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Barnard, Jesse and Tess
~ Serving in Ecuador; South America ~ Jesse was born and raised in Wyoming in a godly Christian family. He also grew up attending the Shield of Faith conferences, and since around nine years old he desired to be a missionary as well. When he was sixteen, he heard a specific call to missions, and…
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Ball, Mike, Faith and Family
~ Serving in Loreto, Zacatecas ~ The Balls send out a periodic newsletter by regular mail. If you would like to be on their mailing list, please contact our office. Mike grew up in a Christian home and made a profession of faith at a young age. He met a young lady just after graduating…
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David Martell, Board Member
This gives the overview of the parameters and individuals God used in reconciling me from what otherwise would have been a life of debauchery and sin. I have heard someone state, “Some people were saved from what they were; others were saved from what they would become.” I am a case of the latter. God…
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Brian Martell, Board Member
I was born in Maine, lived in Newfoundland until age 9, and finished growing up in New Mexico. I grew up knowing that Jesus is the Son of God. I have always known this and thought that I was a Christian. At age 13 I was baptized along with my older brother and dad at…
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James Bonner, Board Member
I was a young Christian when the Lord gave me a verse: Matt. 5:6, “Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.” This was an encouragement to me because, as a young Christian, I desired to please the Lord by living a righteous life, but more often than…
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Larry Montgomery, Board Member
Being raised in a non-Christian home, I had no church or Bible background. In my early teens, a friend invited me to attend Sunday school with him. I did for a few weeks and received a Bible. When my father frowned on this, I discontinued going. I was ungodly in all my behavior, and this…
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Jack Ring, Board Member
It was a night in 1967, and I had come to an end – one of several that would mark my life. I was twenty two and in my first year of medical school. Becoming a doctor was the fulfillment of a lifelong dream. But I was at the end of a lifelong nightmare. I…
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Ed Newby, Board Member
“Where shall I go from your spirit? or where shall I flee from your presence? If I ascend up into heaven, you are there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, you are there. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; Even there shall…
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Skip Voetberg, Board Member
I remember at an early age my Dad sitting us kids down many times and telling us about creation and how God had sent His Son, Jesus, to die for our sins. So, early on there was a knowledge of and a relationship with the Lord developing in me, immature as it was. For my…
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Jim Miller, Secretary
I was born and raised a Catholic and attended seven years of Catholic seminary. In 1968 problems surrounded my life when I left the seminary in July, enrolled in a public college, and continued my education with a military deferral. In the fall of 1968 the military switched from a draft system to a lottery…
