Our Missionaries

“Go into all the world and preach the gospel”

The Boyd Family

Sending Agency: SIM

  • Daughter: Olivia

  • Location of Work:  Living in Indiana, serving families globally

  • Ministry Focus:  Spreading the gospel by strengthening                         missionary children and their families

  • "We love wildlife, going on nature walks, and learning about animals"

  • Contact information:

  • by email at cheri.boyd@sim.org

  • Org email at www.simusa.org

Cheri Boyd and Glen Boyd

Sending agency: Lahash International

  • Location of work: From ministry headquarters in Portland to ministry partners in Kenya, Tanzania, and Rwanda 

  • Ministry focus: Child sponsorship for over 500 of the most vulnerable children across East Africa 

  • "I love to write and particularly love to write poetry about life and things that God is teaching me"

  • Contact information:

  • jessicae@lahash.org

  • Org website at www.lahash.org

  • or Lahash office at (503) 288-5818 

Jessica Ebersole

Sending Agency: SIM

  • Location of Work:  Tamale, Ghana, West Africa

  • Ministry Focus:  Vulnerable women in need

  • "I grew up in northern Wisconsin on a dairy farm milking cows every day."

  • Contact information:

  • by email at sherri.paulson@sim.org

  • or WHATSAPP +233207858329

Sheri Paulson

Sending Agency: “Serving Internationals”

  • Location of Work:  Chicago

  • Ministry Focus:  Serving international students in Chicago since 2017, primarily at Illinois Institute of Technology

  • Building relationships, introducing them to the love of Jesus, and preparing them to share Jesus with their community when they return home.

  • "I lived in east Asia for 10 years, studying language and teaching English."

  • Contact information:

  • by email at joyinthejourney@psmail.net

  • or call/text at 616.818.5862

Kim TerAvest

The Tejada Family

Sending Agency: EFCA Reach Global

  • Children: Alesa & Elijah

  • Location of Work:  Cartago, Costa Rica

  • Ministry Focus:  Equipping those who are serving the church and reaching people for Christ, including native indigenous people. Training pastors and leaders in hermeneutics.

  • "We met and married in Honduras. The kids love the snow, but Carlos does not! Suzanne loves the fall."

  • Contact information:

  • by email at carlos.tejada@efca.org

  • or WHATSAPP +12243995324

  • Blog - tejadas.org

Carlos and Suzanne Tejada

Sending Agency: Shepherd’s Staff

  • Location of Work: Undisclosed, Middle East

  • Ministry Focus:  Evangelism and discipleship.

  • "We met each other doing humanitarian aid work in South Sudan."

  • Contact information:

  • by email at portionandcup@proton.me

S&J

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