From Orphan to Community Leader About Amilcar In March 2013 we visited the church in La Esperanza, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala to teach the Spiritually Healthy Leader workshops to 18 church leaders, including Amilcar and Hilda Carrilo. (Read Hilda’s story here.) We had the privilege of staying in the Carrilo’s home, one filled with an atmosphere of…
Jungshin Kim, Ukraine: “A Staff In God’s Hands” About Jungshin As part of our ministry trip to Ukraine in November 2014, we shared the Spiritually Healthy Leader series with master’s degree candidates at Ukraine Evangelical Seminary. There we met Jungshin Kim and her husband, Pastor Young Bong Kwon, who is the seminary dean. Jungshin manages…
Gaithuilung Phaomei (Donie), India: Empty Inside for So Long – But Now Full About Donie (Gaithuilung Phaomei) We met Gaithuilung Phaomei, a.k.a. Donie, when we arrived in Imphal, Manipur, India to teach Spiritually Healthy Leader workshops for ministry leaders gathered at PALSET (Pastoral and Leadership Skills Enhancement Training), founded by Joshua Daniel Rungsung. Donie is a wonderful…
Wagner Nuñez, Costa Rica: Once Rebellious — Now Restored and Rekindled About Wagner Nuñez We met Wagner in January 2013 when we traveled to San José, Costa Rica at the invitation of Pastor Geiner Alvarado and his wife Denise. Over the course of two weeks, we led the Spiritually Healthy Leader® workshops for both English-speaking…
Guatemalan Businesswoman Equips Leaders in the Marketplace About Melvy De Leon We first met Melvy and her husband Danilo de Leon in April 2013 during the planning process for the newly-formed FCCI Board in Guatemala City. They were delighted that two gringos could speak with them in their heavenly language – Spanish – without having…
Thanshok and Tammi Kamkra: Love for Abandoned Orphans In India About Thanshok and Tammi Thanshok and Tammi While teaching Spiritually Healthy Leader workshops for 300+ leaders in India, we met Thanshok and Tammi Kamkra, founders and directors of Tabitha Children’s Home, an orphanage in northeast India dedicated to caring for children and teenagers with HIV/AIDS. Thanshok…
Sotha Heng: Multiplying God’s Church in Cambodia by Equipping Godly Leaders About Sotha Left to die by the Khmer Rouge in the now infamous killing fields of Cambodia in 1975, Sotha Heng credits his miraculous escape and survival to God, believing he was protected for God’s purposes. Nearly twenty years later, Sotha heard the gospel…
From Communism to Christianity: A Miracle in Sergey’s Life About Sergey Kolinkovsky We met Sergey Kolinkovsky (along with his brother Sasha, featured in an earlier issue of Faces of The Back 40) at the Lviv, Ukraine airport when we arrived for two weeks’ teaching in Ukraine, accompanied by long-time ministry partners Ed and Alice Kraft.…
Sasha Kolinkovsky, Ukraine: Once and Still Medical Doctor Turned Pastor About Sasha We met Alexander Kolinkovsky (“Sasha”) at the Lviv, Ukraine airport when we arrived for two weeks’ teaching in Ukraine, accompanied by long-time ministry partners Ed and Alice Kraft. We had already learned that Sasha is a highly esteemed member of the university faculty,…
A Seasoned Saint Mentors Younger Timothys in Guatemala: Mildred Plumley About Mildred We first met Mildred Plumley and her family in 1970 when we arrived as young missionaries in the jungles of southern Colombia. Mildred faced the challenges of jungle life with courage and exemplary faith, in spite of the debilitating effects of polio she…