GLOBAL MISSIONS

Mission Name: Light of Hope
Location (City, Country): Naivasha, Kenya
Mission Partner Contact: Boni and Sandy Karanja
Their Role: Directors of Light of Hope
PCC Contact: Anne Boldt

 Light of Hope Home and School in Naivasha, Kenya

A place of Refuge, Restoration and Redirection that provides a home and schooling for approximately 100 orphaned, abandoned or neglected girls from the ages of 4 to adulthood. Its mission is to bring hope and restoration to young, broken lives through the love of Jesus Christ. 

Each girl receives emotional and spiritual nurturing to encourage growth and healing in a safe environment.

The girls receive quality education, Christian studies and career development so they will become successful members of society and be given a new chance at life. 

Light of Hope Home and School is in Naivasha, Kenya with a US office in Plymouth, Minnesota.

Primary Contact: Boni (a Kenyan native) and his wife Sandy Karanja are the founders and directors of Light of Hope and attend PCC when they are not on the mission field.  Staff in Kenya includes over 20 teachers, house moms, social worker, director, cooks and grounds keepers.

You can support Light of Hope by praying for the ministry and the girls of Light of Hope, by supporting a girl with a monthly donation or attending fundraisers to support the ministry.  Learn more at lightofhopekenya.org

Mission Name: Templo Siloa
Location: Mucel, Mexico
Mission Partner Contact: Mario Valdes, Pastor Martin
Their Role: Trip Facilitator for Merge Ministries
PCC Contact: Deb Pritchard

Partnering with Covenant Merge Ministries, we are building a long-term relationship with an Assemblies of God church in Mucel, Mexico which is located in the Yucatan Peninsula.  Mucel is a small Mayan village of about 1000 people.  The Templo Siloé church has a heart for reaching their community and surrounding villages with the love of Jesus.  They lead a very simple way of life.  Most people in the village speak Maya…an old indigenous language that dates back thousands of years.  Their second language is Spanish and they speak little to no English.

Between the two churches in the town there are about 200 people who attend. This leaves 80% of the community unreached at this point. There are also about five smaller communities nearby that make up a population of about 1000 more people. There are no evangelical churches in those communities and the Mucel church wants to not only reach their own community for Christ, but desire to reach local communities as well. These types of outreach ministries are something they desire, but they lack the resources and training to do that well, at this point. 

Pastor Martin and church leadership team of eight men and women are highly motivated. We have been impressed with their desire to reach their community for Christ. This is a reason we have chosen this community and church to partner with. Their spiritual leadership and desire to reach others for Christ is beyond the norm and impressive. That is why we feel it is worth it for our church to invest time, prayer, people and resources to further the work of this church.

Mission: Hogar Rancho de Hebron
Location: Carazo, Nicaragua
Mission Partner Contact: Jossiel Diaz
Their Role: Native missionary
PCC Contact: Jon Overlie

The Diaz family started a private orphanage in 2003 to serve the children of an impoverished neighborhood. Nicolas and Karla Diaz were led by the Lord to sell everything and move their family from Managua to this property, which served as the center for their ministry. The PCC youth group began its relationship with Diaz family in 2008, when they served at the orphanage and this relationship has continued to grow. PCC formally initiated our partnership with them in 2013. Jossiel Diaz, son of Nicholas and Karla, now leads this ministry, as Nicolas passed away in 2014 after a fight with cancer. Jossiel lives in nearby Jinotepe with his wife Maryurie, and their infant daughter, Vanessa. Jossiel’s older brother, Emerson, serves as a youth pastor in Mississippi, with his wife Amanda and infant daughter, Isabella. Emerson and his church in Mississippi support the ministry financially and my brining teams to serve in Nicaragua. Hazel, Karla and Nicolas’ daughter, and her husband, Jose, live on the property with their infant son Jose Nicolas. The youngest son, Erik, just finished high school and lives at home with Karla.