Take some time to peruse through Calvary’s Missionary Family and pray for the lives and ministries of these servants of the Lord.
Baptist Youth Mission, Mike & Sandy Holmes
After realizing his need for a Savior, Mike Holmes was saved in a barnyard in Kansas. He then went on to formal education where he obtained B.A. in Church Ministries and a minor in Youth Work; Mike also has two A.S. degrees in Animal Husbandry. He spent 4 years ministering with a summer evangelism ministry before becoming a youth pastor in Colorado, resigning after two years to start Baptist Youth Mission which was founded in 1988. BYM is a ministry of their local church that provides youth related services, as well as training and support to independent Baptist churches. Mike and Sandy were married in 1984 and are the parents of 4 boys. They live in Sinclair, WY, where the BYM is based.
Brazil, Ellie Driesinga
Ellie chose to follow Christ at the age of 15 after realizing she didn’t have the peace and joy a believer should have. During her years at Cornerstone Bible Institute, Ellie came to a willingness to serve wherever the Lord would lead. This turned out the be Brazil Gospel Fellowship who she has been serving with since 1999. She arrived for her first term in 2002 and has served in several areas of ministry during her time there. She first taught English at a Christian school before moving on to language school, since then she has been involved in deaf ministries, camping ministries, teaching Sunday School and children’s programs, discipleship, Bible studies, teaching English as a second language, working as field treasurer, helping in a church plant, and dorm mom. This most recent term she has made the move to southern Brazil and, along with coworkers, is helping in a church plant that is now underway.
Brazil, Jon & Denielle Johnson
Both Jonathan and Denielle grew up in Christian homes where their parents taught them about Jesus Christ, salvation and ministry. Jonathan had the privilege of spending four years of his life in Cote d’Ivoire, West Africa when his family served with New Tribes Mission. God began to prepare their hearts for overseas missions while they attended Cornerstone Bible Institute in Hot Springs, South Dakota. Jon, Denielle and daughter, ElliAnna, moved to Fortaleza, CE in January 2009 with Brazil Gospel Fellowship. Since then they have been learning Portuguese, and all of the family has been adjusting well to life in Brazil. They are enjoying various opportunities to fellowship with fellow believers through church services, music, Bible studies, and English Club. Recently they moved to the South Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, where they will continue to work on language studies and begin to be involved in a church planting work. Jon and Denielle call Calvary Baptist Church their home church.
Canada (Manitoba), Jeff & Nickie Robinson
Cornerstone Bible Institute, Ruth Haynie
Born in 1954, Ruth Haynie began her teaching career by ‘playing school’ with her siblings. As the daughter of a pastor she began teaching toddlers in church at the age of 14. Ruth went on to earn a BA in Diversified Education, a life teaching credential (California), and an MA in English as a Second Language. She served both in Haiti and Bolivia as a missionary school teacher. Her teaching experience ranges from elementary school to adult education, she has been ministering at Cornerstone Bible Institute since its inception in 1994. Ruth has a love of teaching and loves training others how to teach as well.
France, Tom & Brenda Guffey
Tom and Brenda serve together with the Greater Europe Mission at Camp of the Peaks in France. The goal of the camp is to build the church in France and provide a place for believers and their non-believing friends to spend time together. God worked in each of their lives individually preparing them for service on the mission field. Tom is an accomplished potter whose work and skill have been used as a great tool in a country where artists are greatly admired. He first went to Camp of the Peaks in 1979 and knew he would one day return full time. Brenda’s study in education has given her the necessary skills she needed as a mother to three children, and her cooking skills have helped in their ministry at the camp. Both came to know Christ as children and can each look back and see the Lord’s hand in the details of their lives. They have three children.
