Mission in the World
For more information,
contact:
Kelvin Krieger,
Program Coordinator,
Mission in the World
Phone 204.984.9164
Toll free:
1.888.786.6707 Ext 164
Fax 204.984.9185
E-mail vim@elcic.ca
Evangelical Lutheran
Church in Canada,
302-393 Portage Ave,
Winnipeg MB R3B 3H6
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(Updated March 2009)
This is a living poster of the Long-term Missionaries, Short-term Missionaries, Amazon and Patagonia Mission Pastors and Volunteers in Mission. It is updated regularly as changes occur.
For further details on Long-term Missionaries, click on their name.
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Rev Brian Rude
- Serving with the Quetzalcoatl Foundation; accompanying HIV and AIDS prevention/awareness and wellness workshops in prisons in El Salvador and program alternatives for at-risk youth in marginal neighbourhoods in and around the capital city of San Salvador
- Accompanies the Salvadoran Lutheran Synod program of AIDS workshops, for youth, pastors and radio, as well as its ecumenical multi-sectoral Round Table on HIV and AIDS
- Pastoral support for HIV and AIDS patients and family members at Rosales Public Hospital
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- Birthday: August 24
- Address: A.P. 05-66, Metro Centro, San Salvador, El Salvador
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Rev Fran Schmidt
View online blog
- Called by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) to serve the Peruvian Evangelical Lutheran Church (ILEP)
- Providing training for ILEP in Lutheran liturgy and church music
- Serving as part-time pastor of the San Juan-Camino de Esperanza congregation in Lima, Peru
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- Birthday: November 8
- Address: Avenida Villaran 234-A, Dpto 202, Mira Flores, Lima, Peru
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Lori Endress
- Serving in Chiang Mai, Thailand at Payap University, an institution founded by the Church of Christ in Thailand
- Develops and teaches English programs at Payap's McGilvary College of Divinity for Master of Divinity students
- Conversational English Instructor for Thai English majors in Payap's new Faculty of Arts, beginning November 2008
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- Birthday: January 7
- Address: McGilvary College of Divinity, Payap University, Chiang Mai 50000, Thailand
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Rev Yoli Zavaleta
- Pastor of Fiel es Dios (God is Faithful) congregation in Iquitos and the rural faith community in El Triunfo
- Birthday: July 4
- Address: Urb. Juan Pablo II, Mo. 45 Dep. 103, San Juan Bautista, Iquitos, Peru
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Rev Sergio Utz
- Pastor of Esperanza del Sur (Hope of the South) Congregation
in Esquel and Cruz de Sur (Southern Cross) Congregation in Bariloche
- Mission work with the Mapuche aborigines at Cushamen
- Birthdays: Sergio May 10; Mailen (spouse) November 5;
Micaela (daughter) December 17, 2003
- Anniversary: February 9, 2008
- Address: Emilio Frey 461, 8400-Bariloche, Provincia de Rio Negro, Argentina
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Rev Gustavo Gomez
- Pastor of San Juan Bautista (St John the Baptist) Congregation
in Comodoro Rivandavia
- Mission outreach to Los Antiguos
- Birthdays: Gustavo, December 23; Solange (spouse), November 12; Lourdes (daughter), September 25, 1999; Leandro (son), April 9, 1998
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Anniversary: December 12, 1997
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- Address: San Juan Bautista, Av. Kennedy 3136, 9000 Comodoro Rivadavia, Chubut, Argentina
Volunteers in Mission
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Cameroon
Carol Martin
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- Birthday: December 19
- Address: SIL-Cameroon, B.P. 1299, Yaounde, Cameroon
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Guyana
Rev Jack and Valerie Frederick
View their online blog
- Jack: Pastor for Calvary Lutheran Church in Georgetown
- Valerie: Assists with church programs
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in Guyana
- January - June 2009
- VIM Support Group based in the Eastern Synod
- Birthdays: Jack, March 13; Valerie, May 18
- Anniversary: October 16, 1956
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- Adress: Calvary Lutheran Church, 28-29 North + Alexander, Georgetown, Guyana, South America
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Niger
Christine Mattimoe
View their online blog
- Teacher of French at the Sahel Academy international mission school in Niamey
- Accompanied by spouse Tim Mattimoe: manager of relief and development with Samaritan's Purse Canada
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- October 2008 - October 2009
- VIM Support Group based at Resurrection Lutheran Church, Orleans ON
- Birthdays: Christine, December 5; Tim, June 19
- Anniversary: August 5, 2006
- Address: B.P. 2499 Niamey, Niger, West Africa
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