Willie Berman
Field of Service: Mexico

Agency: Methodist Border Friendship Commission
E-Mail: wberman@prodigy.net.mx
Willie serves as the coordinator for all short-term mission work in the border areas of Mexico and Central Texas.  He also serves Pueblo de Dios Church in Reynosa.

Rev. Brent & Kim Burdick
Field of Service: Philippines

Agency: OMS
Birthdays: Brent (7/3), Kim (12/26), Drew (5/12), Dawson (7/3), Devri (1/19), Danya (10/11)
E-Mail: bhkeburdick@yahoo.com
Brent serves as president of the Faith Bible College as well as pastor of a church. Kim is involved in many of the women’s ministry areas in Manila. Brent is also working on his PhD through the International Beeson Program at Asbury Seminary.

Mike & Lari Cannon
Field of Service: USA/World

Agency: Youth Compass
Birthdays: Mike (2/19), Lari (4/17), Tanner (12/20), Bennett (5/1), Ridgley (8/7)
E-Mail: mcannon@youthcompass.org
Mike and Lari are coordinators of ministry to young people whose international families serve in some diplomatic or relief capacity. They are currently serving Youth Compass by establishing a US office to expand ministry to China.

Stephen & Lacey Click
Field of Service: Oklahoma/India

Agency: Student Mobilization
Birthdays: Stephen (10/10), Lacey (9/7)
E-mail: stephenclick@yahoo.com
Stephen and Lacey work through Student Mobilization to raise up laborers for Christ from college campuses.  They work in fraternities, sororities, and dorms at Oklahoma University sharing the Gospel and raising awareness for sending workers to the mission field. In June 2008 they will lead a team to India to serve for nine months on college campuses.

Jana Cunningham
Field of Service: The Middle East

Agency: Heart Of God Ministry
Birthday: 8/25
E-Mail: jana.cunningham@heartofgod.com
Jana is serving in the Choctaw office facilitating recruitment and training for future missionaries.

Tim & Daina Datwyler
Field of Service: Ecuador

Agency: The Mission Society
Birthdays: Tim (2/21), Daina (1/23), Kevin (2/21)
E-Mail: datfam4ecuador@gmail.com
Tim and Daina continue to serve through the Mission Society doing outreach in depressed areas of Quito and are also working in agriculture projects. Projects in which they are involved include a bee/honey project, strawberry growing farms and youth ministry.

Thomas Duke
Field of Service: Central Asia

Agency: Asbury
Birthdays: 8/6
E-Mail: tduke@cots.net
Thomas is serving with a relief and development agency for nine months. He is working in an orphanage, vo-tech school, and psychiatric hospital.

Pete & Lori Ferrell
Field of Service: Asia

Agency: CAMA
Birthdays: Pete (5/28), Lori (7/2), Silas (12/6)
E-Mail: available from missions office
Pete and Lori are with CAMA (Compassion and Mercy Associates) doing development and relief work. They oversee the production and marketing of silk products and water filtration systems

Dr. Wes & Joy Griffin
Field of Service: Worldwide

Agency: International Leadership Institute (ILI)
Birthdays: Wes (6/23), Joy (2/16), Hannah (9/4), Caleb (10/23)
E-Mail: Wes: wgriffin@ILITeam.org
Joy: joy@ILITeam.org
Wes and Joy provide intensive evangelism, discipleship, and leadership training for church leaders all over the world. Most of their training is held within the countries the leaders reside. One international conference is held in the U.S. each fall.

Rev. Florencio & Maria Guzman
Field of Service: Mexico

Agency: Mission Society
Birthdays: Florencio (5/11), Maria (12/2), Johnny (6/27), Joshua (7/1)
E-Mail: florencio_guzman@prodigy.net.mx
Florencio trains pastors, develops Bible training materials for pastors and new converts, and has developed a new association, “Conquistadores del Rey” (Conquerors for the King), for the purpose of providing children with basic discipleship training.

