 | Dr. Jeff and Mrs. Bethany Bracht - Nicaragua
The Bracht family will be moving to Nicaragua following the “support raising” leg of their journey. Following a year of language learning in country and settling into their new Nicaraguan life, Jeff will be teaching veterinary medicine at the Universidad de Ciencias Comerciales (UCC) in Managua. One of their goals is to start a Student Fellowship at UCC with the purpose of helping the students catch a vision to reach out to the more remote villages of Nicaragua where vet-care is scarce. Bethany is planning on continuing the job she holds in the U.S.–being a wife and mother!
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 | Dr. Kelly Crowdis - Haiti
Kelly is working in the village of Merje, outside of Port Au Prince, serving alongside the local church/school. Her projects include Give A Kid to A Kid, an animal husbandry project with the children of the commuinty to teach them animal care skills, responsibility, leadership, environmental care and the love of Christ. IShe also works with Haitian Veterinarians and Veterinary Agents to provide continuing education and foster a relationship of communication and cooperation.
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 | Dr. Rick and Mrs. Mary Ervin - Nicaragua
Partnering with Rancho Ebenezer, Rick will teach Nicaraguan Animal Health Providers from various remote villages veterinary skills to include medicine and simple surgery, along with animal husbandry and projects in sustainable agriculture. Mary will teach basic nursing skills and hygiene and nutrition awareness to these providers. Our goal with each provider is to empower them to work in their own village providing health care for the animals and people where no affordable care is available.
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 | Dr. Keith & Mrs. Jan Flanagan - Haiti
Haiti Vet will be assisting two different Haitian organizations to accomplish some of their goals. First is the ChristianCenter for Evangelism and Humanitarian Assistance (CECEH) that is an evangelistic and development organization striving to improve the spiritual, social, and economic conditions in a very poor rural area near Port au Prince. Animal health training will be one aspect of their develop ment outreach. The other organization is Notre Maison (NM) that is a home for physically and mentally disabled children, many whom have been abandoned.
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 | Dr. Bill & Mrs. Heidi Janecke - Bolivia
Bill works with World Concern serving poor rural Bolivian families whose survival is linked to what their land will produce. World Concern provides training, technical assistance, and spiritual strengthening to these families as they work to improve the production of their small farms and seek strength, guidance, and perseverance through relationships with Jesus Christ.
Heidi teaches art at the local ChristianSchool. She is also on the board of directors for Talita Cumi orphanage and uses her energy and creativeness to help the children create scarves and other crafts to sell to support the needs of the orphanage. Bill is involved in ministry support of local village leaders through community development work. They are active in a local church and He idi is active in local schools and orphanages.
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 | Dr. Scott & Mrs. Diane Karper - Honduras
Dr. Scott Karper is doing animal health care education in the mud hut village of Guadalupe Carney, about 5 miles from Trujillo, on the north coast of Honduras. Villagers finally received their land titles after 5 years of squatting on the land in a large land reform movement. They were given cows thru HPI and other similar groups, but needed training and on-going supervision and guidance, so asked for help from CVM. Scott and Diane are living with the people, and responding to their needs, therefore many new projects have grown alongside of the veterinary ministry. Diane is involved in micro-enterprise with the villagers and others in the area.
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 | Dr. Allen & Mrs. Ann Pederson - Honduras
The Pedersons will be working with the Comision de Accion Social Menonite (CASM) in the western highlands area of Honduras. This assistance includes both veterinary care for the small farmers of the region, but more importantly, training of community animal health workers. The whole family hopes to be a witness to their Christian faith in their interaction within the Copan region where they will live.
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 | Dr. Doug & Mrs. Debbie Pierson - Haiti
The Pierson family is now based in the USA, but they continue to be actively involved with the animal health work in Haiti.
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 | Dr. Tom & Mrs. Diane Schiefer - Mexico
We will be joining with Ravens, Inc., to help develop an agricultural ministry with the Tarahumara people in the Sierra Madre Mountains of Mexico. Ravens, Inc. ministries is helping to build dormitories for the children in remote areas so that they will be able to attend school and have a place to sleep, eat and be provided with warm clothing. They will also have daily opportunities to share and teach about Jesus with them. They are also working closely with Mexico Medical Missions, which has built a hospital in the area. Our work will be to do animal education in the rural areas, develop a drip irrigation project to help during the drought times and begin some animal projects for the dormitories.
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 | Dr. Lauren Spears - Bolivia
Six shortterm mission trips to three Latin American countires has given Lauren a taste of the missionary life that she can't, nor does she want to, get out of her mouth. She completed six months of Spanish study in beautiful Cochabamba, Bolivia. Now she works in Santa Cruz with World Concern and VetRed. She teaches English classes to veterinarians and veterinary students and works with Bible studies in the vet school. She hopes to equip and mobilize veterinarians and students to reach out to others in their community and beyond through their profession.
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 | Dr. Brett & Mrs. Rachael Terhaar - Paraguay
Brett’s focus is training the Paraguan nationals to improve animal health and genetics while making the most of those opportunities to share about Christ. Rachael, Jessa, Jed, and Claire will look for ways to support and/or assist Brett and the local church groups as well as continue home education and culture learning. As opportunities present themselves, Rachael would like to minister to local women and children.
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 | VetRed - Bolivia
VetRed is a Latin American Veterinary Network which challenges, empowers, and facilitates Latin American veterinarians and students to serve others through their profession, living out their Christian faith. VetRed is also a resource that provides education and encouragement for those who desire to minister through service, prayer, relationship building, and modeling Christ’s love. Contact David Centellas for more information (davidc@worldconcern.org.bo).
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 | Dr. Don & Mrs. Marilyn Wilson - Bolivia
Don's work involves a holistic ministry working in a remote area of Bolivia with the indigenous people. He is seconded by CVM to a mission project known as GATHER (Gospel, Agriculture, Technology, Health, Education & Resources). The mission owns 20 hectares (50 acres) where research and development of the land is being done to teach the poor families in the area how to utilize their small plots of ground to be able to support and feed their families. The project is presently raising fish, producing eggs, and growing garden products. Poor nutrition is a major problem and the training programs hopefully will help elevate some of the problem. Marilyn does volunteer work at the Christian Learning Center in Santa Cruz and also is involved with an orphanage in Santa Cruz.
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