Aaron & Erika Weatherl, New Tribes Mission -- Serving in Papua, New Guinea
Aaron & Erika, our very own home-grown missionaries (Aaron grew up at BGBC) have served through New Tribes Missions at West New Britain Province of Papua, New Guinea since September 1995, motivated by the love of Christ and the desire to glorify His name.  They desired to do so by reaching unreached people with the gospel of Christ in their own heart language and mother tongue.  They are serving the Lord there with their four children, Rachel, Micah, Joel and Grace.  The family lives in the Islands region that works in 20+ language groups.  Aaron is currently the chairman of the contingency team for this region, as well as chairman of the field consultant committee, which is reponsible for church planting, translation, literacy, culture/language, and orientation consultants for the entire field of PNG.  He is also a Culture Language (CLA) consultant, which entails traveling to various tribal locations and evaluating the missionary's progress and fluency in their particular language group.  At present he is working with 17 units in both orientation and CLA.  Erika is in charge of the mission base housing, and has oversight of 23 houses -- from setting them up to maintenance.  They are thrilled to be serving in this small corner of the world.


E-mail:  aaron_weatherl@ntm.org
Website:  http://www.ntm.org/aaron_weatherl
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Jeff & Michelle Theisen -- CBI, Sudan
Jeff & Michelle are ministering in central Northern Uganda and Sudan.  Evangelical churches there are growing, but lack leadership training for both pastors and lay people.  The Theisen's ministry is to train the leaders who will then train lay people.  These areas have been the center of wars and unrest for the past 20 years, so their various jobs are a constant challenge.  They find that these circumstances bring about a hunger for God among the people.  You can learn more about the Theisen's ministry and their prayer requests on the website.

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E-mail:  michelle@sudanpartnership.org
Website:  http://sudanpartnership.org/main.htm
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John & Heather Witherow -- OC Africa
John and Heather Witherow serve with OC International's South Africa Regional Team (SART) based in Johannesburg, South Africa.  The Witherows passion is to serve the people of South Africa, Swaziland, and Zimbabwe.  SART believes that these countries will be discipled most effectively by the transforming presence of healthy, reproducing churches in every community.  John assists African nationals in these countries to raise effective leaders and reproduce healthy churches.  Heather, a teacher by profession, is devoted to helping her family build a healthy life and an effective ministry in Africa.  John and Heather have three boys, Micah, Jake, and Caleb.  As you support the Witherows, you are partnering in a ministry vital to the Great Commission in Southern Africa.  Please pray for them.


Email:  johnwitherow@oci.org
Website:  http://www.ocafrica.net/witherow
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Reg & Mary Epp -- Missionary Aviation Fellowship, Nampa, ID
Reg & Mary, and their children, Erin, Emily & Jason, are missionaries with MAF, and are currently serving at MAF Headquarters in Nampa, Idaho -- after having served from 1986 to 1999 in Botswana.  Their service now consists of doing tasks that help the people on the field accomplish their work and ministry.  Their duties include specialized flight training, staff recruitment & counseling, purchasing and shipping of aircraft parts, finance and accounting, administration of an internet gateway for worldwide e-mail, fund raising, printing& mailing of materials -- for starters!  Generally, Reg is filling needs in the hangar, while Mary enjoys working in the Headquarters offices.  Their most recent newsletter relates that they are praising God for their children as Erin finishes her schooling to become a speech/language pathologist, and Emily graduation in May with an accounting degree.  Also, Jason (who has been cancer-free since October 2000) graduated from Apollo College in Boise as a licensed Massage Therapist.  Pray for the Epps as Reg has been doing much traveling to various parts of the globe, pray for safety and strength; for Mary as she's been teaching classes for the children of prospective MAF candidates; and for wisdom for their kids as they are making decisions about their future.

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Email:  repp@maf.org
Website:  http://www.maf.org/epp
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Peter & Margre Hays -- Greater Europe Missions, The Netherlands
Twenty years ago the Hays' joined Greater Europe Mission and were sent to Holland as missionaries.  There, by God's grace, they planted two churches one hour north of Amsterdam.  The alkmaar church has been handed over to a Dutch national pastor and continues to grow.  The Hays are currently ministering in the areas of evangelism, church-planting and discipleship training through Tyndale Theological Seminary (Peter is a professor) and Community Bible Studies International (Margre is the Dutch National Director).  They have been involved with various ministries through the years, including church-based youth ministry and Christian counseling.

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Website:  www.gemission.org

Stay tuned -- more missionaries will be added to this page in the coming weeks!