Bergen, Ben & Erin

Ben was born and raised in Southern California and is a computer programmer by trade. Erin was born and raised in Philadelphia and holds degrees in mechanical engineering and education and is a teacher by trade. Ben joined SIM 8 years ago as their Intrane...read more

Brady, Jennifer

The verses of Psalm 37:3-4 are an excellent way to sum up the story of how the Lord brought me to full time mission work. "Trust in the Lord and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture. Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desir...read more

Bunch, Christina

I am passionate about missions and especially reaching out to children. I have been actively serving in my churches children's ministry for several years and have had the blessing of going on many short term missions trips. On those missions trips God has...read more

Conti, Chris

Chris found assurance in her faith at age 17 after praying the salvation prayer many times starting at age 11. Growing up in a non-Christian family, Chris felt that God set her apart and protected her throughout her life. In university, she grew and becam...read more

Decker, Dave and Mary

Dave and Mary long to see joyful missionaries effectively spreading a passion for God's glory. Having served for 21 years in West Africa, they've too often they seen effectiveness compromised due to under-staffed and/or under-equipped mission leadership ...read more

Fauchon, David and Michelle

David and Michelle are serving in Santiago, Chile with their four children, Bronte, Alex, Maddison and Jai. We look forward to journeying with you as we serve here with SIM....read more

Gallop, Joseph & Linda

Joe & Linda were commissioned by their church in 1987 to serve with SIM. They served in Africa for 15 years in Niger Republic among the Tamajaq nomads doing evangelism, discipleship, translation of Theological Education by Extension materials, and field ...read more

Getz, Candy

I grew up in rural Missouri in a Christian family and made a commitment to Christ as a child. While completing my Bachelor's degree in Business Management, I had the desire to serve in the nonprofit field with an organization whose mission I believed in. ...read more

Heron, Helen

Our family worked in Peru for 17 years, firstly in Theological Education by Extension, and then in leadership and administration ministries. We returned to the UK in July 2009. I worked as the Deputy Mobilisation Director for the UK office for one year,...read more

Hoffmann, Ken and Shirley

Shirley is from the great neighbor to the north of the US-Canada! She felt the call to missions in Bible College. She responded and in 1978 went to Nigeria to teach Bible Knowledge in a public high school in Kagoro.

Ken is from NY. He had the...read more

Howell, Kevin and Rebekah

Rebekah grew up in rural Minnesota in a Christian home, while I (Kevin) grew up in South Texas. Though living in different parts of the country, God brought us together when we both attended Moody Bible Institute. After marrying 2006, we finished our stud...read more

Johnson, Luke

From an early age I valued full time ministry as a vocation. My parents were on Cru staff (formerly Campus Crusade for Christ) for many years, and my father has continued in ministry. In my teenage years, I was much more enamored with visions of rock n' r...read more

Kitzman, David & Mende

Dave- Despite growing up in a home with a Christian mom, I always struggled with making the decision to actually follow Christ with my own life. In 1991, I finally came to a crossroads where I had to surrender everything to him or reject him and go my own...read more

Kreimeyer, Gregory

It's amazing how God can bring things together for His purpose. My journey began in 2005 when I started searching for a mission; actually the Holy Spirit led me to missions and Christ simultaneously. Then in 2007 during my interview with SIM, I received s...read more

Lunau Smith, Andrew and Tonya

Grew up around the Toronto area, currently live in Guelph, ON. We've been married since 1989, we have one daughter....read more

Lundstedt, Luke and Priscilla

Luke is from Minnesota and grew up as a missionary kid in Africa. Priscilla is from Sydney of Chinese descent. They met in Lima, Peru while Luke was working with Food for the Hungry and Priscilla was with SIM up in the Andes.

In 2009 they got...read more

Manahan, Brian and Juanita

After serving as an Environmental Scientist and Project Manager in government positions in Australia, Juanita joined SIM in 2005, as Project Promotions Manager for SIMaid. Brian has three grown-up children and has enjoyed a career in Medical Imaging until...read more

Peterson, Josh and Rosy

While Josh is an American, Rosy is a Latina who grew up in Brazil. Although they grew up in different countries, they have very similar backgrounds. They were both raised in religious families and believed that doing good works would help them get right w...read more

Rains, Jeff & Terri

Jeff and Terri served as missionaries in Latin America for 14 years. While serving in many different capacities, they focused primarily on training church leaders for more effective ministry.

In August of 2007, they moved back to the U.S. to se...read more

Salloum, George and Sara

After many years working in the corporate sector, we decided to explore the possibility of international missions work and discovered that God was doing some amazing things through SIM. Saying "yes" to His call opened the door to the most fulfilling year...read more

Thorsen, Charlie & Tami

Charlie and Tami served at Center Street Baptist Church in Marshalltown, Iowa for almost 10 years as Pastor of Youth, Worship and Missions before being called as missionaries to Bolivia, South America.

In 2004 they began their ministry in Boli...read more