Wagner, Rich & Ramona

Since 1996, Rich has been assigned to Monterrey, Mexico as MTW’s Coordinator for Northern Mexico. He is responsible for maintaining a healthy relationship with partnering Mexican National Presbyterian Churches in five presbyteries and two Synods. He coordinates MTW’s efforts with theirs in terms of church-planting projects, IMPACT groups, medical brigades, and identification of potential Mexican leadership. This also includes the facilitation of demographic studies, recruitment of missionaries, and supervision of MTW personnel in Northern Mexico.

Ramona teaches evangelistic Bible studies, art, photography, and crafts to women’s groups. She also is the hostess for 20-30 home outreach buffets each year. Usually, 40-50 people attend these dinners, which the team uses for a variety of evangelistic and discipleship purposes.

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Waldecker, Gary

The Waldeckers have served as church planters in Chile since 1983. For the first eight years they lived and worked in Western Santiago. Then Gary became the team leader of a church planting team whose focus was the unreached upper middle class in Viña del Mar. Until November of 2001 he was Mission to the World's Regional Director for urban South America. Currently he is the leader of a new resource team for Latin America. One of the tasks of this team is supporting our missionaries in the development of training programs for new national leadership.

Mission to the World has encouraged him to pursue further studies that would be helpful in the fulfillment of this new position. He is currently dedicating half his time to pursuing a doctorate in Organizational Development at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. The other half of his time is dedicated to helping resource the missionaries and national leaders in Latin America.

The Waldeckers will be living in the States until Gary finishes his program of study. However, Gary will be making trips to Latin America during this time.

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Williams, Steve & Rita

The Williams are career missionaries who in the past have concentrated on counseling of missionaries and pastors. Having been encouraged to narrow their field of endeavor they will be focusing more on equipping nationals in the area of family relations, especially the younger generation ( the future Church)They believe that this is much needed preventative work. Steve also writes materials for churches and Christian schools. Rita assists him in these projects. Steve will continue to teach part-time at Grace Theological College as needed and with the family lead a Bible Study for Grace Church in Tauranga.

• Address: 24 Elder Lane, 12003, Tauranga, New Zealand
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• Phone:++64-7-579-4973

Wilson, Elizabeth

Info/Bio: Wycliffe

YoungLife

"Picture a sea of teenage faces in a crowded school hallway. Some kids are trying to blend in; some are being carried along by the crowd; others are deliberately swimming against the tide. All of them are trying to find their way in a culture that is crowded with the noise and glare of media messages and peer expectations.

Young Life seeks to carry the message of Jesus Christ into that tumultuous tide and points teenagers toward life as they were created to live it. Since 1941, the dynamic that has characterized Young Life is its commitment to relationships — Young Life leaders meeting kids on their turf in the interest of friendship. As leaders get to know teenagers, they are able to share the love of Jesus Christ through platforms like Young Life club, Campaigners and trips to camp.

Whether kids are seeking answers or just acceptance, Young Life is there for them, armed with a desire for fun and the ultimate message of hope."

Quoted from Younglife.org

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Young, Steve & Sarah

In 1991 the Youngs went to Melbourne, Australia to begin a Japanese language church in cooperation with the Presbyterian Church of Victoria. They also established bridges between the Presbyterian Church of Australia and the Presbyterian Church in Japan by inviting Japanese ministers to participate in the work and by encouraging Australians to minister in Japan. This was accomplished in December 1999. The Youngs' mission since 2001 has been to establish a similar Japanese ministry in Perth, Western Australia, by making contacts with residents to eventually establish a church.

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• Phone:08-9448-8755
• Address: 91 Lynn Street, Trigg, W.A., Australia 6029