GLOBAL VOICES
In It for the Long Haul: God’s Work Around the World Career Missionary Edition “After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes with palm branches in their hands, crying out with a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!” (Revelation 7:9-10) We each have a role to play in global missions. God calls some to be missionaries and others to send them. College Church is richly blessed to support God’s work in many different areas of the world. We currently support 98 career units (families and singles) serving around the world, as well as 11 mid-term missionary units in addition to short-term teams and individuals. We want to introduce you to a few of our career missionaries this month and in the months to come. Pick up a copy of the Missionary Prayer Guide at the bookstall to learn more about our missionaries. through his people.” CURT & KAREN COLE Curt and Karen serve with Avant Ministries, based in Kansas City, Missouri. After serving with Reach Beyond (formally HCJB Global) for 27 years, Curt now leads the human resources department at Avant Ministries, and Karen helps support educational options for Avant’s missionary kids around the world. A good portion of Curt’s time is spent traveling, visiting and supporting the missionaries of Avant around the world. He wrote an update of one such trip in February. “I met Pedro earlier this week when I was in Belize preaching at an association of evangelical churches event. Pedro is the director of Kings College, a high school started by GMU (Avant) missionaries in 1967. He is also a graduate of the Guatemala Bible Seminary. “About a year ago a student at King’s College died in a tragic motorcycle accident. Because of the way Pedro and others cared for the family, they invited him to start a church in their community. “This church without walls has now grown to 40 people! Another church in Belize gifted them one bench and they used that as a model to make more benches. “Pedro gets church planting. He is already discipling and training two other men to lead this new church in the small town of La Pasadita, Belize. “What a joy to be able to see how God is building his church
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Would you take a minute to pray for Curt and Karen in the following ways? • Pray for Curt and Karen as they support ministry around the world. Pray that the Lord would use them to encourage missionaries and missionary kids. • Pray for a good community to come around them in Kansas City and for them to be supported well through transition. • Pray for God to grow his church around the world, drawing more and more people to himself. JOE & HOLLY GREESON Joe and Holly work in member care with SEND North in Alaska and Northwest Canada. Based in Anchorage, Joe and Holly travel to 21 different villages in the far north. They encourage SEND workers and their families who are called by Jesus to live and make disciples in this region. They also have a special heart for missionary kids isolated in remote villages who face many of the same issues as third culture kids around the world. In the fall, Joe and Holly watched over a family’s home and ministry so the family could take a furlough. On January 23 they wrote, “Praise God for our time in Ross River, Canada. We were there from late September to late December and saw God do something wonderful almost every day. We will never forget the wonderful people we met from every age group. Your
