the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ and to establish (disciple) them in the Word of God and in a local church for Christian living. Our concern in seeking to evangelize children is that, “not one of these little ones should perish.”

Janice & Enoch Jabab

Our monthly ministry updates/prayer requests on our blog: https://www.cimcanada.org/janice-ministry-updates
Email address: [email protected]

Enoch and I (Janice) both became Christians at young ages because we grew up in Christian families and attended church. Enoch's mother always lived by example to their family about the importance of prioritizing God and serving others. This life of service to others for God's glory was greatly imparted onto Enoch at a young age. I began participating in short term missions trip to Ghana in 2009, where God started putting on my heart a love for the Ghanaian people.

God confirmed my calling by answering a confirmation prayer in 2018. I prayed to God that He would put the passage of Mark 10:29-30 to someone in my life to give to me as a confirmation that my full-time move into ministry in Ghana was God's will. In God's perfect provision, He confirmed my calling to me a week later when my pastor spoke from Mark 10.

My Current role in Chinese International Missions (Canada) CIMI am CIM Canada's International Worker in Ghana and I oversee some of the administrative work between CIM Canada and the local church, Evangelical Church of Ghana (E.C.G.) We work with nine E.C.G. pastors, in which the pastors are involved in church planting efforts in as many as 22 preaching points in their surrounding rural areas. We also support 3 E.C.G. mission schools and their teachers. In Nyankpala (our current town), we work with Campus Ministry students from the university in organizing a weekly kids club for the children in the community to learn about the Good News of Jesus.

About CIM
Chinese International Missions Canada (CIM) was established in 2003. The mission of CIM is to unite international and local ministries in proclaiming the Gospel cross-culturally through sending people, supporting ministries, and creating long-lasting partnerships.

Tim and Laura Neufeld

  • For this quarter we would love prayers for:

    • Tim as he starts his new role at Prairie Aviation Training Centre.  Tim has started the necessary work to get the proper licensing for providing flight instruction in Canada, as mandated by Transport Canada, this will be a significant amount of work for him.

    • Hannah and Ethan as the continue to learn what it is to attend school in Canada.  So many differences, new friends and teachers and many other new things for them.

    • Thanksgiving prayer for the many ways we have seen God guide and direct our paths, and provide for our whole family this year.

    Thank You,

    Tim and Laura

Tim and Laura both grew up cross-culturally as missionary kids, Tim in Latin America and Laura in Kathmandu, Nepal. Their lives first intersected when they attended Prairie High School in Three Hills, Alberta. Years later, Tim felt a clear call to mission aviation and decided to attend Prairie School of Mission Aviation to earn his commercial pilot license. During this time, Tim and Laura – now a teacher – got back in contact and were married in December 2009. Tim and Laura knew from early in their relationship that finding a way to become active in God’s Kingdom in a global sense was important to both of them, and since the beginning of their marriage have been working towards fulfilling this mandate. Before joining Mission Aviation Fellowship, they had been living and working in northern Alberta, where Tim was flying for an air operator offering medivac and charter work.

My Current role in Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF)
The Neufelds have being serving with Mission Aviation Fellowship in Papua New Guinea since October 2017, along with their two children: Hannah (2013) and Ethan (2017). Tim flies a Cessna 208 Caravan into isolated communities across the country to bring help, hope and healing through the love of Christ. His passengers may be missionaries, pastors, Bible translators, teachers, local people, or those needing urgent medical care. Laura is a teacher and has been volunteering at a mission school where both of their children attend.

In January 2025, after seven years of service in PNG, the Neufelds will be transitioning to MAF’s flight school, Prairie Aviation Training Centre in Three Hills, where Tim will be training pilots for mission aviation. He looks forward to using his experiences overseas in training the next generation of missionary pilots.

About MAF
Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) is an international Christian organisation whose purpose is to bring help, hope and healing through aviation to people living in isolation and poverty. Every 5.6 minutes a MAF aircraft takes off or lands somewhere in the world, transporting people who live in remote villages and assisting missions, churches, aid and development agencies and others working to transform the lives of communities that are cut off from the outside world.

PATC is a part of Prairie College, a world class Bible school just one hour outside of Calgary, URL: www.prairie.edu/aviation/

Bonnie Van de Mosselaer

Email: [email protected]
Mobile: 613-218-1047
Sign up for updates: p2c.sh/bonnieministryupdates

  • Here are some prayer requests for the upcoming weeks and months:

    • Upcoming Winter Outreaches: Campuses across Canada are running events to engage students in thoughtful discussions about faith, culture, science, life, and more and to serve as a launching point for more important conversations. 

    • Mission Trips: 
         -Pray for students: Pray that God would help students know how to be involved with a mission trip—whether it’s applying to go on a mission trip, supporting a friend financially, or praying for a specific partnership.
         Pray for those who are still considering going. Pray for them as they think about mission trips and discern whether God is calling them to go this year. The deadline to apply for summer mission trips is January 31, 2025. 
         -Pray for mission trip directors: Pray for staff who are working on details on each of our mission trips. Pray that God would open up doors and give direction and peace to each of our leaders.

    • Winter Retreats: Winter Retreats are happening throughout January and February all across the country. Pray that this time would be one where every student would understand better the mission of God and their role in it and be equipped to take a next step.

    Please let me know if you need any further information or would like more prayer points. 

    Thank you,

    Bonnie

I became a Christian in elementary school when I prayed and invited the Lord into my heart at a kids' camp. As I grew up, I remember asking questions about faith and how it applied to my life. During my teenage and young adult years, the Lord continually taught me more about Himself as well as the importance of helping others know Him. In university, I got involved with P2C-Students, and it was there that I started to learn how I could help others take their next step towards Jesus.

My Current Role at Power to Change
I am the Development Team Manager with Power to Change - Students, overseeing all our national fundraising initiatives. This includes coordinating all regular donor communications, fundraising tasks, and thank yous. I also help train and assist our staff as they do their own personal ministry fundraising.

About Power to Change
Power to Change is a family of 10 ministries with one common purpose: to make Jesus known across Canada and throughout the world. Our work began on university campuses in 1967 as Campus Crusade for Christ, Canada. Today, we serve among students, marketplace leaders, athletes, families, the marginalized, internationally with humanitarian aid, and many others, helping them experience the life-changing power of Jesus Christ.