Herb Hafermann
Field of Service: Tanzania

Agency: Evangelical Lutheran Church
E-Mail: hhafermann@hotmail.com
Herb is a long-time Lutheran Missionary in Tanzania.  He and his wife Kirsten are retired and officially live in Iowa; however Herb spends much of the year as a volunteer in Tanzania coordinating the work of the mission district that was established in relation to Asbury’s adoption of the Kami people.

Dr. Mike & Karol Hardin
Field of Service: Ecuador

Agency: HCJB Radio
Birthdays: Mike (4/20), Karol (10/30), Kirsten (2/22), Evan (2/4), Cameron (12/5)
E-mail: Mike: mhardin@hcjb.org.ec
Karol: khardin@hcjb.org.ec
Mike is a physician and is serving at the Shell Hospital in Ecuador. Karol hosts their many visitors, serves on the school board, and cares for their three young children.

Jeff & Becky Hunt
Field of Service: Central Asia

Agency: College Park Christian Church, Indianapolis, IN
Birthdays: Jeff (7/22), Becky (9/5), Mason (9/5), Holly (3/15), Kelton (6/20), Anna (11/25)
E-mail: hunts@neomail.com
Jeff is a former IBM employee who left his job to go into career missionary work. He has established the first real estate company in this area. He and his family also build relationships with the local people in a small city. His wife, Becky, is home-schooling their four children and interacting with the local women.

Chris & Jo Jones
Field of Service: USA/Central Asia

Agency: Azeri Partnership
Birthdays: Chris (9/20), Jo (10/13), Bethany (11/21), Emily (6/18), Abigail (9/25)
E-mail: azpartnership@galacticomm.org
Chris serves as the coordinator of the international Azeri Partnership. While based in the U.S.A. he recruits new members for the partnership. He travels extensively in England, Scandinavia, Turkey, and Central Asia

Rev. Kaupo & Thea Kant
Field of Service: Estonia

Agency: Baltic Methodist Theological Seminary
Birthdays: Kaupo (8/6), Thea (5/28), Joosep (3/31), Joel (11/1)
E-Mail: kaupo.kant@mail.ee
Kaupo was in the first graduating class of the Baltic Methodist Theological Seminary and then he and Thea both did advanced studies at Asbury Seminary in Kentucky. They now serve churches in southern Estonia and also teach at the Baltic Seminary. They are involved in church planting, congregational development, and Christian education. They have two young sons, Joosep and Joel.

Geoff & Erica Logan
Field of Service: Philippines

Agency: YWAM & Heartsounds, Int.
Birthdays: Geoff (6/19), Erica (3/25), Ariel (4/8)
E-Mail: ericalogantulsa@hotmail.org
Geoff and Erica are working with both organizations to help provide outreach through the medium of music. Erica will be finishing her degree in ethnomusicology while on the field. They live in the Philippines and travel to various places in the world to compose and perform music that is indigenous to the local people.

Jerry & Ann Lout
Field of Service: International Students on Tulsa Campuses

Agency: International Community Outreach (ICO)
Birthdays: Jerry (9/29), Ann (3/26)
E-Mail: jlout@icotulsa.org
Jerry is the director of International Community Outreach, a ministry to international students at college campuses in the Tulsa area.  They provide English classes, receptions and orientations for new students as well as connecting students with families to provide a friend in this foreign land.

Rev. Ken & Iweeta McIntosh
Field of Service: Asian churches in Texas

Agency: Retired
Birthdays: Ken (11/17), Iweeta (12/11)
E-Mail: k.mcintosh@comcast.net
While officially retired from the General Board of Global Ministries, Ken and Iweeta are serving the Asian churches of the Dallas area. They served in China for over 35 years prior to returning to the U.S. They are involved with over 15 churches in Dallas with members from several different Asian countries. 

