Joyel Allen

Serving in: USA (Virginia)

Program name: tranSend (1-2 years)

Joyel is serving in a tranSend assignment in college ministry, in partnership with Every Nation Campus. She is leading Bible studies and small groups at Mary Baldwin University, and focuses on identifying and mentoring leaders for campus ministry.

Alfonso Alvarado

Serving in: USA (Virginia)

Program name: transForm (long-term)

Alfonso serves as a pastor and church planter of Iglesia Menonita Monte Moriah in Lacey Spring, Va., in partnership with Grace Mennonite Fellowship, Lacey Spring, Va.

Victoria (Vicki) Barnes

Serving in: USA (United States)

Program name: transForm (long-term)

Vicki is serving in college ministry in partnership with Every Nation Campus, leading Bible studies and small groups at Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, Va., and identifying and mentoring leaders for campus ministry.

Nathan Carr

Serving in: USA (Virginia)

Program name: tranSend (1-2 years)

Based in Harrisonburg, Va., Nathan is working to build networks of faith-based support for people who have struggled with addiction and substance abuse issues, and for those who have been released from jail.

Andressa Coutinho

Serving in: Europe (Albania)

Program name: tranSend (1-2 years)

Andressa has joined a new church plant among college students in the town of Shkodër. She is learning the Albanian language to build relationships and become more deeply involved in the ministry alongside workers Rafael and Solange Tartari. She serves in partnership with the Evangelical Mennonite Alliance of Brazil.

Seth and Theresa Crissman (Eliana, Isaiah, Maria, Malachi)

Serving in: USA (Virginia)

Program name: transForm (long-term)

Building on their work with the Kids Clubs in local congregations, Seth and Theresa create resources for families and households to become stronger Christ-forming centers through memorization and reflection on scripture through music.

Diomedes Franco

Serving in: Latin America & Caribbean (Dominican Republic)

Program name: Associated Worker

Diomedes is in initial phases to plant a church equipped to reach out to marginalized youth. His dream is that this church will be a greenhouse for young leaders who can be trained and launched into reaching more youth for Christ.

C. Farah Grace

Serving in: USA (Virginia)

Program name: transForm (long-term)

C. Farah serves as a Marketplace Worker in a medical interpreter role that opens many doors to ministry among Harrisonburg’s Arabic-speaking community. She is a gifted evangelist and facilitator of a discipleship course designed to lead Muslims in a deepening understanding of God’s invitation to them through Jesus.

Shawn and Laura Green (Lucas, Emmanuel, Matteo, Isabella)

Serving in: Europe (Italy)

Program name: transForm (long-term)

Shawn and Laura and family serve with a church-planting team in Termoli, assisting with worship and discipleship, reaching out through home Bible studies, and developing relationships to expand the work into new areas.

Michael and Ruth H. (Gabriel, Lia, Eden, Isaiah)

Serving in: USA (Pennsylvania)

Program name: Associated Worker

Michael serves with Immerse International, an Intensive English program focused on business and community partnerships, spiritual formation for staff and students, and missional training. Ruth leads regular in-person and virtual prayer gatherings.

Isaiah Hartzler

Serving in: USA (Virginia)

Program name: tranSend (1-2 years)

Isaiah serves in a tranSend internship for a ministry apprentice at Mosaic of Grace Church, where he participates in congregational life in three main areas of leadership and discipleship: training for music ministry team members and worship leading, elder team meetings, and community outreach ministry.

Dan and Mary Hess

Serving in: Europe (Albania)

Program name: transForm (long-term)

Dan and Mary serve in Milot, where they are building relationships, engaging in evangelism and discipleship, and expanding the work through kids clubs, youth work, teaching English, and Bible studies.

Steve and Bethany (Tobin) Horst (Anjali, Emmanuel, Tierzah)

Serving in: Asia (Thailand)

Program name: transForm (long-term)

Steve and Bethany are working at evangelism and discipleship among Isaan believers in Nam Yuen, in partnership with the Life Enrichment Church. They serve in partnership with Eastern Mennonite Missions.

Rachel Janney

Serving in: USA (Virginia)

Program name: tranSend (1-2 years)

Rachel is serving in partnership with Every Nation Campus. She draws people closer to Christ through organizing and leading worship for college ministry gatherings at James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va.

