Missionaries
Matias, Rebekah, & Lily Mancilla in Argentina
Matias and Rebekah Mancilla, along with their daughter Lily, are missionaries in the southern part of the Santa Fe province of Argentina. Their main focus is to develop and carry out ministry to children through neighborhood Bible clubs, summer VBS, and camp programs in conjunction with local churches. Matias grew up in Argentina and was directly impacted by a child believing the Gospel—his own brother. This began the process of his family coming to know Jesus. For this reason, Matias and Rebekah have a passion to reach children, knowing that boys and girls who know Jesus are strong witnesses and prayer warriors for their families.
Fred, Lydia, Isaac, Josiah, Caleb, Gabriel, and Levi Holcomb in Alaska.
Fred, Lydia and their five boys are a missionary family working with Mission Aviation Repair Center in Alaska. Fred Holcomb felt God’s undeniable call to missionary aviation in 2012. He left his previous occupations of excavating and construction, to follow this new trail in obedience. He, along with his wife, Lydia, and their five boys, moved from Fayetteville, PA to Bolivar, MO in 2013 to begin training with a mission aviation program. Through this training Fred became a licensed pilot and aviation mechanic. In February of 2020, Fred and his family received the call to work with Mission Aviation Repair Center (MARC) in Alaska and in May 2020 they moved to just south of Anchorage, AK. Fred’s work with MARC includes both flying missionaries and supplies in and out of villages.
Miriam & Alex Reimer in Canada
Miriam & Alex Reimer are missionaries with Greater European Mission. GEM works alongside local ministries, churches, and relationships to share the love of Jesus throughout Europe. Over the past several months, Miriam and Alex have traveled across Europe filming video for a documentary that Alex is making on GEM missionaries. Miriam recently finished her service with Bible Centered Ministries in Ireland. A bit about Miriam: She is originally from California, but went to University in Upstate New York (where she met Laurie Parsons while studying abroad in South East Asia). After 4 years in a corporate job after graduation, she felt the Lord was telling her it was time to make due on her lifelong desire to serve others for His kingdom, so she quit her job and moved to Germany to work as a missionary doing administration for short-term teams throughout Europe. While there, she met Alex! Miriam and Alex got married in 2022 and both served in missions work in Belfast, Ireland from 2021-2023. They recently moved to Steinbach, Canada (where Alex is from) to finish this project.
Kelsey McHugh in Honduras
Kelsey works at a girl’s home in Honduras and is currently in the process of adopting 5 girls who are living in her home. Adoption is very difficult in Honduras and takes years to finalize the process, but this is something the Lord has put on her heart. She wants to give these children a real family and stability. The 4 oldest girls are all in school. During the week while the girls are at school, Kelsey is usually busy running errands, helping with the new women’s ministry, and spending some time with her soon to be 1 1/2 year old.