Power to Change - Students exists to “help students take their next step towards Jesus.” We are a student ministry serving college and university students all across Canada. Our vision is to see every student walk closer to Jesus and experience life in Him.

Jim & Shari Cottrill

Email: [email protected]
Phone: 1.403.276.9505
https://cottrillcompass.com
Visit our mission website here: https://avantministries.org

Jim’s mother led him to the Lord around the age of 3 or 4. At the age of 7, Shari was learning some Bible verses in school. She came home and talked about them with her parents, who led her to the Lord. We praise the Lord for His mercy!

In 1998 we began serving in full-time ministry training high school and college age teams which travelled around the world focusing on drama and music ministries. In 2003, we joined CAM International, which has now joined with Avant. Both missions were started in the late 1800s with a focus on reaching the lost with the Good News.

Our Current Role at Avant
We are currently church planters in south eastern Mexico City, in the municipality of Ixtapaluca. This work involves serving the community through community centre outreach, evangelism, Bible studies, leadership training, and networking with like-minded churches and missions in the area. This area of Mexico is one of the least reached areas in the Americas, and one of the most populated urban areas in the world.

About Avant
Avant has been focused on reaching the unreached since the 19th century, planting hundreds of churches over the past 130 years. Today, there are still many places in the world that are unreached and have no church. Avant's vision is to make a difference in time for eternity by rapidly planting and developing churches where none exist. We serve the Lord by “planting and developing churches” with several hundred missionaries worldwide, in 50 countries.

George Yau

Phone/Whatsapp: 780-885-5343
Email: [email protected]

When I graduated from high school at the age of 18, with the help of my former Christian classmate, I successfully came to Saskatoon, Canada to further my studies and participated in various church gatherings including youth fellowship. My initial intention was to make more friends, until one day after the fellowship, a brother shared God’s salvation with me using a booklet on the Four Spiritual Laws. The Holy Spirit moved me to confess my sins, repent, and accept the Lord Jesus as my Savior and the Lord of my life, and was willing to follow Him all my life. I was baptized in 1975.

In the early 2015, I had the opportunity to meet with the director-general of the Chinese Christian Mission (CCM). After a meeting, I was invited to join CCM Canada’s small-town missionary ministry and became a full-time traveling missionary in the three prairie provinces of western Canada. After praying with my wife and seeking God's guidance, I understood that this was God's call. I gave up my job as an engineer and turn to preach full time and care for the Chinese living in small towns and villages.

My Current Role at CCM
From 2015 to this year, I am the full-time traveling missionary in the three prairie provinces, responsible for promoting small town missions to various churches. I also encourage and lead believers to preach the gospel to Chinese people in small towns and villages. The three provinces have a vast territory with many small towns and villages. Therefore, it is necessary to recruit many believers to participate in this visitation and evangelism missions. Also it is a big challenge to encourage churches and believers to stay in this mission long-termly and continuously.

About CCM
Rev. Thomas Wang founded the CCM in Detroit, USA in 1961. Since then, CCM has been established in more than ten countries and regions around the world. CCM Canada was established in 1979. All CCM organizations around the world have a common mission: "To spread the gospel to the Chinese people and to bless all nations." CCM in various places is actively fulfilling this mission through four aspects: "literary mission, overseas mission, urban mission, and small-town mission."

Doug and Katia

Email [email protected]
To donate, go to https://efcc.ca/ -- Creative Access Country -- Account: 2-2170 Doug and Katia

Doug – I came to Christ through the influence of a missionary family and Christian teachers while teaching in northern Saskatchewan. I was initially Catholic, so it took over half a year to understand the Gospel and my need for a Savior. I accepted Christ on Easter morning in 1989. After I finished my teaching contract, I enrolled at Prairie Bible Institute to learn more about missions and how to be a Christian teacher. My wife Katia and I met and married at Prairie.

Katia - My mother and aunt led me to the Lord while attending university in Brazil. I had been experiencing much anguish, so my aunt invited me to visit her church in the countryside. I accepted Jesus and started a prayer and fasting campaign. After several weeks, I returned to my aunt’s town, and the Pastor prayed for me. When I woke up the following day, all my anguish was gone. I realized the evangelical faith was genuine and decided to pursue it.

After Doug and Katia met, we started seeking the Lord regarding which mission to join and where to go. He led us step by step, and we feel honored to have been serving God in Asia for the last 28 years.

Our Current Role in ServeBeyond
Our heart’s passion is two-fold:
a. To reach students and teachers for Christ in international schools. We are “tent-makers,” and the school setting provides ideal opportunities for witnessing and discipling, opening doors to impact teachers, students, and their families. We integrate the truth into our classes and serve in weekly Bible clubs and evangelistic meetings for children and adults.

b. To develop a love of learning in people, equip teachers and church leaders, and raise educational and ethical standards. We train teachers, teach church leaders the Bible, and counsel those in need.

About Serve Beyond
ServeBeyond, through the EFCC, is responsible for projects that employ more than eighty missionaries around the world. Our ministries meet spiritual, social, and physical needs in about twenty different countries.

The Evangelical Free Church of Canada (EFCC) is an association of 140+ churches and 80+ missionaries united by a common commitment to serve the Lord Jesus Christ, a common Statement of Faith, a shared Character and Calling, and a commitment to the Word of God.

Daniel and Carla

  • Hello friends & family!

    We're a bit late in wishing you all a great Christmas holiday season & a wonderful start to the new year—but please accept these warm wishes from us and our ask from the Father that your year ahead will be filled with blessing & joy.

    Aside from taking some much needed time off (staycation for the win!) to rest and recover, tis Christmas, we were able to host & attend a couple Christmas celebrations. It was a great time to connect with national friends & colleagues, as well as meeting some new people along the way.

    As we look back on 2024, without a doubt, we must confess it was a challenging and exhausting year. Lots of travel, lots of uncertainty, lots of change in our roles, in our team's leadership, in the project's direction & goals. Daniel & Eliyah ended the year with illnesses that have been lingering since the start of November, but we are thankful that both of them seem to be moving toward recovery.

    With the change to much cooler weather (+20°C actually feels cold to us now, too! ), fires have become more normal—even in the city—as people try to keep warm. This has put pressure on Eliyah's asthma, and we've had to be more aggressive in her treatments over the past few weeks. Please pray with us that her breathing would normalise and that her return to school next week would go smoothely!

