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Marilyn Loftsgard, MVI Field Coordinator in Nicaragua Shares Her Testimony

 

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The Kiss from Heaven

The Kiss from Heaven

Article submitted by Norberto and Julie Kurrle, Field Coordinators in Paraguay Yesterday I spent a good part of the day weeping. One of our most loved supporters died on Christmas day and we just got the news.  She had been battling cancer for over ten years. She came to visit us for the first time [...]

 

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A Short-Term Mission Trip Encourages

A Short-Term Mission Trip Encourages

Article submitted by Gary Wadding, MVI Staff A short-term mission trip is an adventure which will have lasting benefits in more ways than you might think at first. Of course the major aim of the trip is to help the people living in that foreign country. Help might mean different things, such as: helping to [...]

 

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Interview with Mike Deibert, MVI Field Coordinator in Nicaragua

 

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Nicaragua Vocational School Update

Nicaragua Vocational School Update

Article submitted by Mike & Lauren Deibert, Field Coordinators in Nicaragua Our first official school year in the new vocational building has come to a very fulfilling end!  I (Mike) can’t believe it; over 80 students were trained and ministered to in electricity, auto mechanics, welding, and blacksmithing. We had some very positive feedback from [...]

 

Paul and Cheryl Bendele

Serving in Argentina

fc-bendelePaul and Cheryl Bendele live in Newfoundland, Pennsylvania, with six of their seven children.  Their eldest daughter, Hannah, is married to Jake Muzzy, and they live in West Chicago with their two sons.  Hannah is a harpist and Jake a Cellist. Paul and Cheryl worked 15 years with Wycliffe Bible Translators and are now with Missionary Ventures International, a mission dedicated to supporting the work of indigenous pastors through short-term missions involvement.  Paul and Cheryl served nine years in Guatemala with WBT, nine years in Australia, and two years in Argentina, and they are leaving on August 5th to work with MVI in Argentina as field coordinators, having served four years as the Northeast Regional Representatives.  David is going to serve in Paraguay and Noah is going to Guatemala with MVI.
Paul did his undergraduate studies at the University of Oregon and his Masters program in Theatre Arts at the University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho.

In 1979 at the University of Idaho the Lord gave Paul the vision of the Dramatic Fanatics, to use drama for gospel outreach dedicated to doing dramas with a missions vision and telling the stories of great men and women of God.

Paul is a Messianic Jew, having discovered his Jewish roots through his father’s family in 1985.

Email: pdbendele@gmail.com
Website: www.therabbifromtarsus.blogspot.com
Ministry Focus/Current Projects: Moving from USA to Argentina.