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Meet Our International and Domestic Staff |
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Tom & Ann Austin - MTW, Global Training and Development
Family: Anna Von (David) and Rebecca Ann
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The Austins were in Kenya for over 14 years before Tom became the Principal of the Bible Institute of South Africa. After fulfilling this position, he took on new ministry responsibilities researching and influencing ministries in relevant teaching methods and curriculums. He also helped to develop a new international staff orientation program for Sub-Sahara Africa with other MTW international staff. Ann was involved with the local prison ministry. Most recently they have been reassigned by MTW as international staff with the Global Training and Development team, working with our international staff and national partners around the world. |
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Henry & Wendy Clay - Navigators
Family: Walt, Thomas, Annie and Caroline
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Henry and Wendy serve full-time with The Navigators. They will continue to live in Columbia, but much of their work will take them overseas, teaching and training. As their schedule permits, they will also lead small groups and mentor and train laborers for the harvest at Northeast Presbyterian Church as well. |
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Mike & Kay Dawkins - Wycliffe Bible Translators Southeast Asia
Family: Rachel Ann and Gabriel Ray
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Mike and Kay are on furlough in
Cayce,
SC after finishing their first four year term in a limited-access Southeast Asian country with Wycliffe Bible Translators. While they are here, they are raising additional support to return and fulfill a request by the national church to disciple and train Christian teachers to serve in remote mountain areas where good educational options for Christians do not exist. Kay was a member at NEPC before she became a missionary and married Mike. |
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Ed & Vicki Germann - International Students Inc. (ISI)
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ISI exists to share the Love of Christ with the future leaders of the world - international students studying at our colleges and universities. There are over 500,000 international university students in the USA, and each year hundreds come to Christ. They, in turn, return to their home countries as Christians. Ed is the Regional Feld Director of "ISI" for both the Southeast and Great Lakes regions of the United States. |
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Jamie & Jacki Gildard - MTW, Marseille, France
Family: Rebecca, Jimmy, Owen and Angelle
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The Gildards are located in Marseille, France, where they are involved in building relations, sharing the good news of Christ, and encouraging growth and leadership among French Christians. Their ministry includes church planting, Bible studies, a strong university ministry and distributing evangelical materials to the city areas around the church. |
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Alice Hatch - MTW, Lawrenceville, Georgia
Family: Rob and Madelle
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Alice is a clinical psychologist who assists MTW's staff. She assesses candidates, debriefs staff returning for Home Ministry Assignment and handles emergencies. Alice also attends international MTW retreats where she makes herself available to counsel others and often leads seminars as well. |
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Robbie & Murray Lathrop - MTW, Nicaragua
Family: Ross, Reed and Mika
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NEPC members Robbie and Murray Lathrop are in Managua, Nicaragua, with MTW. They operate a pineapple farm as a ministry outreach center. As the center develops, it will be a base to house short-term teams, a retreat and discipleship training center for local churches and an investment in the local community--providing jobs and building relationships. The center is also used for pastoral training. You can read more about this ministry at www.nicanews.org. |
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Skid & Sherri Logan - Josh McDowell Ministry, Global
Family: Missi, Jenna, Skid III, Stephanie and Kristen
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Skid and Sherri Logan have served for over 34 years with Campus Crusade for Christ and Skid now serves as the Global Outreach Director for the Josh McDowell Ministry (a division of Campus Crusade for Christ). This will involve extensive traveling while they keep their home base in Columbia. |
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Joe & Ann Lyle - MTW, Taiwan
Family: 3 adult children
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The Lyles have been working with students at Christ's College in Taiwan since 1991. Ministry at Christ's College involves teaching English as a means to develop relationships with students for evangelism and discipleship. They are able to reach students through classroom teaching, evening devotions, Bible studies, seminars and individual conversations. They would love to have some people from NEPC join them during the summer or the school year to work with their students. |
