Latin America & Caribbean Region Missions

Grace Chapel's Latin America & Caribbean Regional Planning Team, led by Ron & Sheila Ballinger, works under the direction of the Outreach Pastor and the International Missions Advisory Committee (IMAC). The team is responsible for Grace Chapel missionaries and missions partners in the Latin America & Caribbean region of the world.

Grace Chapel Missionaries in the region are:

  Merv & Dona Breneman (Costa Rica) - transitioning to retirement
  Bruce & Cherith Rydbeck (Equador) - water projects & women's
        ministry
  Bob & Nancy Sabean (Costa Rica/Miami) - Christian camping
        ministries in Latin America

Grace Chapel Missions Partners (and primary contacts) in the region are:

  CIPEP Pastoral Institute (Columbia) 
      Ubaldo Restan, Director
  ESEPA Seminary (Costa Rica)    www.esepa.org/
      Osias Segura Chair of Missions    osiasegura@netscape.net
  Hope for the Children of Haiti (Haiti)     www.hfchaiti.org 
      Dr. Jacob Bernard, Director
  Mission Padamo (Venezuela)
      Mike Dawson, Administrator    mike.cosh@metaconi.net 
  Trinidad & Tobago Urban Ministries     www.ttum.org/ 
      Ashoke & Stephanie Bachew                        


2006 Summer Missions Trip

Ecuador - July 3-13
Ministry: An engineer by training, Bruce Rydbeck, along with wife Cherith have been missionaries to the native Indian communities in Ecuador for the past twenty five years. Their work in “community development” has produced great fruit and dramatically improved the quality of life for these tribes. This team worked with Bruce and Cherith Rydbeck in the construction of one of their clean water projects, as well as in a VBS (Vacation Bible School) to children in a local Indian community.

Leaders: Ron and Sheila Ballinger (hvymet@mit.edu or SheilaBallinger@aol.com)