Olivia Kasidiaris

Serving in: USA (Virginia)

Program name: tranSend (1-2 years)

Olivia is serving in a tranSend assignment in college ministry in partnership with Every Nation Campus. Olivia leads Bible studies and small groups at James Madison University and focuses on identifying and mentoring leaders for campus ministry.

Juan José Lagos

Serving in: USA (North Carolina)

Program name: transForm (long-term)

Juan José and his wife Cecilia are planting Iglesia Cristiana Renuevo, a Spanish-speaking congregation in Winston-Salem, N.C., that partners with the Tennessee/Carolina/Kentucky District of Virginia Mennonite Conference.

Rissa Martin

Serving in: Asia (Thailand)

Program name: tranSend (1-2 years)

Rissa has been appointed to serve as the Volunteer Coordinator at Agape Home, an orphanage in Chiang Mai, Thailand, helping volunteers and teams from all over the world who come to join the Thai staff in serving the children of the surrounding communities.

Lee and Peg Martin

Serving in: USA (West Virginia)

Program name: transForm (long-term)

Lee and Peg Martin are serving with Mennonite Central Committee as SWAP (Sharing with Appalachian People) location coordinators in McDowell County, West Virginia, as Associated Workers with VMMissions.

Mike and Risha Metzler (Hannah, Joel, Tobias)

Serving in: USA (Virginia)

Program name: transForm (long-term)

Mike and Risha are co-pastors and church planters of Mosaic of Grace Church, Harrisonburg, Va., which envisions a community redeemed by Jesus Christ and transformed into a dwelling place of the Holy Spirit, together pursuing the glory of God for the good of the world. Mosaic’s mission is to share the joy of knowing and […]

Kate Miller

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Kate (name changed) serves on a team of bi-vocational ministry workers in a Central Asian country. While working as a computer programmer for her stateside employer on a team of programmers and developers, she is also learning the local language as the team minsters to a gospel-underreached people group.

Raleigh and Opal R. (Robbie, Anna, Beth, Gem)

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Raleigh and Opal (names changed) serve among an indigenous people group and are making connections for future ministry through business for transformation. They serve in partnership with Rosedale International.

David and Marta R. (Pedro, Emilia)

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David and Marta (names changed) serve as interns on a multicultural business for transformation team and are in language and culture study. David is employed half-time as a software developer in the local business owned by VMMissions worker Jay*, who recruited them for a computer programming internship with the team and business in Central Asia.

Yosiah and Anita Rahma (Josh, Simon)

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Yosiah and Anita Rahma (names changed) live and serve in a slum community, running a preschool and after school program for neighborhood kids called House of Hope in a large Southeast Asia city, serving with Servants to Asia’s Urban Poor, in partnership with VMMissions as Associated Workers.

Yacoub Rasul

Serving in: USA (Virginia)

Program name: transForm (long-term)

Yacoub (name changed) is an Egyptian church planter serving among Harrisonburg’s Arabic-speaking community. He is serving in a partnership ministry between VMMissions and Faith Community Church called Love 4 All Nations.

Baker Rigg

Serving in: USA (Virginia)

Program name: transForm (long-term)

Baker serves as the part-time chaplain of the Rockingham Harrisonburg Regional Jail, where he nurtures inmates in Christian faith, resources and develops ministries within the jail and cultivates church and community support partners in the ministry.

Armando and Veronica Sanchez

Serving in: USA (Virginia)

Program name: transForm (long-term)

Armando and Veronica are church planters of Iglesia Shalom-Nuevo Comienzo in the city of Waynesboro, Va. Armando and Veronica also pastor Iglesia Cristiana Enciende una Luz in Harrisonburg, Va.

Freddy and Elena Satalaya (Matías)

Serving in: Latin America & Caribbean (Bolivia)

Program name: transForm (long-term)

Elena and Freddy recently transitioned from a service assignment in Iquitos, Peru, and are now serving the church in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, with Mennonite Mission Network and VMMissions.

Adam and Elise Sauder

Serving in: USA (South Carolina)

Program name: Associated Worker

Adam and Elise (names changed) have been appointed by VMMissions as Associated Workers serving with YWAM (Youth With A Mission) at the YWAM Myrtle Beach base and will lead teams in global mission experiences in Asia and Europe.