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Guillermo & Jennie Salinas - PEF, Mexico
Family: Sarah Grace, Mandie Beth, Billy and Stephanie Anne
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Guillermo was used by God to plant 5 churches in Zihuatanejo/Ixtapa. He is currently training elders and deacons in one of those churches and is the Continental Director for Youth with Evangelism Explosion in Latin America and is a specialist with the implementing of the new e2 strategy of Evangelism Explosion in Latin America. In this capacity, he will be working with churches to strengthen them in the area of evangelism and discipleship. Jennie and the children are involved in discipleship/evangelism using drama/puppets through the local church. |
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John & Susan Shane - MTW, Southern Africa
Family: Nat and Lindsay
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John is the regional director for MTW's southern Africa region and interim regional director for the eastern Africa region. He is responsible for overseeing missionaries who serve on university campuses, in Bible institutes, churches, schools, and community clinics. In their local church they meet with individual South Africans for mentoring and Bible study. Susan assists in an after - school Bible club for girls
aged 7-14. |
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Lillie Smith -- HIS International
Spouse: Randy
Children: Kirsten and Cameron
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Lillie serves with HIS International, a mission organization
demonstrating God’s love to international university students, faculty,
and scholars. HIS helps students with practical needs, and provides a
community where internationals can build lasting relationships with
Christian staff and volunteers as well as other international and North
American students by attending lunches, events, Bible studies, retreats,
English classes, and trips. HIS also invites the local church and other
ministries to become involved in this vital work by serving lunch,
sponsoring social events, serving special occasion meals in their
churches, and inviting internationals to their church or other events.
Lillie’s passion for international students grows out of her love of
Christ and her own experiences traveling and living abroad. She
received her Undergraduate and Master’s degrees in Spanish from the
University of South Carolina. She also has extensive experience
teaching Spanish. |
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Dony & Sharon St. Germain - MNA, U.S. & Haiti
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Dony St. Germain ministers in two countries—his homeland of Haiti and the country in which he is a naturalized citizen, the United States. Every year, 40,000 Haitians come to North America, many of them seeking jobs to support their families. MNA Haitian-American Ministries seeks to meet the needs of this growing people group by planting Gospel–centered churches, offering practical support and demonstrating Christ’s love. In addition to his role with MNA, Dony is church planter and pastor of El Shaddai Presbyterian Church in Miami, Florida. He is also the president of El Shaddai Ministries International, Inc. which has planted over 40 churches in Haiti and 27 preaching points, ministering to a total of 23,000 people weekly with 1500 residential orphans. He is currently overseeing the development of a reformed theological seminary as a means of a more aggressive and intentional approach to church planting and leadership development in his homeland. |
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Kristen Trace - Campus Outreach, Thailand
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Kristen is with Campus Outreach, a ministry under the authority of Briarwood Presbyterian Church, PCA, in Birmingham, Alabama. Campus Outreach is a ministry targeting college campuses with the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. Kristen will be teaching in Khon Kaen, Thailand. You can find new updates and prayer requests regularly at http://thailand.campusoutreach.org/. |
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Mike & Joan Vilasi - North Point Community Church Nicaragua
Family: Two adult children-
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Mike and Joan run the Helping Hands with Heart for Christ (H3C) Christian Learning Center on the Island of Ometepe. H3C is a project of North Point Community Church. The school for the deaf is attended by the deaf child and another member of the family. God's word is shared with each attendee daily. The Learning Center also has a sewing school and manages a garden program, sharing excess produce with the poor in the surrounding area. North Point Community Church works hand in hand on the mainland with the Nicaraguan church, a school for the disabled, and a home for the aged. They are currently also working on a housing construction project.
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Restricted Access Workers
Some of our staff are serving in fields where great sensitivity is required. We are unable to publish information on these workers.
Bill & Cheryl - Europe
Tom & Helene - Europe
Tom & Lucy - Africa
Brad & April - Location Withheld
MTW Staff
Bill Goodman - Director of Field Operations, International Director, Europe |
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