Manuel and Kollette Gutierrez: ‘We’re going to Mexico with CMF!’
Did Manuel and Kollette Gutierrez always plan to be missionaries?
For Manuel, it’s an emphatic “no!” But for Kollette, the daughter of missionaries, it’s a big “yes!”
Did Manuel and Kollette Gutierrez always plan to be missionaries?
For Manuel, it’s an emphatic “no!” But for Kollette, the daughter of missionaries, it’s a big “yes!”
Born in an area often divided by violent ethnic clashes, Jaldu overcame an extremely difficult early life to become a Christian. Now his ethnic background has shifted from being a hardship to an asset as he serves as a church planter with the Kristos Andinet (Unity in Christ) Church, CMF’s partner in church planting in rural Ethiopia, in a community that is closed to other evangelists.
Years of patient conversations, studies and prayers have yielded fruit in the life of an Asian man and the ministry of CMF’s Marketplace Ministries team in a large Asian city. His story serves as an example of the long-term commitment often required to make disciples in Asian countries.
Church leaders in Abengourou, Ivory Coast, facilitated the very successful third annual Global Leadership Summit in the city in November, reports CMF team members Ian and Kristin Isely.
In 1976, they were two kids from rural Oregon who wanted to serve God in Africa but didn’t have any idea how to set up and get started.
Fortunately for all, they connected with CMF as their support organization, and Garry and Linda Brock’s 44 years of ground-breaking mission work in Ethiopia, Kenya, the CMF office and Asia Marketplace Ministries took off.
Rachel Williams and Caitlin Pitts, CMF team members in Turkana, Kenya, have launched a ministry that helps young women stay in school and avoid sexual predators, while starting small businesses that help other women, too!