The Snider Family, Paul & Trish

Sending agency:
Bethany Bible Church, Big Lake, MN, USA
HeartCry Missionary Society - www.heartcrymissionary.com:

• Read Paul's Testimony on the HeartCry Website

Place of service:
Southeast Asia

Their ministry:
The Sniders have been working among the Korowai people for a decade and are co-laboring with the national church in in Papua, Indonesia (Gereja Injil di Indonesia) to see biblical churches established through the preaching of the Word, training men who are biblically qualified to lead the church, practicing church discipline, and observing the sacraments. It is the desire of the Sniders and Bethany Bible Church to see churches in each Korowai village made up of Korowai shepherds who will lead Korowai believers. Coupled with biblical training, Paul also has translated the Salvation History Catechisms into the Northern Korowai Dialect. After a decade of labor with the Lani evangelists, there are a handful of Korowai believers being taught the Word of God, churches established in each village, full-time nurses overseeing the clinic for the region, and a school for the northern Korowai children. Please pray that God will raise up more Korowai men to shepherd their people through the Word of God.

Agape home

Place of service: 

Kondapuram Village, India

Their Ministry:

AGAPE HOME is a home for orphans, poor students, widows, and the elderly. Yohan and his staff educate, nurture, and show Agape love to all in need. The home protects children from poverty, illegal activities, and an unhealthy lifestyle, and seeks to raise each child up in the way of the Lord.

Thiessen family, Stuart and Linda

Sending agency: 
DOOR International

Place of service: 
Global

Their ministry: 
Stuart became hard of hearing when he was 4. When he was 18, he lost the rest of his hearing and discovered the Deaf world. Stuart and Linda have served both deaf and hearing churches, a community non-profit, and several organizations in the sign language Bible translation movement. Stuart is a certified translation consultant and linguistics consultant and has worked with a number of sign language translation teams.

Linda is a certified American Sign Language interpreter and has interpreted in a variety of contexts. She has worked at a school for the Deaf and with programs for Deaf youth. She enjoys hospitality and encouraging others.

Stuart will be serving in a consulting role with our partners at Deaf Harbor to develop translation resources. He will also be working with our Consultant Training Initiative helping to better equip future translation consultants.