Mark and Sarah Schoenhals (Heidi, Hannah)

Serving in: Asia (Thailand)

Program name: transForm (long-term)

Mark and Sarah serve in the rural northeastern Thailand among the Isaan people, where they support the Life Enrichment Church and engage in Bible teaching and leadership development. They serve in partnership with Eastern Mennonite Missions.

Dini and Klementina Shahini

Serving in: Europe (Albania)

Program name: transForm (long-term)

Klementina is executive director of the Lezha Academic Center, a K-12 Christian school. Dini is executive director of the Albanian Mennonite Mission Foundation, serves with VUSH (Albanian Evangelical Alliance), and is lead elder at Guri I Themelit, the local church.

Hannah Shultz

Serving in: USA (Virginia)

Program name: transForm (long-term)

In partnership with Iglesia Esperanza de Vida and Iglesia Menonita Monte Moriah in Harrisonburg, Va., Hannah is using her fluency in music education and Spanish to share Jesus and practical disciple-making strategies with children and their families.

Paulo and Ana Silva (Juliana, Marcos)

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Paulo and Ana (names changed) serve in a Central Asian country and focus on mentoring new workers. They spent 17 years in the region prior to this assignment, serving as team leaders of multinational teams. They have extensive experience and expertise in organizational management and speak four languages.

David and Rebekka Stutzman (Immanuel, Liana, Nathanael)

Serving in: Europe (Germany)

Program name: transForm (long-term)

David and Rebekka are church planters in the multicultural urban center of Mannheim and network with young adults throughout Germany who are seeking to live and serve in missional communities. They serve in partnership with the South German Mennonite Conference and Mennonite Mission Network.

James and Anne T. (Eli, Mara, Oliver)

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James and Anne (names changed) T. serve with Pioneers in a dense South Asian city, where James works as a graphic designer. Together they are discipling youth, developing leaders, and working for church multiplication in the Muslim-background believer church.

Rafael and Solange Tartari (Paulo, Sophia)

Serving in: Europe (Albania)

Program name: transForm (long-term)

Rafael and Solange work in partnership with Albanian leaders in the city of Shkodër to model family life in Christ and to multiply disciples, leaders, and faith communities. They serve in partnership with the Evangelical Mennonite Alliance of Brazil.

Norma Teles and the Joshua Center ministry

Serving in: Europe (Albania)

Program name: transForm (long-term)

Norma is director of the Joshua Center, an early childhood learning center for Roma children in Lezhë. She also leads after-school programs, a women’s group, and a girls club, and is a worship leader in the Lezhë congregation. She serves in partnership with the Evangelical Mennonite Alliance of Brazil.

Jhustin Thompson

Serving in: USA (Virginia)

Program name: tranSend (1-2 years)

Jhustin serves in college ministry in partnership with Every Nation Campus. He leads Bible studies and small groups at James Madison University and focuses on identifying and mentoring leaders for campus ministry.

Jay and Em W.

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Jay and Em (names changed) serve in locations in Central and Western Asia in business for transformation, engaging with a ministry team and bringing expertise and experience to current and future transformational businesses.

Jason and Jenny Wagner (Zachary, Joshua, Bethany, Timothy)

Serving in: USA (Virginia)

Program name: Associated Worker

Jason serves in a full-time position as chaplain at the Augusta Correctional Center, a medium security prison in Craigsville, Va. He and his wife Jenny serve with VMMissions as Associated Workers, enabling them to partner with others who are passionate about God’s life transformation.

Ken Wettig

Serving in: USA (Virginia)

Program name: transForm (long-term)

Ken serves as the founding director of SLAQ (Servant Leader Quest). SLAQ combines real life outdoor adventure with faith formation to raise up servant leaders for the next generation church from diverse backgrounds.

Tyler and Kendra Yoder (Zion Emmanuel)

Serving in: USA (Virginia)

Program name: transForm (long-term)

Kendra and Tyler are planting Garden City Church in the the south side of Richmond in the Manchester District of Richmond, Va., as church planting residents with Eastside Church and as Associated Workers with VMMissions.

Ben and Risa Yutzy (Corin, Efram, Rezin)

Serving in: USA (Virginia)

Program name: transForm (long-term)

Ben and Risa join VMMissions as the first workers in a new mission worker category: “Marketplace Workers.” They are ‘making disciples who make disciples’ among the Spanish-speaking farm workers with whom they work as they bear witness to Christ and nurture expressions of simple church.