    2025 is also about to begin with a blast of activity: 3-4 teams will be visiting the project in January alone, and further preparations to host visitors on both ends of our sending org's 'global gathering' event already are underway.

    Thank you all for your continued support, your constant intercession & encouragement—without these things, the work here would be seemingly impossible.

    All praise to the Father who can do more than anything that we ask or imagine. Pray with us to Him for a fruitful, encouraging year ahead in every place the Kingdom is at work.

Daniel came to know Jesus and follow Him before he can remember. “I’ll do anything for you, God—just not missions” was common in his prayers until he surrendered that last phrase while serving at a Bible camp. 10 months later, he served as a teaching missionary in a country he’d barely heard of. That experience transformed Daniel’s perspective and he’s been wrecked for the ordinary ever since.

Carla learned about Jesus from her mom, and she believed it was good to follow God. In college, an American teacher explained to her the meaning of the Gospel, which moved Carla to eagerly accept Jesus. After graduating, she saw how temporary her field’s achievements were, so Carla resolved to labor for the eternal kingdom instead. Carla sees her calling in walking alongside others and participating in the transformation of lost souls being restored to Jesus.

My Current Role
Daniel & Carla are working in a marginalised “Creative Access” nation where openly sharing about Jesus is not welcome. The ministry group they work alongside seeks to intervene in and proactively battle human exploitation and trafficking. They give leadership to various parts of the project, including café business consultation, discipleship & spiritual support, and systems integration.

About CMA
Daniel & Carla are sent with the Christian & Missionary Alliance Canada, which exists to multiply disciples in every part of the world as people who follow Christ, doing this through a focus on prayer, leadership, ministry, stewardship, and overall effectiveness. Founded in the 1880s, the Christian and Missionary Alliance is committed to Jesus and His mission. They send people to live on mission locally and globally, aiming to be a Christ-centred, Spirit-empowered, Mission-focused movement in everything it does.

Clarence Yau

Our contact information is as follows:
Handy: +49 176 4340 6372
Clarence Email: [email protected]
Anna Email: [email protected]
Address: Hammersteiner Strasse 18, 79400 Kandern, Deutschland

Clarence was not raised in a Christian home and it was in Junior High that he came to know the Lord as his personal Savior through a friend who invited him to attend Youth Group events and know the Youth Pastor at his friend's church. He understood Christ's sacrifice for him and the freedom that would be gained in a relationship with Jesus and entered into a relationship with Christ at age 14. His journey with Christ was a bit of a roller coaster through High School and it was in the year 2000 that he surrendered his life fully to Christ's call on his life to be involved in vocational Christian ministry. In 2003 he moved to Black Forest Academy in Germany to serve as a Resident Assistant in the boarding program at Black Forest Academy.

Clarence and Anna met in 2003 and were married in 2005 in which they answered the Lord's call to serve as Youth Pastors at North York Chinese Baptist Church from 2005 to 2012. In 2012 the Lord led Anna and Clarence's family back to Black Forest Academy with their 2 little boys to serve as the Middle School Chaplain and serve missionary families and their children at Black Forest Academy.

My Current role in Teach Beyond BFA
Clarence is now serving as the Team Lead with TeachBeyond in Kandern. This role includes keeping a pulse on the 143 TeachBeyond Members (adults and kids) that are serving at Black Forest Academy and various other ministries supported by TeachBeyond in the area. Clarence works within a team to ensure, to the best of their abilities, that the members of TeachBeyond in the area are being cared for in a way that allows them to thrive in their service at their project. We also seek to build community and create camaraderie amongst our team members. One significant challenge that Clarence faces is being able to provide genuine and authentic care for our large team and building a system/culture of mutual care so that it doesn't fall solely as Clarence's responsibility.

About TeachBeyond
TeachBeyond is a mission organization that seeks to provide Transformational Education Services to various schools and projects around the world. Our vision is a world where individuals and communities become all that God intends. We are global community with approximately 1000+ members consisting of national/local members and expatriate missionaries providing transformation educational services as part of God's ongoing mission to transform individuals and communities in to all that God intends.

Jason and Monica Klumpenhower

Email: [email protected]
Whatsapp or phone: +31610104911

Monica and I both come from strong Christian backgrounds. I was raised to know and love Jesus but in my teenage years I completely walked away from my faith. Through much pain and struggle God brought me back to him as I learned that it was only through His power and the saving grace of Jesus that I could experience true joy and peace in my life. From a young age Monica always felt the desire to serve the Lord in ministry somewhere. Through some trials one of the key lessons the Lord has taught Monica is to always find your identity and worth in the Lord. He is worthy of our trust and always faithful.

We met at Capernwray Hall Bible School in England and married a year later. From the beginning of our marriage we knew God was calling us into missions, we just weren’t sure where. Through experiences such as returning to Capernwray Hall as volunteers, to building houses for families in extreme poverty in Mexico we explored this calling and God affirmed it to us! While visiting the Netherlands on a holiday from our work in England God impressed on our hearts the deep lostness and spiritual need of the Dutch people. This has never left us. 3 years ago, we joined Greater Europe Mission and 1 year ago we moved to the Netherlands!

OUR CURRENT ROLE

We are actively involved in a street evangelism organization here in Alkmaar called Kracht om te Veranderen (Power to Change). My roles include being part of the core leadership team, recruiting and leading short term teams, and going out on the streets telling people about Jesus! The biggest challenge we face is how to spread the Gospel in new and engaging ways. Dutch people are very closed, especially when it comes to talking about matters of faith. Too often we are met with cold indifference, postmodern worldviews and sadly people who have been hurt by churches or religious organizations and want nothing to do with God.

My secondary roll is a part time position at Tyndale Theological Seminary as Facility Manager. Tyndale is unique as it is a seminary that offers full scholarships to pastors and christian leaders from Asia, Africa and eastern Europe. The faculty is comprised of like minded missionaries from all over the world working together to teach and disciple these future leaders to go back to their home countries and do the same.

Monica is our prayer coordinator for Kracht om te Veranderen and aside from her responsibilities as a mother, is actively engaging the moms in our community in hopes to start a small Bible study and share the love Jesus has for them!

