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PHILIPPINES

In 2000, the Lord called Ana to serve Him. She worked as a missionary in Vietnam for 18 years, ministering to young people, serving in the Filipino church, teaching discipleship classes, and leading mission teams from the Filipino church in Vietnam.

In July 2019, Ana returned to the Philippines to be close to her elderly mother. Back in her home country, she continued her work as a missions mobilizer with International Teams. In her current role, Ana serves as a trainer for Access 2 and Ignite the Nation, missionary training programs that aim to train and send new long-term missionaries to the mission field.

Fun fact: Ana and her mom love dogs and live with 17 canine companions!

EFCA: REACH GLOBAL
NORTHWEST SUBURBS OF CHICAGO 

Mark and Cathy Kato grew up in the suburbs of Chicago and met while studying missions at Moody Bible Institute. They have been married for 25 years and have two children, Hannah and Joshua. Mark serves with Apex, the student missions’ program for the EFCA, to help equip the local church by mobilizing the next generation of gospel influencers to take the gospel from here to everywhere. Cathy serves with GlobalFingerprints, EFCA’s child sponsorship ministry, which equips the church to be transformational in the lives of vulnerable children, opening doors to strengthen, revitalize, and plant churches. 

SEND INTERNATIONAL
POLAND

Brett and Michelle Hamilton are originally from Montana. They were married on May 31, 1986, and have four married adult children and 13 grandchildren, including a new grandbaby due in March and four foster children.

The Hamiltons have served in Wroclaw, Poland since 1995. During their first 15 years of ministry, they helped plant the third Polish Baptist church in the city. After that, Brett served as Area Director for SEND International for Poland and the Czech Republic for five years. While serving with SEND International, Brett and Michelle got involved with the InterNational Church of Wroclaw (INCW). This new church plant ministered to international businessmen and students.

In 2018, Brett was asked to serve as the Missionary Pastor for INCW and continues to serve in this capacity. Brett preaches several times a month, mentors and disciples men, and leads two men’s discipleship groups. Michelle mentors and disciples women, leads two women’s discipleship groups, and leads the greeting and hospitality teams. Together, Brett and Michelle lead a couples and family group and provide pre-marital and marriage counseling.

Fun Facts: 

• INCW has around 100 regular attendees from 35 different countries and 5 continents!
• Brett and Michelle attended seminary with Pastor Tom and Cathy Atchison at TEDS.

EFCA: Reach Global
CANADA

Jay serves as a church-planting catalyst. As a “church multiplier,” he assesses prospective church planters and provides them with training and coaching, and he helps develop systems to enable an increase in church plants.

Kathy also serves in the area of church planting by assessing and coaching church planters and their wives. She is also involved in women’s leadership development and worship ministry in their local church. Both Jay and Kathy work with a Quebec partner, C2C Collective.

Fun Facts:

• Parlez-vous français? Most of Quebec’s population speaks French, so Jay and Kathy’s ministry here is primarily in French.
• Less than 1% of Quebec’s population attends an evangelical church. It’s true. Historically, Roman Catholicism was the primary religion in Quebec, but today, religious adherence has declined overall, and the province has become increasingly secular.