John and Jill Hutchins
www.missiontocostarica.com
The Hutchins run a school in Costa Rica. They create a secure environment where children are welcomed with love and respect by professional staff. They provide spiritual tools through Biblical teachings as well as psychological and counseling support. They also address material and physical needs critical to contributing to the healthy development of the whole family. Their Early Childhood Education program develops the parent’s responsibility for a positive growth environment for their children. They use Biblical curriculum to educate and encourage healthy childhood development at home. This approach assists in alleviating the “stress reaction” prevalent in the destructive cycle of poverty. |
Julie and Phearom Chham
Julie grew up at River of Life and felt the call to be a missionary at a young age. She went to Cambodia as a full-time missionary in 2007, where she met Phearom a worker with CAMA. Phearom, a Cambodian national, received Christ as a teenager and matured as a Christian under the teachings of missionaries. They got married in 2010 and went to the United States where Phearom completed his pastoral and missionary training through a Master’s Degree from Crown college in Christian Studies. They returned to Cambodia as missionaries with their daughters in 2016 as independent missionaries. They have been focused on reaching people for Christ in Cambodia since through teaching, training and aiding the poor. Their son was born in Cambodia in 2018. As a family they are reaching the lost.
Watch a snapshot of their lives at a student pizza party here. |
J and J
J. and J. are currently serving as international workers in the Middle East where they are managing an English language school. They attended Shoreview Alliance Church (now River of Life) from 1990 to 1998 before moving to Wisconsin.
Mr J. was an insurance agent and Mrs J. was a teacher and school administrator. Later in their lives, they felt God calling them to a different field for his kingdom work. In 2017 they landed in the Middle East, and shortly there after started their work at the language school. They and their team work together using the English language to build relationships and share truth with the local people. They have four grown children and two grandchildren in America. |
Chuck Fanberg
Chuck and Robbi began attending ROL in 1980. In the late 80’s Chuck served bi-vocationally as an assistant pastor. In 1989 the Fanberg family was sent by ROL and The Alliance as missionaries to Venezuela. They have served in Latin America in Venezuela, Peru, and Costa Rica.
In 2017 Chuck lost Robbi to cancer and returned to his work in Central America in 2018 where he does pastoral mentoring, consulting, and leadership development for pastors and leaders in the Alliance churches of Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica. You’ll see him about once every three months as he is able to visit ROL and his family in the Twin Cities. |