ABOUT GREATER EUROPE MISSION

Greater Europe Mission was founded in 1944 with the goal of sharing the gospel with disillusioned post WW2 European people who had seen so much loss and despair. Since that time GEM has grown to 3 different sending countries and over 300 missionaries serving across Europe. Sadly, in most European countries only about 3% profess a relationship with Jesus. Europe needs Jesus! Greater Europe Mission exists to relationally connect and reach the unbelieving and uncommitted across Europe. To grow and deepen them in their faith through intentional discipleship and to empower and send them out to impact their world for Christ. GEM missionaries are involved in many different types of work, with the common goal of expanding God’s kingdom and reaching Europe by multiplying disciples and growing Christ's Church.

Sam and Colleen Yim

Read more about Christ-honoring transformation https://www.christar.org/cycle-of-transformation and why we share the gospel with least-reached people. https://www.christar.org/why-we-share

[email protected] 517-732-4353
[email protected] 517-526-5614

Sam: I was raised in a Christian home and I followed my parents when they went to church. When I was a teenager, I attended a Billy Graham’s evangelistic meeting and I made decision to follow Christ. When I was a high school teacher, I felt I need to be equipped to reach out to to high school kids, so I decided to go to seminary. During the mission course, I found there are many unreached people groups in India. At that time, I knew I would like to go to India to share the gospel with them.

Colleen: While working for the Department of Natural Resources in a rustic park, while working, my boss would always share the gospel with me. After a couple years of sharing and praying, I finally really understood what the scriptures he was sharing meant, and on June 10, 1981, I repented and started following Jesus.

My Current Role in Christar
We are ministering in Dearborn, MI, home of the largest Arab Muslim population in the US. We work along with a church in Dearborn teaching ESL during the week, hosting a Friday night outreach, visitation, and participating in another city wide outreach called Jiran, a time of Arab/English singing and Bible storying. We also give on-line training for an organization in HK called Oasis, who train Nepalis in HK for pastoral work.

Alliance Seminary HK: Sam just completed mentoring 2 D.Miss students and they have us both as second readers for their D.Miss program.

Writing is also a continuing ministry. Sam continues writing for Christian Times from HK.

Columbia International University: Sam continues to teach as an on-line professor to students in the mainland.

About Christar
Christar workers PARTICIPATE by planting churches in these LEAST-REACHED communities, where He is yet to be worshiped. The vision of Christar is to cultivate Christ-honoring transformation in communities where He is yet to be worshiped.

Christ-honoring transformation speaks to the process as well as the outcome. In the establishment of indigenous churches, we pursue a Christ-honoring influence on the community at large. As workers who partner with God in His work, we are a part of the transformation process that God is bringing about. God’s promise in Revelation 5:9 is clear. People from every tongue, tribe, people and nation will worship God in eternity.

Our vision is to go to those people who are not accounted for in the eternal roll call of nations!

Josh & Deb Wong

Both of us, at a young age, having grown up with a Christian home, made a simple acceptance to have Jesus be our Lord and Saviour.

For Josh, while attending the University of Calgary, he joined P2C - Students to study the bible on campus, and upon graduating in 2000, joined staff with P2C to help launch the campus ministry in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

For Deb, she always knew ministry would be a significant part of her life. She assumed it would come later in life after she had established a career. However, when she witnessed a different reality in P2C at her time at Dalhousie University in Halifax. So in 2003, she graduated and joined staff with P2C, ministering alongside Josh in Halifax.

Our Current Role at P2C - Students
Josh, as director of Strategy and Operations team, helps students take their next step towards Jesus by coordinating the strategic planning process of the ministry and creating and managing infrastructure to effectively and efficiently deliver ministry objectives. As a member of the National Leadership Team, he helps to implement change management processes to help the ministry achieve the desired outcomes of our plans and goals.

Deb, as director of the Creative Communications team, helps students connect with opportunities that help them take their next step towards Jesus. Through communication spaces like our p2c.com/students website, social media (insta: @p2cstudents), and resourcing in-person conversations, we design, create videos, write, inviting students to get involved with a local community, go on a mission trip, consider internship, and more. She also helps her team members in fund-raising.

About Power to Change
Starting at the University of British Columbia in 1967 (as Campus Crusade for Christ), Power to Change has been steadfast in helping people know Jesus and experience His power to change the world for close to 60 years. Throughout the years ministry expanded beyond post secondary students to other domains of society including families (FamilyLife), athletes (Athletes in Action), the marketplace (LeaderImpact), those living in vulnerable communities and in the margins (Connecting Streams), and those needing humanitarian assistance (Global Aid Network). Today, Power to Change has 10 ministries across Canada and belongs to a network of global ministry partners through Cru International to help people know Jesus and experience His power to change the world.

Oliver and Deborah Mayer

Oliver - After attending a youth retreat when I was 16 years old, a youth group started in my small town. What impressed me about the couple that led the youth group was that they practiced what they preached. This in turn made me want to find out more about Jesus and the Bible. During this first year of the youth group, I opened my heart to Christ. During the youth retreat we had studied the story of Joseph from the Old Testament and looking back I find it really helpful and encouraging to have learned from the beginning that “others might mean it for evil but God has a good plan (Genesis 50:20 NIV 20 “You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.”)

My call to Thailand came when a missionary visited us at the beginning of 2010 while we were serving at Holsby Bible School, the Torchbearer Bible School in Sweden. He shared with a number of students about his work in Northern Thailand and Deborah and I were really impressed. At his recommendation we got in touch with OMF. Three years later (February 2013) we were sent out by OMF Canada to work in Northern Thailand with Mekong Minorities. We have now been with the Mekong field for over 11 years.

Deborah - I grew up in a Christian family. My parents were involved in ministry and I had a lot of exposure to Christianity, but it was when I was 7 years old that God convicted me of my sin and my personal need for Him, which led me to accept Jesus as my personal saviour. Ever since, He has been so faithful to teach me and guide me in the truth. Around the age of 14, I knew that God was calling me into missions. Though I was a little resistant at first, God began growing a desire in me to learn more, which I did by reading many missionary biographies, watching mission films, and learning whatever I could about other cultures. I got involved in an international student ministry in Calgary, and I also went on two short-term mission trips to Papua New Guinea and the Philippines. God used those experiences to cement that ever-growing desire to be involved in what He is doing overseas.

My Current role in OMF

We are involved in church planting and discipleship among the Karen minority group in Northern Thailand, with a special desire to see Karen believers equipped to share the Gospel with unreached Karen villages, near-culture people groups, and beyond.

We want to challenge the Karen to be rooted in Christ and His Word. Out of a close and vibrant relationship with Him the individual Karen will bear fruit (see John 15:1-5, especially 'If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit'). This will have an affect on other locals (believers and unbelievers), other churches, other villages and beyond.

As we are now based in the city of Chiang Mai, Deborah has been able to get involved in some ministry in the city as well. She is part of a Christian team of language consultants, offering English language services to medical students and faculty at the local university. This has opened many doors for sharing the gospel with students and mentees.

About OMF
OMF is a global fellowship of Christians with a heart for East Asia. We share the good news of Jesus Christ in all its fullness with East Asia’s peoples to the glory of God. We are passionate to demonstrate and proclaim the good news to East Asia’s billions, many of whom have never seen or heard it.

In places where there are no churches or limited resources, we humbly and prayerfully engage in church planting. In places where the church already exists, we serve alongside it to strengthen and extend it.

Larry & Bella Mori

Larry—I attended the Urbana mission conference in 1987 while I was working as an engineer at IBM. During the conference, I responded to God’s call to serve Him overseas due to the Great Commission in Matthew 28:19-20. That led to eventually going to Japan as a 2 year term missionary with the EFCA. During that time, I made a deeper commitment to become a career missionary to Japan. I met my wife, Bella, on the mission field and God blessed us with two children, Timothy and Tiffany.

Bella—While I was attending Bible school in Canada, God gave me the burden for Japan through the sharing of missionaries. I was sent to Japan through the EFC of Hong Kong as a missionary until I met Larry on the mission field and were married in Hong Kong.

Our Current Role
We have started Sendai Izumi Church in Sendai City. We teach Outreach English classes at Sendai Izumi Church and also at community centers (when invited) as a means to reach out to our community. In the past, we also spent a few years serving the Tsunami victims while we were church planting the Sendai Izumi Church. We have a small congregation and we meet every Sunday for worship, weekly prayer meeting and hold Outreach English classes weekly.

About EFCA
We are serving with the EFCA ReachGlobal and EFC of China – Hong Kong Overseas Mission Board.
EFC of China – Hong Kong Overseas Mission Board Purpose: Spread the Gospel to the whole world and benefit all peoples by spreading the Word.
EFCA ReachGlobal Purpose: Focus is to invest in disciplemakers to establish the church where the gospel isn’t known.

Shaun & Sondi Carlaw

Shaun was raised in a Christian home and placed his faith in Christ as Saviour at an early age. Shaun’s experience in Hungary began in 1991 when he first started teaching English as a tentmaker with the EFCCM (now EFCC Servebeyond Canada).

He attended Trinity Western University to earn a Teaching English as Second Language Certificate and then sought God’s leading for his next step. Leaders in the EFCC encouraged him to apply to the mission and serve in Hungary full time. It was a step of faith but God is the provider and Shaun headed to serve in Budapest in June 1998.

Söndi was introduced to Christ in her first year of college when she joined a choir led by a Christian student. Söndi and the choir sang Christian songs and she also attended Bible studies led by the choir director. Söndi served in the Campus Crusade office in Budapest from 1993-1997 and then with an American EFC mission team in Budapest from 1997-2001. Shaun met Söndi at Kelenfold EFC, and they were married in Budapest in 2002. Söndi joined the EFCCM (now ServeBeyond) in August 2002.

Our Current Role
Shaun and Söndi are living in the Budapest area. Shaun uses English teaching as a tool holding outreach English clubs, Bible studies and summer camps as a means to reach the community and grow the church. Söndi volunteers with a Roma mission in outreaches and music ministry in Budapest and in different places throughout Hungary. In reaching out to others, people often respond indifferently and building relationships of trust is important in sharing the gospel. Serving among the Roma, one can see a spiritual openness but this can be towards evil practices. Ministry among the Roma is a real spiritual battle as it is for reaching out to others in Hungary too.

About ServeBeyond
ServeBeyond, through the EFCC, is responsible for projects that employ more than eighty missionaries around the world. Our ministries meet spiritual, social, and physical needs in about twenty different countries.

The Evangelical Free Church of Canada (EFCC) is an association of 140+ churches and 70+ missionaries united by a common commitment to serve the Lord Jesus Christ, a common Statement of Faith, a shared Character and Calling, and a commitment to the Word of God.

Shirley Unger

Address: 304-25 Ivybridge Gate, Winnipeg, MB, R3W 0L5 Canada
Email: [email protected] or [email protected].
Website: https://gemission.org/

I became a Christian when I was a child. I grew up in a Christian home, learning about Christ at church and in Sunday School and Vacation Bible School. I was asked by a friend at a birthday party if I had a personal relationship with Christ. I went to my room, took out my little Bible that my parents had given me for Christmas and invited the Lord into my heart.

I had never considered going overseas to serve as a missionary in my earlier years. I went to Bible College and then got my teacher's degree at Brandon University. My goal was to teach elementary age children, but the thought of doing it outside of Manitoba didn't cross my mind.

After teaching on First Nations schools for four years, which was kind of a mission field of its own, a Greater Europe Mission (GEM) rep was at my parents' home for lunch and asked me to consider serving. That led to going to Spain on a summer mission trip. During the wrap-up time in Germany, opportunities to teach at Christian schools in Europe were mentioned. I applied, looking to serve for a year or two and the Lord expanded it to become a long term ministry, eventually with more than just teaching.

My Current Role at GEM
My current ministry is as an administrative assistant to both GEM Canada and to GEM Teams, where I served in person for over 16 years. My role with GEM Teams is to interact with teams and individuals who are wanting to serve on a short term team (1-3 weeks) and walk them through the GEM application process. I also read through their evaluations after a project and make our mobilization department aware of those who may want to return or consider longer term ministry. I meet with GEM Canada staff virtually once a week and with my supervisor also weekly. I meet with GEM Teams staff once a month and with that supervisor about once a month. I travel to Germany to be with the team in person once a year.

About GEM
Greater Europe Mission (GEM) began in 1952 because of a desire by Bob Evans to train leaders in the Bible. 22 Bible schools were established in the first 30 years, many that continue on. The ministry spread to include church planting. Today the mission has a wide variety of ministries, including Creative Arts, Business as a mission, sports, camps, children/youth education, justice, refugees, church planting, disciple making and so much more. GEM has over 700 missionaries from North America, Europe and beyond.

