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Going where God leads

Missions

Studying is only half of it. These are the places the work has taken me — and the one I'm packing for next.

On the calendar

Where I'm headed next

The next trip on the calendar, and what it will actually involve.

Coming upOctober – early December 2026

Mendoza, Argentina

Two months on the ground helping plant a Bible college — starting with a wall.

We're planting a Bible college in Mendoza, and I'll be there for two months to help get the campus ready.

The first job is a perimeter wall around the five-acre site, because nothing else can be safely built or stored until the property is secure. From there it's work on the institute itself — the buildings students will actually live and learn in.

The goal is simple: have the place ready to open its doors to the first group of students in early 2027.

  • Perimeter wall

    Securing a five-acre campus so the rest of the build can start.

  • Building the institute

    Construction work on the buildings students will use.

  • Ready for students

    Preparing the site for the first intake in early 2027.

On the field

Where I've served

Ongoing work in Trujillo, plus the trips that shaped how I think about ministry.

CompletedMay 2026

Iquitos, Peru

A week in the Amazon — teaching, building, and getting to know a church family.

We travelled to Iquitos to visit local churches deep in the Peruvian Amazon. I got to teach a church service, which was equal parts terrifying and one of the best things I've done.

Most of the trip was spent alongside people rather than in front of them — sitting with believers, hearing their stories, praying together.

And we built. A lot of construction, expanding the space a church had to gather, eat and spend time together. Concrete and rebar turn out to be a real way to love a congregation.

  • Taught a service

    Preached and taught for a local congregation.

  • Visited local churches

    Met with churches across the Iquitos area.

  • Construction

    Expanded a church's space for fellowship and meals.

  • Prayer & relationships

    Time spent with people, not just projects.

OngoingOngoing

Trujillo, Peru

Ministry doesn't wait for graduation — this is the work happening around us every week.

Ministry starts right where you are. In Trujillo we serve families in some of the poorest parts of the city, run events for kids, and back the church plants growing nearby.

One of those events is Festival de la Luz — a celebration of light during the Halloween season that gives families a Christ-centred alternative, with games, music and a clear message of hope.

Helping established church plants is part of our training too. Learning about church planting in a classroom is one thing. Watching it happen, and carrying chairs for it, is another.

  • Children's outreach

    Games, teaching and showing kids in hard places that they matter.

  • Festival de la Luz

    A Christ-centred alternative during the Halloween season.

  • Church plants

    Serving alongside plants in and around the city.

Trujillo, Peru — mission photo
Trujillo, Peru — mission photo
Trujillo, Peru — mission photo
Trujillo, Peru — mission photo
Trujillo, Peru — mission photo
Completed2025

Concepción, Chile

Calvary Concepción

Serving a church plant in Chile's south and seeing what patience actually builds.

One of the most formative trips I've taken was to Chile, serving at Calvary Concepción — a church plant connected to CBI's network.

Seeing a church grow from the ground up showed me what's possible when people stay faithful somewhere long enough for it to matter.

  • Church planting

    Working with an established plant in Concepción.

  • Serving a congregation

    Whatever the church needed that week.

Concepción, Chile — mission photo
Concepción, Chile — mission photo
Concepción, Chile — mission photo
Concepción, Chile — mission photo
Concepción, Chile — mission photo
Completed2025

Dominican Republic

Casas Por Cristo

Building homes for families in need, and finding out that practical service opens doors.

After my first semester at CBI I served with Casas Por Cristo in the Dominican Republic, a ministry that builds homes for families who need them.

Getting to actually use my Spanish and connect with the families we were serving changed how I think about ministry. Practical service opens doors that words alone don't.

  • Home building

    Built houses for families with nowhere secure to live.

  • Language in the field

    First real test of my Spanish outside a classroom.

Dominican Republic — mission photo
Dominican Republic — mission photo
Dominican Republic — mission photo
Real talk

The cost of saying yes

I'm not going to pretend this is easy. Following God into missions costs something — here's what I've had to lay down.

  • Time with family

    Thousands of miles from my parents, my brothers and my sisters. Missed holidays, missed birthdays, missed ordinary Tuesdays. Video calls aren't the same as being in the room.

  • Comfort

    My bed, my food, my language. Living in another culture means adapting constantly, and being a beginner at things you used to be good at.

  • The normal path

    College, career, a 401k. Missions doesn't offer security the way the world measures it. You learn to trust God for provision in a way you can't fake.

  • Relationships

    Friendships that thin out over distance. Some relationships just don't survive the miles, and you have to let them go with an open hand.

  • Years

    The training, the preparation, the work itself. This isn't a two-week trip — it's years poured into something that won't always show results on your timeline.

Reuniting with my brothers
Reuniting with my brothers — moments like this are worth more than they used to be.
An open Bible

But it's worth it

Jesus said anyone who leaves home, family or comfort for His sake receives a hundred times as much. I believe that — not because I always feel it, but because I've caught glimpses of it. The eternal weight of glory far outweighs the temporary cost.

“He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose.”
Jim Elliot

Want to help make the next one happen?

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