Gabe and Liz Staudt are campus missionaries with The Navigators. Their passion is for college students to know, love, and become like Jesus. They want to see students transformed by the gospel, who then share their faith with their friends and family, being an ambassador for Christ wherever they are. They are currently pioneering a new campus ministry at Nebraska Wesleyan University in Lincoln, NE. Boone Free Church started supporting them in 2024.

Heidi works as the Missionary Kid Care Coordinator for EFCA missionaries (and sometimes other organizations), focused on children ages 12-30. Heidi provides support through pre-field training before families leave for the missions field, offering seminars are resource recommendations for parents preparing to move overseas. She helps provide on-field support by maintaining relationships with teen missionary kids to provide a listening ear, support, encouragement, and prayer. Heidi also prepares kids for re-entry, providing ongoing support as children return, particularly when parents remain overseas.

Grace Hill serves as the Rise Up! Disability Ministry Coordinator in the Democratic Republic of Congo. She partners with the Congolese Free Church to equip and empower Congolese leaders as they develop disability ministry and work to break down cultural stigma around disability. Grace also oversees Promise Home, a residential center for children with disabilities, and works closely with Congolese church leaders to build strong, lasting partnerships between ReachGlobal and the Congolese church. Her heart is to see the church reflect God’s love by welcoming people with disabilities as valued image bearers of God and helping them grow in a personal relationship with Him.

Jim and Ruth served with ReachGlobal in Zaire from 1985-1996. Jim has continued to serve with ReachGlobal on the leadership team for the continent of Africa since returning to the states. Jim travels to countries across Africa several times each year to coach, encourage, and support the ministries of our over 40 staff members and numerous ministry partners throughout the sub-Saharan region.

Marcus and Bum Fey serve at The Light Center in Upon Ratchathani, Thailand. The Light Center seeks to give support and hope to vulnerable pregnant women, to provide foster care for children who are waiting to be adopted, and to work with victims of sexual abuse by partnering with local churches and the Thai government.  They also lead a Christian foundation called The Family Connection Foundation, which provides a variety of ministries meeting social needs in Thailand in the name of Jesus.

Shige and Luann Nakazawa are church planters in Tokyo, Japan. Shige is from central Tokyo and Luann is from Ida Grove, Iowa. They have four children: Meg, Joel, Miki, and Keira. The Nakazawas serve through ReachGlobal and are a part of the Tokyo Small Church Network, which seeks to plant vibrant home churches throughout Tokyo.