Kris’s remarkable journey from a skeptic to a fervent believer highlights her transformative experience and showcases her unique qualifications for serving in intercultural ministry, particularly among the Japanese. Her background combines a profound personal faith journey with a deep understanding and experience of Japanese culture and language through her decades-long engagement with Japanese in the marketplace. Her commitment to sharing the Gospel in Japan, along with her professional, spiritual and ministry experiences, makes her exceptionally suited for intercultural ministry.
Kris handles all ministry activity in North America for Reaching Japan including the raising up and preparation of mission team participants and future church planters to Japan. She also handles communication with ministry partners and all social media campaigns. By having Kris handle much of the administrative work, allows the lead church planter in Nagoya, Japan to focus on ministry activities in-country. Her work is a critical part of God’s plan regarding the salvation of the Japanese.
Any prayer and/or financial support for Kris will certainly have eternal impact in the lives of Japanese worldwide! Here are options to choose from to partner with Kris in the work God has called her to do:
By check.
Write checks payable to GLINTS and send to P.O. Box 962, Wheaton IL 60187
By Zelle.
GLINTS’ username is donations@glints.org. Recurring monthly donations available
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By credit card or PayPal.
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By text.
Give to (312) 313-9991 and follow the prompts.
Please designate your donation to Wilson Global Ministry. All donations are tax-deductible. GLINTS is registered as a non-profit/tax exempt (501c3) organization.
The world is Lynette’s stage. As a daughter of American missionaries, she was born in Kathmandu, Nepal, grew up in Tucumán, Argentina and did her undergraduate education at the University of Oregon (BA Political Science 1995). Because of her cross-cultural upbringing, she has a good command of both English and Spanish.
Sensing God’s call to missionary service, she moved to Montevideo, Uruguay in 2004, ministering alongside her parents as a church planter on La Rambla. This experience gave her the opportunity to grow in the areas of disciple-making, teaching the Bible and witnessing, introducing secular and atheistic Montevideños to Jesus.
Lynette loves the people of Uruguay. In her next season of service, she will be partnering with GLINTS, returning to Montevideo in September to student ministry with Comunidad Bíblica Universitaria (IVCF/IFES), community outreach to her neighbors, and her home church (Rey de Paz ) as a disciple-maker.
GLINTS is grateful for this opportunity to partner with Lynette in reaching the least churched country in the Americas for Christ. Your prayers and financial support are vital to her quick return and effectiveness as a minister of the Gospel.
You can make a difference in Uruguay by supporting Lynette financially. You may send your donations by:
EFT
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Check
Pay to the order of GLINTS, write Young Global Ministry on the memo line and send to:
GLINTS
PO Box 962
Wheaton IL 60187
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Ruben and Simona Crisan both grew up in Christian families in Romania. They separately found their way to the United States with Ruben and his family moving when he was 8 years old and Simona migrating by herself when she was 22 through a visa lottery.
Both of them also grew up with a love for music and travel, and have used their talents to serve God in the local church, as well as by participating in multiple short term missions trips.
Sensing that God is calling them to international, cross-cultural ministry in the future, Ruben and Simona began attending Levi Velasco’s (GLINTS founder) missionary prep program (MPP) class at the Moody Church in 2013. Their desire to serve as a couple in short term missions led them to take the GLINTS Global Ministry Assessment Course (GMAC) in March 2017.
The Crisans have sought opportunities to serve in areas of the world where there are great needs, especially with children and in influencing the younger generation, the world’s future leaders.
You can participate in the Crisans’ ministry by praying for them and giving financially. They will need a back-up team here in the U.S. to be effective servants of the Lord as they respond in obedience to the Lord! Here’s how to give:
Check
Pay to the order of GLINTS, write Crisan Global Ministry in the memo and mail to:
GLINTS
PO Box 962
Wheaton IL 60187
Zelle (Preferred)
GLINTS’ username is donations@glints.org. