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.