GEM's mission is to reach Europe by multiplying disciples and growing Christ's Church.

Janet Snyder

  • Latest Prayer Request 2025-01-08:

    Dear Praying Friend,
    "Oh, give thanks to the LORD! Call upon His name; Make known His deeds among
    the peoples!" Psalm 105:1

    GOD'S UNIMAGINABLE ANSWERS TO PRAYER:

    1. Thankful for the teacher trainers in the Caribbean and their dedication to equipping others and faithfulness to their calling.

    2. Grateful for the opportunity to join the CMI Graduation through a
      live stream. Six graduated from the Caribbean.  They worked diligently and
      faithfully for three months.  The joy and glow was shining on their faces.

    3. Praise for the Christmas Party Club trainings that are taking place
      across the Caribbean and around the world.

    4. Praise the Lord for the Christmas Party Clubs that have taken place
      this month in schools, churches and wherever children can be gathered.   

    PRAYER REQUESTS:

    1. The Little Kids Can Know God Seminar was a huge success!  God did
      above and beyond all that we could have asked or thought.  Even though it
      was postponed due to the hurricane, 270 joined online over the weekend.
      Several of the instructors were having electricity/internet issues but when
      it was time for them to teach all was well. The attendees were eager,
      interactive, and their burden for little ones grew. Pray many preschool GNCs
      will begin from the teachers that attended.   

    2. Pray for the CMI students as they returned home after being away
      from home for three months. Some are just starting in the ministry and
      others are returning home to continue to build their ministry. We are
      grateful for them and look forward to how God will use them. Pray as they
      settle into home and the ministry.

    3. Pray God will open doors to the day care centers and elementary
      schools for the Christmas Party Clubs and those trained will be committed to
      teaching clubs. Bonaire and Aruba are embarking on their first year of doing
      Christmas Party Clubs. Ask God for His abundant fruitfulness with the
      children and the ministry.

    4. Haiti is in desperate need of our prayers. Our staff has shared that
      it is getting much worse. Guersie shared, "Pray that the Lord can give us
      peace in the country. Nowadays, things are really hard, a lot of stressful
      situations. But we know that God will continue to protect us and provide for
      our needs." 

    5. Plans are continuing for the French Dynamics of Teacher Training
      Course for February/March 2025. In February it will be on Zoom and March we
      will meet in person.  We are praying for 18 students from 6 countries:
      French Guiana, Martinique, Guadeloupe, St. Martin, Haiti, and Quebec. Pray
      with us for the needed finances for the students to travel and the visas.

    I so appreciate your partnership in prayer and so thankful I could share
    some of God's wonderful works and join in prayer for upcoming opportunities.

    Have a wonderful Thanksgiving with family and friends. May it be abundantly
    blessed!

    Gratefully,
    Janet

I grew up in a small country town in Pennsylvania in the US and each week our bus driver would drop us off at a neighborhood home to attend a Good News Club. Each week I would hear of God’s love and salvation through two faithful teachers. One week when I was 10 years old, I accepted Christ as my Savior.

When I was 12 years old, I had opportunity to be a helper at the Vacation Bible School at my home church. It was here that I quickly realized my love to work with children and teach them the gospel. After attending university, I was an elementary school teacher for several years. I volunteered with Child Evangelism Fellowship (CEF) during the summers. From these experiences and mentoring leaders, the Lord called me to serve Him with Child Evangelism Fellowship full time.

My Current Role at CEF Canada
I serve as the Education and Literature director for the North America/ Caribbean Region. I oversee the training programs, train teachers and leaders, and equip and support teacher trainers in the 26 countries in the Caribbean. As Literature director I work with translation and printing of the literature for French, Dutch, Creole, and Papiamento.

About Child Evangelism Fellowship Canada (CEF Canada)
Child Evangelism Fellowship (CEF) was established in 1937 and the mission is to evangelize children with the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ and to establish (disciple) them in the Word of God and in a local church for Christian living. The major ministries are Good News Clubs during the school year and 5-Day Clubs throughout the summer. Volunteers are trained to reach the children in over 200 countries around the world. Every Child, Every Nation, Every Day.

Janet’s Newsletter!

John and Leanne Paetkau

Personal Email: [email protected]
Work Email: [email protected]
Mobile: 403 519 3210
Facebook/Instagram: John Paetkau
Give Online: Canada: send.org/canada/give-from-canada
USA: send.org/give/missionaries/paetkau

John: I grew up in a Christian family in northern Alberta, and became a Christian at a young age. God really got a hold of my life when I was 18, and I was called into ministry at that time. I planned on becoming a youth pastor, to reach the young people of Canada with the Gospel. During my second year at Briercrest, God called me overseas through the testimony of an old missionary from Spain. 11 years later on December 4, 1997, after serving as an associate pastor for 7 years Leanne, our two little daughters and I got on a plane and flew to Ukraine. We served there for 17 years and returned in 2014 with our three children to transition them into their next stage of life.

Leanne: I was born in Swift Current, Sk into a pastor’s family and received Jesus as my Saviour at the age of 5. After high school I went to Briercrest Bible College for 4 years. Here I met John which was a wonderful blessing and he became my husband after graduation. I was also introduced to missions at Briercrest in my first year when a missionary guest speaker came to speak he challenged us with the biblical account of Peter getting out of the boat and walking on the water. Peter faced his fears, likewise I was challenged to get out of the boat and confront whatever fear I had. At the time my greatest fear was that if I gave my all to the Lord he would send me to Africa, which I found frightening because of course, Africa has snakes and spiders. John and I got married and we ended up serving the Lord in a local church doing ministry for 7 years, not only to gain experience but also to pay off our student loans. John and I were excited to be able to receive a call to serve in Ukraine, and we were there for 17 years serving and raising our family.

Together we served the alongside Ukrainian believers in northeastern Ukraine, mentoring and training leaders, doing discipleship, helping them with children and youth ministry, camp work, and doing evangelism through friendships in our community. By 2013 we could see that we were becoming “the grandparents of our ministries” as we had trained up new leaders to take our place. Thus we exited out and eventually moved back to Canada hoping to transition our kids and someday move back overseas to where God was calling us next, to do whatever was next. We are still involved in ministry in Ukraine through various means (prior to the escalation of the war in 2022 we would lead a team to minister each summer there) and now from we serve from afar.

