Missionaries
Hilman-Arrunategui Family - Kenya
Training at Potter's Field Ministries in Whitefish, Montana to serve in Nairobi, Kenya through the IGNITE program. 
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Crossroads Community Church
7708 NE 78th St
Vancouver, WA 98662
Duane and Margaret Grasman - Mexico
Duane and Margaret have been serving in Mexico over 20 years, with most of their efforts being centered in Hermosillo and the surrounding villages. It was a casual contact in an airport between the Grasmans and Pastor Bill and Betty Ritchie that led to our own church's extensive missionary outreaches in that area.
One year ago, Duane was asked to join Amistad Cristiana Church as missions director and has been bringing structure to their missions program on a local, national, and international level. Their son, Steve, is the youth pastor for the church.
For some time they have had a burden to reach a very needy neighborhood in the southern section of Hermosillo. Just recently it resulted in the creation of a home church fellowship, that within a few weeks, has already outgrown the private home where they meet. Duane and Margaret are seeing God reach entire families and bringing about significant change in New Hermosillo.
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Angie Velasco - Mexico
Angie was commissioned by Crossroads as a missionary five years ago, to use her gifts of evangelism, teaching, hopitality, and leadership in Mexico.
Currently serving in Cuernavaca, a city just south of Mexico City, she helps organize evangelistic events, teaches discipleship Bible studies to new believers, and welcomes new people into her local church.
Angie also leads small group Bible studies for women who have been Christians for a while, but contine to desire to know God in a more personal manner.
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Steve and Karen Daley - East Mediterranean
Steve and Karen have two daughters, Annelise (11) and Karis (10), and live in Lancaster, South Carolina. They serve with Wycliffe in the East Mediterranean region, where they are team coordinators for an ongoing translation project.
The past year has been very productive as the translation team has drafted the last two-thirds of the Old Testament selections for an audio scripture series and is now beginning work on the New Testament selections.
Karen also helps with administrative tasks, such as conference planning and field training, while devoting herself to the children and their schooling.
Steve (Dr. Daley) has additional duties that draw upon his specialized background in Biblical languages, Greek and Hebrew:
Translation consulting - checking translations before publication,
Biblical research - writing reference materials for field translators,
Teaching Hebrew - training translators to work from the original texts.
Steve and Karen are committed to Wycliffe's Vision 2025. The goal is to start a Bible translation in every language needing one by the year 2025, and thereby help to reach the millions of people around the world that still have no scripture in their heart language.
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The Burkes - South Asia
The Burkes and their daughter Kaylee (5) live in South Asia. They lead a team with the focus of initiating church planting movements among middle class, high caste Hindus. They are currently training local believers to begin house fellowships.
They have been training a local believer named Shravan, for over a year and many have come to faith through this man's ministry. They have seen God do miracles in the lives of many people. Fifteen young Hindus have joined a house fellowship led by Shravan. They meet weekly to disciple Shravan who is training six church planters.
The Burkes are working to open a Spoken English School to provide services and to facilitate relationships and their work in the local community. The school will also provide a solid reason for their presence in the city where they live.
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Félix and Edith Rosales - Vancouver, Washington
Félix is founder and president of Hispanic Ministries, which trains and equips pastors and leaders to reach the growing Hispanic population for Christ in the Pacific Northwest. Félix is also president of Northwest Theological Institute, which equips men and women to serve in the Hispanic community. Prior to beginning these ministries, Félix planted churches in Latin America.
Félix and Edith are originally from Nicaragua and have two sons and two grandchildren.
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Ruben and Doris Muñoz - Hermosillo, Mexico
Over five years ago, Ruben and Doris started Calvary Chapel Antioqia in Hermosillo, Mexico. Ruben has always been active in the Lord's work and was drawn to Calvary Chapel through the ministry of Crossroads Community Church in Hermosillo.
Hermosillo, a city of over 800,000 people, is the capital of the state of Sonora and a bustling city of commerce and industry. Ruben's strong gift of teaching and a passion to reach the city for Christ have been the center of his ministry. His church reaches out to the community through ministry to hospitals, orphanages, sports outreaches, and professional men's and women's gatherings.
Ruben and Doris have three children; Ruben Jr., Maresa, and Damaris.
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Roberto and Brenda Valencia - Kino Viejo, Mexico
Roberto and Brenda planted and now pastor Calvary Chapel in Kino Viejo, Mexico. After giving his life to Christ, Roberto felt the call of God on his life and much of his growth in the Lord came under the mentorship of Crossroads' missionary, Duane Grasman.
Crossroads Community Church and the Valencias' path intersected in Kino. For a long time, Pastor Bill Richie felt God's leading to start a work in Kino; God was laying the same burden on Roberto's and Brenda's hearts. While serving as a pastor in another town, Roberto began teaching a Bible study on his day off in Kino. As a result, today there is a thriving body of believers in "Templo Calvario." The church and ministry of the Valencias is a beacon of light of God's love in the community.
Roberto and Brenda have four children; Glenda, Elisabeth, Josue, and Isaac.
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David and Anna Bonsell - Los Mochis, Mexico
God called David and Anna to leave their home and jobs in the United Sates in December 1989 to follow His calling to Alamos, Mexico. Traveling to the various mountain villages in the states of Chihuahua, Sonora and Sinaloa, they provided teaching and discipling materials to local churches.
In 1997, they opened the Gospel Resource and Training Center where pastors and church leaders now come for teaching, audio materials, monthly meetings, counseling and ongoing training. The distribution of teaching materials has expanded to other Latin American countries.
David and Anna partner with short term mission groups that come to the states of Sinaloa and Sonora, offering assistance in interpretation, transportation and knowledge of the local culture.
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We will be adding more of our missionaries in the near future as we receive their information.
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