Local Missions
Patrick and Lois Gourley
Lois' work has been with Wycliffe Bible Translators. Since 2007, her assignment has been at the International Linguistics Center in Dallas.
Lois is the Production Director for Global Publishing Services, as well as the Content Manager for the Digital Bible Library (DBL) for WBT, SIL, and TSC, where she trains and supervises curators and typesetters around the world in the process of converting print texts to digital formats so that they can be shared on a much broader platform. The texts she has uploaded to the DBL can be seen on YouVersion's "HolyBible" app, www.bibles.org, and many other digital platforms.
To learn more about the Gourley’s please visit their website: The Gourley Story
Kellee and Michael Popp
Kellee currently works with the National School Project.
As a Biola freshman, Kellee was looking for an outlet to apply what she learned from her associates degree in Biblical Studies at Calvary Chapel Bible College, when she heard the vision of the National School Project from Warren Willis. Convinced of the necessity of this ministry work, Kellee spent three years serving in student leadership before graduating with a B.S. in Christian Teaching in 2007 and joining staff full-time. Since then, Kellee has served in multiple capacities in NSP as the first Training Director, the first California State Director, and the first Development Director. In these roles, Kellee pioneered the creation of NSP’s Outreach Guide, a training resource that has become the foundation of NSP’s leadership development and mentorship model. Kellee also oversaw and developed HomeTown Trips, an initiative that paved the way for rapid ministry expansion and growth in new areas. Kellee and her husband Mike live in Long Beach, CA, with their daughter Eisley, and attend Arbor Road Church where Mike serves as an elder.
To learn more about the National School Project please visit the website: nationalschoolproject.com
Global Missions
LaSavio Family
The LaSavio family continue to work with WorldVenture, but have returned to the states to live. From their latest newsletter: “As many of you know, we have been on home assignment for 11 months and during that time we have been asking the Lord to make our next steps clear. He has answered. On almost every front, from emotional health, physical health, familial health, spiritual health and ministry effectiveness, God has made it clear that it is time for our family to transition back to America.”
Andrew and Rebecca LaSavio lived in Korçë, Albania and worked with the Kenedi Foundation and the Korçë Evangelical Church in Korçë, Albania. They have been working with the Albanian people and a number of organizations in Albania since 2002.
To learn more about the LaSavio Family please visit their website: www.lasavio.com
Felix Family Village
The Mission of Felix Family Villages Ministry is to expand the reach of Felix Family Village and establish new family villages in collaboration with national Christian churches and organizations in countries where there are abandoned children. Felix Family Villages is also providing training and guidance for others to build on the idea.The Vision of Felix Family Villages is to meet the physical, spiritual, emotional and social needs of the orphaned and abandoned children of the world, in a loving environment.
To learn more about Felix Family Villages please visit their website: www.caminulfelix.org
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Larry and Isabel Herzekow
Larry and Isabel Herzekow host short-term mission teams, serving alongside existing ministries and organizations throughout Israel. Their goal is to offer assistance to the believing ministries, build relationships, and to be a light to those organizations and individuals who do not yet know their Messiah. They do what they do because the salvation of the Jewish people is directly related to when the Lord will return.
To learn more about the Herzekow’s please visit their website: House of Compassion Israel
Aeta Children’s Home, Inc.
ACH Vision: To share the love of our Lord Jesus Christ with the malnourished, illiterate, and impoverished Aeta children as embodied in Matthew 25:40, that is, whatsoever we do to the least of these (children), that we do unto the Lord.
ACH Mission: To help the indigent Aeta children and youth in their physical, educational, and most of all, in their spiritual development for the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
To learn more about the Aeta Children’s Home, Inc. please visit their website: Aeta Children