Our Current Role at SEND:
John - serves as a western Canada Missions Coach and representative for SEND in MB, SK, AB & BC. This entails the following in all four provinces: connecting with those who are inquiring re missions; visiting & speaking at bible schools; representing SEND and speaking at churches and conferences; coaching and facilitating new missionaries who are preparing to go the field; and facilitating short term teams and individuals.

Leanne - has two primary roles. Works part time as a home care professional and serves alongside John in the above roles as able. She also serves in ministry to women in both a face to face and online context.

About SEND:
SEND International is a international mission with members from 12+ passport countries serving in 21+ countries around the world. SEND seeks to plant the church where it doesn’t exist and serve it where it does, with a special focus on least reached peoples. Our focus is church planting and discipleship, using a variety of ministry platforms depending on the culture, the needs, the opportunities and the location.


Steve & Myra Neufeld

Mobile: 587-377-5013
Email: [email protected]
Website: efcc.ca

  • Update from Jerome Harvey on the MEMO container that just arrived and was opened at the LPN Seminary.  

    Now our partner churches will be able to provide for so many people who have medical needs.  What a miracle!  

    Steve Neufeld

    Cuba Ministry Project Leader  |  Mexico Ministry  |  Director of MEMO Project 

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    Dear local MEMO supporter

    There is so much bad news these days I just wanted to send you this report in the hopes it cheers you up as it did me.

    It is the story of how God has opened the door for MEMO once again to bless Cuba.

    And for local MEMO volunteers, those that pray for us and those that donate,  a word of encouragement.

    A few months ago, MEMO learned that we could send containers of medical and humanitarian supplies to Cuba, church to church, directly and quickly.  It was a bit hard to believe that The Evangelical Free Church of Canada could send directly to the Los Pinos Nuevos denomination in Cuba for them to distribute medical and humanitarian aid in the Villa Clara province in central Cuba where we worked from 2004 to 2012.  But we set to work and by October 2024 had a container full of medical supplies, hospital beds, wheelchairs, clothing, kitchen supplies and even a wedding dress!

    In October it left Thunder Bay by truck for Toronto and then by rail to Montreal where it waited for a ship to Cuba.  It arrived in Cuba a couple of weeks ago and was transported unopened to the Los Pinos Nuevos Seminary in central Cuba.

    Today we just received news that church members unpacked the container temporarily into the Seminary's large church building so that the local customs authorities could do their proper inspections and then the donation could begin to be sorted and ready for distribution to the medical centers, hospitals, doctors and nurses all in Jesus’ name.  To bless the Cuban people and give hope to those facing many medical situations.

    Apparently when pacemakerswere found and delivered to the Cardiologist that implants them to save lives at the Heart Institute in Santa Clara he had tears of gratitude in his eyes.  (There is a shortage of pacemakers in Cuba during these difficult times.)  Lives will be saved because of the arrival of the container!

    MEMO operates as a charity under the direction of our missionary director, Steve Neufeld.  He is coordinating his team of pastors and church members in Cuba as they do the hard work of sorting and distributing the tons of items we pack and shipped to Cuba.  Steve is in daily contact with our key person in Cuba and received verbal updates and pictures during the two days of unpacking. 

     He wrote this today:

    “We have demonstrated a level of accuracy to details, care in selection and packing that has earned the confidence of the people and the government. Open and transparent in what we are donating.  Showing that we are not motivated for material gain but simply want to walk with them during these days of crisis.  We have a wide-open door to ship as many containers as possible.”  

    “Wow!  Congratulations MEMO volunteers on a fabulous ministry and success with this container!  God has opened the doors, and we have accomplished what we set out to do.  Well done Thunder Bay team!”  

    “Jerome, the reaction of all the Cuban volunteers today was amazement and gratitude.  Those who had a clear concept of the benefit of all the medical supplies your team sent, often had tears of thanks roll down their cheeks as they saw boxes after boxes come out of the container.” 

    “One comment expressed utter gratitude for so many wheelchairs, all in such great condition, ready to give new mobility opportunities for so many.”

    “It was indeed another miracle and with one voice, the Cubans who witnessed it in person today, wish to send hugs and all the words of thanks possible to the Canadians who made this possible.”

    Steve

    As we work to ensure maximum benefit from the donation, Steve and his team in Cuba have invited a group of six local doctors to come and view the huge amount of medical supplies (everything from gauze squares to cardiac catheters) and decide where they should go to be most beneficial.

    The churches will distribute wheelchairs and blankets, clothes and much more for the elderly.  Sewing machines will be entrusted to local ladies groups who will do “clothes altering” as needed and use the rest of the material to fulfil the Lord’s command to “Clothe the naked.”

    The list is endless including construction tools, computers, electrical supplies, nails and screws, saws and shovels including wheelbarrows.  I could go on and on.  And knowing that everything will be put to good use is so encouraging.  Even the wedding dress that was in the container.  It will be used by many a bride for her special day!

    Blessings to you.  Thanks for reading this

    Jerome

Steve was born to a missionary couple working in Northern Canada. At a summer Bible Camp as a boy he chose to accept the gift of salvation. Myra was raised in a pastor’s home and received Christ as her Saviour at a Lindquist Brothers Crusade when she was a young girl.

Steve and Myra were high school sweethearts in Lacombe, Alberta, Canada. They have three adult children, and 8 grandchildren. The Neufelds have completed their 35 th year in international, transcultural global missions. They left for their first term on January 1, 1989. After language school they served in Lima, Peru until February 1992.

In 1993 they began the EFCCM work in Mexico. Church planting and evangelism was their focus resulting in the beginning of the Agua Viva EFC (now Árbol de Vida EFC) in Hermosillo, Mexico.

In May of 1998 Steve began as Latin America Area Director. He carried this role through to the end of 2020. The focus was to do all he could to facilitate success in ministry through giving visionary leadership in the management and expansion of EFCCM ministry in South America, Central America, the Caribbean and Mexico.

My Current Role at EFCC (ServeBeyond)
Steve serves as missionary leading ministries in Cuba and Mexico for the Evangelical Free Church of Canada Mission (ServeBeyond).The EFCCM does not have resident missionaries in Cuba and so Steve is the lead missionary as we solidify and expand our partnership ministries within Cuba. Teams go to Cuba at least twice a year as we serve together with three evangelical denominations in church planting, evangelism, teaching, acquiring house churches and fixing ones they own, finding resources for ministry, sponsoring summer camp, sourcing transportation for pastors and a multitude of other activities all designed to speed along the vision and dedication of our partners in the church in Cuba.

