Asia
Peter Brown
Peter (name changed) serves on the Central Asia Launch Team. His primary focus for the first year will be language and cultural learning, and he is exploring long-term work in the eastern part of the country in the fall of 2025.
Aaron Evans
Aaron (name changed) serves as an intern, using his skills as a computer programmer on a team of bi-vocational ministry workers in Central Asia. This team uses business as a way of sharing the good news of Jesus.
Bradley Goodman
Bradley (name changed) joins the Launch Team in Central Asia as a tranSend intern. He has prior internship experience in the region and is considering a longer-term assignment. His primary focus for the first year is language and cultural learning.
Steve Horst and Bethany Tobin
Steve and Bethany support evangelism and discipleship by coaching new workers, prayer, art, worship ministry, and resourcing the Life Enrichment Church. They also help launch new workers into the Isaan region.
Joy M.
Joy (name changed) is a teacher at a local school, where she is enhancing her language skills and building connections with members of a gospel unreached people group as she serves on the Central Asia Launch Team.
David and Marta
David and Marta (names changed) serve as interns on a multicultural business for transformation team and are in language and culture study. David is also employed half-time as a software developer at a local company.
Yosiah and Anita Rahma
Yosiah and Anita (names changed) run a preschool and after school program for neighborhood kids called House of Hope in a slum community in a large Southeast Asia city, serving with Servants to Asia’s Urban Poor.
Ruth Rivera
Ruth will join the VMMissions/EMM worker team in Thailand, serving among the Isaan people group in support the work of Life Enrichment Church. She serves with UB Global, in partnership with VMMissions.
Michael Santana
Michael (name changed) serves on a ministry team living incarnationally and demonstrating the love of Jesus in a slum in Southeast Asia. He serves with Servants to Asia’s Urban Poor, in partnership with VMMissions.
Adam and Elise Sauder
Adam and Elise (names changed) served with YWAM (Youth With A Mission) at the Myrtle Beach, S.C., base and led a team in a mission experience in South Asia. They are currently pursuing a long-term assignment.
Mark and Sarah Schoenhals
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.
Caleb and Stephanie Schrock-Hurst
Caleb and Stephanie will serve in ministry roles in a local congregation. Stephanie will work at a large Mennonite hospital to reintroduce spiritual practices and work toward the establishment of a nursing exchange program.
Paulo and Ana Silva
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.
Nathan and Anya Stan
Nathan and Anya (names changed) are sent by their home congregations in Eastern Europe to the Launch Team in Central Asia as business for transformation (B4T) workers, spending their first year in language learning and relationship building.
James and Anne T.
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.
Elaine U.
Elaine U. (name changed) serves on the Central Asia Launch Team and teaches at an international school. She spends half-time in language learning and connecting with the team, and half-time teaching.
Jay and Em
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.
Max and Melissa Z.
Max (name changed) works in a management role with an agricultural business for transformation (B4T) in Central Asia. They are initially engaging in language and culture learning as they transition to professional roles.