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  • McDaniel, Richard and Julie

    McDaniel, Richard and Julie

    ~ Teaching and preaching in the USA and abroad; Conference speaker; Literature; Instructor and director of the SFMI Training Program ~ Richard grew up in Japan as the son of missionaries. He made a profession of faith as a youngster but did not begin a serious pursuit of the Lord Jesus until he was married…

  • Marcoux, Francois and Nohemi

    Marcoux, Francois and Nohemi

    ~ Evangelism throughout North America and Mexico ~ Francois grew up partly in Quebec and partly in Ontario, Canada in a Roman Catholic family. In his late teens, two Christians from a student outreach ministry shared the Gospel with him on campus. After six months he gave his life and heart to the Lord in…

  • Fontanez, Daniel, Mari and Family

    Fontanez, Daniel, Mari and Family

    ~ Making disciples in the city of Maguey, Jalisco Mexico ~ Mari and I are missionaries to Mexico. Mari was born and raised in Tototlán, Jalisco, Mexico. She heard and believed the gospel when my family came to Mexico to plant a church 16 years ago. I (Daniel) am from Puerto Rico, raised in northwest…

  • Enns, Ed and Patty

    Enns, Ed and Patty

    ~ Tribal work in Ivory Coast, Ghana, and Burkina Faso; Discipleship; Conference speaker ~ Ed and Patty have been with SFMI now for about seven years. Previously, they were members of New Tribes Mission (now Ethnos 360) for about 26 years. They met at a Torchbearers Bible School located at Estes Park, Colorado in 1974;…

  • Barnard, Jesse and Tess

    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…

  • Ball, Mike, Faith and Family

    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…

  • David Martell, Board Member

    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…

  • Brian Martell, Board Member

    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…

  • James Bonner, Board Member

    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…

  • Larry Montgomery, Board Member

    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…