God took me back to my country of Brazil, some ten years after I had moved to the USA, to reveal Himself to me. My wife Teresa and I, along with our 3-month-old Isabella, moved to Porto Alegre, Brazil, in October 1995 so I could conduct research for my Ph.D. thesis in Sociology from Northwestern University in Chicago. We were anxious about relocating in Brazil since we went with limited funds, without knowing where we'd live, and having very few contacts. Upon arrival, we checked into a downtown hotel. Feeling uneasy about the area, we began looking for a place to rent in a safer part of town. On our second day, our search led us to the American School of Porto Alegre. There we met ABWE missionaries Dan and Diana Richner who were PE teacher and director, respectively, at that school... Read More.

"I know God brought me to North America to receive Christ." Eva is a teenager in our work among the professional class in Arequipa, Peru. Her parents heard about our "cultural program" for high school students, and begged us to find a home in the USA where their daughter could practice English and learn about America. The cultural program began in 1996 as we were trying to find ways to reach and serve the large professional class of Arequipa, Peru's second largest city with a population around one million. God directed us to this work and John & Aimee Stiles joined our team. As we prayed for God's wisdom and studied the situation, we realized we needed varied contacts to make inroads into people's lives... Read More.

I was saved in 1956 at an American Sunday School Union camp in the Ozarks. I know Bible camps can be used of God to evangelize, and to foster growth in believers around the world. ABWE entered Paraguay to plant churches in 1974. By 1984 when my wife Kathy and I arrived, three churches were in formation in Asunçion, the capital city, and two in the interior. Missionaries and national leaders, eager to reach and disciple young people, asked us to organize a week of camp. We rented a facility an hour from the capital, and using capable Paraguayan believers as cooks, counselors, and speakers, hosted 85 campers. For most it was an introduction to Bible camp. That was all it took for camp to become a priority among... Read More.