Germany (Wittenberg), Paul & Chelli Sudbrock
From a very young age Paul knew God was calling Him to the mission field of Germany. During his freshman year at Baptist Bible College he met Chelli, the woman he would marry and who would, in March of 1995, be beside him for their first term as missionaries to Germany. Their first term they focused on learning the language and since then have assisted in many works. They currently serve in the city of Wittenberg, the very same town that God had impressed upon Paul’s heart many years before when reading a book about Martin Luther. The Sudbrock have been blessed with 4 children; Skyler, Samantha, Serenity, and Sadie. They serve as independent, fundamental Baptists as part of the Baptist Bible Fellowship International.
Hispanic Church Planters, Sal & Marlene Johnson
Medical Church Planting, Greg & Linda Waller
Greg and Linda, along with their son, Timothy, have a unique ministry serving under Truth for Today Baptist Mission. Both Greg and Linda came to know the Lord in their youth but did not serve Him diligently until years later. Greg is a medical doctor and Linda is a nurse; both were established in a successful medical practice when the Lord began dealing with them about foreign missions. They served for 7 years on the mission field of Guyana, South America where they started a church is a remote village using their medical skills, as well as traditional means, to get the work going. After complications with their visas they began a new ministry of worldwide church planting. Operation Renewed Hope sets up medical clinics around the world for the purpose of evangelism and church planting. They have seen the Lord bless greatly with this unique ministry.
Mexico, Missionary Aviation, Bryon & Sandy Brock
Having both come to know the Lord at a young age, Bryon and Sandy were also challenged to surrender to full-time missions. They met in Wyoming at Frontier School of the Bible and married in 1983. Bryon began missionary pilot training, but they struggled with their call to missions and tried to get comfortable serving in their local church. After yielding once again to the Lord he opened the door for them to serve with United Indian Mission International. It is a church planting mission with ministries in Canada, Mexico, and the US. Having served with UIM for over 12 years, Bryon is now the Aviation Director. They serve many missionaries in remote, dangerous areas as it is becoming increasingly unsafe due to the drug cartel and the Mexican authorities. Bryon and Sandy have 4 children and base their ministry in Tucson, AZ.
Mexico, Ron & Connie Winter
Saved while in college, Ron was saved out of a Luther an background that did not have the truth. Due to the influence of a Christian friend he memorized Scripture and realized the truth. Once saved he began to attend a Baptist church and soon knew that the Lord was leading him into full time service. He graduated from Baptist Bible College as did his wife, Connie. Raised in a Christian home and saved at a young age, Connie has always been involved in all areas of the ministries they have been involved in since. The Winters first served as a co-pastor in Fulton, MO, where the Lord began to speak to them about missions. After taking groups on missions trips to Mexico they eventually moved there to begin planting churches. They continue to serve as an extension of First Baptist Church but have has some serious health issues to deal with this past year. They were blessed with 4 children who were all saved at an early age after being led to the Lord by their parents.
Mozambique, Arnie Johnson
Philippines, Walter & Cheryl Spicer
Serving at the largest missionary kid school in the world, Walter and Sheryl Spicer have been with New Tribes Mission since 1989. Both attended Calvary Bible College in Missouri, Sheryl graduating with a degree in both Bible and Missionary Nursing and Walter also with a double major in Bible and Secondary Education. He is also certified to help with learning disabilities, which is the area he works in at Faith Academy in Manila. They were challenged in the area of missions during their years in college and joined New Tribes Mission after that. Their ministry allows parents, whose children have special needs, to stay on the mission field. They have 5 children that they feel blessed to raise.
Uganda, Lawrence & Rebecca Lantz
Uruguay, Belinda Spillman
Wales, UK, J.A. & Pam Richards
J.A. and Pam Richards were both born in the State of Kansas in the USA. After meeting, marrying, and managing to have three children they surrendered to God’s call in Nov. 1984 to work for the Lord on a fulltime basis. After graduating from Baptist Bible College in 1988 and surrendering to God’s call to Wales they have worked in Colwyn Bay, North Wales, Bassaleg (Newport), Penarth and Cardiff. In June of 2005 J.A. became the Oversight Pastor at Cornwall Street Baptist Church.