Grant Miller
Field of Service: Tanzania, East Africa

Agency: Evangelical Lutheran Church of Tanzania & Mission Society for United
Methodists
Birthday: 10/24
E-Mail: grantbmiller@yahoo.com
Grant provides pastoral support and training for the evangelists and pastors among the Kami people around Morogoro, Tanzania. He also teaches at the Lutheran Junior Seminary and helps coordinate the medical mission teams for Asbury as well as other aspects of the Asbury partnership.

Feridoon & Louise Mokhof
Field of Service: United Kingdom/Central Asia
E-Mail: available from missions office
Feridoon is a pastor, Bible translator, and ministry coordinator for an unreached people group in Central Asia.

Don & Sue Myers
Field of Service: England/Worldwide

Agency: Campus Crusade for Christ
Birthdays: Don (4/27), Sue (9/22)
E-Mail: don.myers@ccci.org
Don and Sue live in Florida but continue to travel extensively. They conduct Marriage and Family Life Conferences in addition to providing counseling and support to Campus Crusade staff around the world.

Bruce Olsson
Field of Service: Colombia

Agency: Independent
Birthday: 11/10
E-Mail: bruceolsson@telebucaramanga.net.co
Bruce has worked among the Motilone Indians for over 40 years providing education, development, and health care while maintaining their tribal way of life. He is considered the model for indigenous mission ministry.

Blake & Kathy McDaniel
Field of Service: Central USA

Agency: The Traveling Team
Birthdays: Blake (10/30), Kathy (12/17), Kathryn Grace (1/10), Luke (3/4)
E-Mai: blakemcdaniel@acmc.org
Blake works for ACMC (Advancing Churches in Missions Commitment) in the central US to educate, train, and enable mission teams from churches to be more effective in their missions outreach. He travels extensively conducting seminars, meeting with church leaders, and teaching Perspectives courses.

Bryan & Abbey Padgett
Field of Service: Central USA

Agency: The Traveling Team
Birthdays: Bryan (5/1), Abbey (1/3)
E-Mail: bryan@thetravelingteam.org
Bryan and Abbey are on staff with The Traveling Team, which is a mission mobilization ministry. They travel approximately eight months out of the year from college campus to college campus sharing the Biblical basis for missions with students all over theU.S. Their purpose is to educate and equip students to know and fulfill their responsibility in world evangelization.

Justin & Megan Schell
Field of Service: U.S.

Agency: The Traveling Team
Birthdays: Justin (2/22), Megan (4/5), Henry (11/17)
E-Mail: meganshellis@gmail.com
Justin and Megan are attending Gordon-Conwell Seminary in Boston and are now connected to Arab World Ministries. Through AWM, they will serve and befriend some of the 20,000 Moroccans who live in the Boston area. They also had their first child in November 2007.

Rev. Lowell & Claudia Wertz
Field of Service: Tanzania

Agency: Joy In The Harvest
Birthdays: Lowell (2/10), Claudia (2/5), Kimberly (1/15), Luke (5/9)
E-Mail: wertz@joyintheharvest.com
Joy in the Harvest is headquartered in Kigoma, Tanzania, near the Burundi and Congo border. Lowell and Claudia provide for church planting, literacy training, economic development, and relief for the refugee camps. Lowell is also a missionary pilot to provide medical evacuation and other transportation when needed. Kimberly and Luke are students at Asbury College in Kentucky.

David & Beth Wiley
Field of Service: Worldwide

Agency: Faculty Commons (CCC)
Birthdays: David (12/12), Beth (1/11), Matt (1/16), Steven (3/28), Tim (5/24)
E-Mail: dwiley@clm.org
David is the International Director of Faculty Commons, the faculty ministry of Campus Crusade for Christ. He provides support and training for university professors around the world to maintain and share their Christian faith.

Rev. Marion & Mary Woods
Field of Service: Costa Rica

Agency: United Methodist Church of Costa Rica
Birthdays: Marion (11/15), Mary (2/3)
E-Mail: mymwoods@sol.racsa.co.cr
Marion and Mary coordinate all mission teams coming to their area of Costa Rica as well as providing pastoral support in their district.