As they listened to the news and stories from their families in the U.S., Ian and Kristin Isely knew that the virus would soon be coming to their ministry area in Ivory Coast. But when the airports closed, they figured that they would have to ride it out in their little town of Abengourou.
A local witch doctor and his wife are part of a microfinance project in a rural village in Thailand, report CMF team members Preston and Kristin Coursey, which has led to a very successful year for their venture.
Preston and Kristin Coursey and son Killian serve with CMF’s urban poor team in Chiang Mai, Thailand, reaching out to the poorest of the poor in juvenile detention centers and under-resourced villages in the hill country of Thailand. They were in our Indianapolis office recently and answered five questions about their lives and unique ministries.
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.