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(Updated September 2009)
This is a living poster of the Long-term Missionaries, Patagonia Mission Pastors and Volunteers in Mission. It is updated regularly as changes occur.
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Rev Brian Rude
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- Serving with the Quetzacoatl Foundation; accompanying AIDS prevention/awareness and wellness workshops in prisons in El Salvador and program alternatives for at-risk youth in marginal neighbourhoods in and around the capital city of San Salvador
- Accompanies the Salvadoran Lutheran Church program of AIDS workshops, for youth, pastors and radio, as well as its ecumenical multi-sectoral Round Table on HIV/AIDS
- Pastoral support for AIDS patients and family members at Rosales Public Hospital
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- Birthday: August 24
- Address: A.P. 05-66, Metro Centro, San Salvador, El Salvador
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Rev Fran Schmidt
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View online blog
- Called by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) to serve the Peruvian Evangelical Lutheran Church (ILEP)
- Spainish language studies in Cochabamba, Bolivia; September to November 2008
- Providing training for ILEP in Lutheran liturgy and church music
- Serving as part-time pastor of the San Juan-Camino de Esperanza congregation in Lima, Peru
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- Birthday: November 8
- Address: Avenida Vilaran 234-A, Dpto 202, Mira Flores, Lima, Peru
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Serving in Chiang Mai, Thailand at Payap University, an institution founded by the Church of Christ in Thailand
- Develops and teaches English programs at Payap's McGilvary College of Divinity for Master of Divinity students
- Leadership Development + English upgrading for faculty at Payap's College of Music and Christian Communication Institute
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- Birthday: January 7
- Address: McGilvary College of Divinity, Payap University, Chiang Mai 50000, Thailand
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Rev Yoli Zavaleta
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- Pastor of Fiel es Dios (God is Faithful) congregation in Iquitos and the rural faith community in El Triunfo
- Birthday: July 4
- Address: Urb. Juan Pablo II, Mo. 45 Dep. 103, San Juan Bautista, Iquitos, Peru
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Rev Sergio Utz
- Pastor of Esperanza del Sur (Hope of the South) Congregation in Esquel and Cruz de Sur (Southern Cross) Congregation in Bariloche
- Mission work with the Mapuche aborigines at Cushamen
- Birthdays: Sergio May 10; Mailen (spouse) November 5; Micaela (daughter) December 17, 2003
- Anniversary: February 9, 2008
- Address: Emilio Frey 461, 8400-Bariloche, Provincia de Rio Negro, Argentina
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Rev Gustavo Gomez
- Pastor of San Juan Bautista (St John the Baptist) Congregation in Comodoro Rivandavia
- Mission outreach to Los Antiguos
- Birthdays: Gustavo, December 23; Solange (spouse), November 12; Lourdes (daughter), September 25, 1999; Leandro (son), April 9, 1998
- Anniversary: December 12, 1997
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- Address: San Juan Bautista, Av. Kennedy 3136, 9000 Comodoro Rivadavia, Chubut, Argentina
The VIM placements below are the last placements in the ELCIC VIM program. ELCIC members interested in serving as volunteer mission personnel can refer to the Global Service web page. |
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Returned to Canada from Guyana
Rev Jack and Valerie Frederick
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- Jack: Pastor for Calvary Lutheran Church in Georgetown
- Valerie: Assisted with church programs
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in Guyana
- January - June 2009
- VIM Support Group based in the Eastern Synod
- Birthdays: Jack, March 13; Valerie, May 18
- Anniversary: October 16, 1956
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- Address: c/o Pinawa Lutheran Church, 25 Massey Ave, Box 235, Pinawa MB, R0E 1L0
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Niger
Christine Mattimoe
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- Teacher of French at the Sahel Academy international mission school in Niamey
- Accompanied by spouse Tim Mattimoe: manager of relief and development with Samaritan's Purse Canada
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- October 2008 - September 2009
- VIM Support Group based at Resurrection Lutheran Church, Orleans ON
- Birthdays: Christine, December 5; Tim, June 19
- Anniversary: August 5, 2006
- Address: B.P. 2499 Niamey, Niger, West Africa
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