A major component of these ministry projects involves facilitating the involvement of individuals and churches. People from Canada, Mexico and Spain working in partnership with each other in any of the countries represented. Mentoring and training present involvement and the next generation.

About ServeBeyond
ServeBeyond, through the EFCC, is responsible for projects that employ more than eighty missionaries around the world. Our ministries meet spiritual, social, and physical needs in about twenty different countries.

The Evangelical Free Church of Canada (EFCC) is an association of 140+ churches and 70+ missionaries united by a common commitment to serve the Lord Jesus Christ, a common Statement of Faith, a shared Character and Calling, and a commitment to the Word of God.

Christina Wai

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My newsletters (they always include prayer items) are in both English and Traditional Chinese.

  • Dear faithful praying family,

    Greeting from chilly Japan!

    May this update find you with energy and joy!

    “So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, 

    but only God, who makes things grow.”

    1 Corinthians 3:7

    What’s Happening?

    Praise to the Lord and your prayer supports, I overcame the humid summer and recently Japan is starting to get real chilly. 

    We have finished the 10 month intense biblical studies school! The students recalled what they learned in the Old Testimony and found new insight to who Jesus is while embracing the culture and historical aspects that led them into the fulfillment of gentile salvation. Out of the 6 graduates, 3 will staff the next school, 2 others will serve in different YWAM ministries, and 1 is planning to continue studying. Also 4 weddings of our stuff/students will be happening in the next few months. =)

    My prayer is that as each of us step into the next season, the truth we experience this year will continue to be the centre of all our lives.

    Through an interesting circumstance, I found out that the school leader was struggling a lot to continue the last part of this school too. I am so grateful that she tough it out and we can see the fruit of the first school in Japan, and it’s even bilingual! 

    There were various last minute changes and unexpected incidences that occurred throughout this school. Overall, they were good trials and errors that laid some groundworks for future schools. It’s my prayers that more believers in Japan can experience the sweetness of the Living Word (despite hardship). 

    [If you recall, I shared about my answer to continue this school in my last newsletter, how the Lord spoke to me though Moses’ sons’ names. They were Gershom “I have been a sojourner in a foreign land” and Eliezer “God of my father was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh”. They reminded me the call to Japan and that I am a sojourner, in other words, even if this school is Egypt it is still just a phase and He is my help/deliverer.]

    In October, I attended a spiritual-growth retreat which an Onfire member is developing. It was such a wonderful time of fellowship and refreshment from the Father. There were 20+ attendees; with much prayer and joyful tears, many found comfort in the midst of their pain. There was 1 report last week of a previous diagnosed patient who had her tumor disappeared. We are so privileged in walking alongside each other and be witnesses of such amazing work of the Lord.

    I was able to hang out with a few fellow missi0naries and Japanese contacts who I haven’t met for months. There are so many things happening in Japan. It’s exciting!

    Couple months ago Onfire connected with others throughout Japan who wants to make disciples and started a monthly meeting to share visions, experiences, and to practice having bible studies together. Please pray that we will follow His lead to the right people and for His kingdom to multiply in Japan His way.

    What’s Next?

    There are a few administrative aftermath of the school that I need to finish up. And then just a week or two of breather before hosting a missi0nary for couple weeks around Christmas. Then another couple weeks of breather. I plan to visit Mom over Chinese New Year and take some rest. Later in February I will return to Onfire schedule and catch-up on what is happening there. All though spring, there are visitors and teams coming. Praying for good balance and wisdom to renewed normal. 

    Praises:

    • Joyful completion of fruitful biblical school

    • Refreshment from the Lord

    Prayer Requests:

    • Good rest and refocus  

    • God to reveal His glory and goodness to my family

    Blessings,

    Christina

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    P.P.S. Updates are now available in both English and tradition Chinese. Please let me know if you prefer the other. 分享信有英文和繁體中文版。如果您想收到中文版，請告訴我。


I grew up in a non-christian home but my older brother went to Christian school and became the first believer in our family. Since then he started to share Jesus and took my to church gospel events. One time, the message was about God willing to forgive all our sins; I was touched but thought that I want to know more before deciding to believe. The next day, the message was about how simple faith is, just like toddlers eating eggs. So I decided to trust this God who is willing to forgive even I don’t understand everything He feeds me.

In college retreat, I committed to served God full-time but has never thought of how. After working some years, and wanting to spend time with aging parents, God led me to a missionary school (Youth With A Mission). One step at a time, God called me to pioneer a team in Kobe, Japan. With prayer and getting to know the team, I responded by saying yes. Again trusting this good God even I can’t see what’s ahead.

My Current Role
At the moment I am a self-funded missionary involved with both international sender Youth With A Mission in Osaka and a local ministry near Kobe. This year we are pioneering a bilingual bible school which I serve as administrative and tutoring staff. Since everything is new, there are trials and errors. And this is an intense school, so yes, lots of reading and homework (which I need to grade). My prayer is that students and staff from this school will be infused with the passion for His Word and stay to staff the next school. The local ministry I have been working with for the last 3+ years is Onfire Japan. We focus on discipleship through bible study and mentoring. Since 2021, we have been doing LIVE morning worship everyday and a few other theme-focus hours throughout the week. I have been joining LIVE panel, providing technical support and training. We have team members who are very willing to jump in if there is a gap but we need more to be willing so we can expand to more hours and cover more themes. My prayer is to start a Chinese-Japanese hour.

About To The Nations Fellowship/OnFire Japan/YWAM
My Canadian Charity partner “To The Nations Fellowship” was founded to come alongside the Body of Christ to facilitate sending Christians on long and short term missions.

Onfire Japan, founded in 1995 to minister after a major earthquake in Kansai, is a Christian ministry dedicated to seeing Japan and Japanese Christians filled with the presence and power of God. We equip believers for discipleship and simple church planting through

online media, networking and training. We’re excited for the opportunity to work together to see revival come to the church and the harvest come to Japan.

Youth With A Mission, founded in 1960, is a global movement of Christians from many cultures, age groups and Christian traditions, dedicated to serving Jesus throughout the world.