The Bridge Bible Church: Bakersfield, CA
Missionaries
Dawn Stamp
Dawn is currently teaching 3rd grade at a missionary school in Nairobi, Kenya. Her influence and role as a teacher allows her to speak into the missionary's kids lives, as well as lives of many local students that also attend the school. At the school she is able to pray, discuss who Jesus is, and provide school lessons based around Jesus and His love. During the weekends she is currently serving her time at an orphanage for babies and young children with aids. Our church is currently sponsoring her through a committed monthly stipend and through prayer and communication. You may visit her blog at http://dawnskenyanadventures.blogspot.com or contact her at dawnlindz82@yahoo.com.
The Impact Groups that have currently adopted Dawn Stamp for prayer and caring are the:
Cobb Small Group: Contact Kevin or Shellie at kcobb@bak.rr.com.
Hardt Small Group: Contact Dave ot Amie at amiehardt624@gmail.com.
Knaggs Small Group: Contact Jason or Gretchen at gretchenknaggs@sbcglobal.net.
Othart Small Group: Contact Jaque at jacque4@gmail.com.
Gunnar Avinelis
Gunnar has served with College Golf Fellowship since 2007. He currently resides in Chino Hills, California and covers the Southwest Region for CGF. CGF's mission is to share the good news of Jesus Christ with college golfers and coaches, and to equip them to be fully devoted followers of Christ. College golf is unique in that it brings young men together from a variety of countries, socio-economic demographics and religious backgrounds for the 4-5 years of their college golf experience. Gunnar, and the rest of the CGF staff, invest into the lives of these young men by exposing them to the Gospel through outreach banquets at tournaments, team visits, investigative Bible studies and retreats hosted by Christian PGA Tour players. For those who have questions or who place their faith in Christ, the CGF staff lead weekly Bible studies at local college campuses and spend a great deal of time engaging in one-on-one discipleship with the end goal of helping these young men mature spiritually and get connected to a local church community. Gunnar currently leads weekly Bible studies at USC, UCLA, and Pepperdine, and works with players and coaches throughout California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico and Colorado.
Please pray for CGF, Gunnar and those he ministers to. You may contact Gunnar by phone at 559-359-7905, by email at gavinelis@cgfonline.org, or follow him on Twitter @cgf_gunnar.
The Impact Groups that have currently adopted Gunnar Avinelis for prayer and caring are the:
Young Married Couple Small Group: Contact Bett Behrens at behrensbett@hotmail.com.
Pearsey Small Group: Contact Les or Lori at les@pearseys.com.
Samari Small Group: Contact Omar or Courtney at courtneysamari@yahoo.com.
The Missions team liaison for Gunnar Avinelis is Bett Behrens. Bett can be contacted for more information at behrensbett@hotmail.com.
Woodard Family
Steven, Melissa, Hezekiah, Isaiah and Joel Woodard visit churches, homes, Sunday schools, youth ministries and Bible studies helping with the need for Bible translation. They have currently moved their mission to West Asia to serve with four other families there. You may contact them by email at Steve_Woodard@wycliffe.org or Melissa_Woodard@wycliffe.org.
Sanchez Family
Ricky and Karen Sanchez and their four daughters, Sierra, Tassanee, McKenna and Aree, are serving as MB missionaries in Thailand. They have been serving since 2000, and are originally from California. Currently their primary focus is building and running the Abundant Life Home, an HIV/AIDS orphanage for Thai children. They are in the midst of an expansion project to increase the number of children they can save physically and spiritually. They are also active in church planting, evangelism, discipleship, and leadership training. Ricky is the regional MB representative as well. Please pray for the work and those they serve. They can be contacted by email at sierrasanchez@hotmail.com or by phone at 089-5215434. You can also see their work by going online and looking up; MBMSI - Thailand, and pulling up the Sanchez page or the Abundant Life orphanage page.
The Impact Groups that have currently adopted the Sanchez family for prayer and caring are the:
Reichenbach Small Group: Contact Chad at chadr77@verizon.net.
Pavletich Small Group: Contact Christina or Nick at npavletich@bak.rr.com.
The Missions team liasion for the Sanchez family is Bob Barton. Bob can be contacted for more information at 587-7631 or rabbarton@hotmail.com
Simpson Family
Dan and Ivey Simpson met at Azusa Bible College and have been married for 47 years. We have lived on Rancho El Refugio, Ensenada, B.C., Mexico and served since 2000 (over 11 Years) as Director of Property Development and reaching out to the people of Mexico for God. Dan has been a general contractor and custom designer for over 35 years. We praise God for leading us in our later years to serve where we love using our experience and talents for God's purpose. Our greatest blessing from God is to say we have 3 children, Dan Jr., Eric (Eroc), and Sonya, whom are married to Christians & have Jesus as the Lord of their lives, serving him. Both of us are thankful to be a part of The Life Bridge Church and for its support as we are serving as your missionaries in Mexico.
The Missions team liaison for the Simpson family is Ryan Murphy. Ryan can be contacted for more information at rhynomurf@gmail.com.
Owens Family
The Owens family serve through MBMSI helping build orphanages and Churches throughout Thailand. They ask that we pray for the children of the Abundant Life Home, an HIV/AIDS orphanage for children, in that it will continue to draw people to Jesus.
Bindu & Saji
Bindu and Saji along with their family has begun their 10 year plan for their team to plant churches across the Middle East with MBMSI. We have partnered with them in seeing a bridge built across Central Asia and the Middle East for the furtherance of the gospel. You may contact them by email at bsoommen@msnpost.com.
Johnson Family
Steve, Sara, Micah and Josiah Johnson are currently serving with Hands of Mercy in Mexico. “God has supplied 100 families in this area with loft houses this year. We’re grateful to be on His team and watch His work.” You may contact them by email at SteveJ@HandsofMercy.com.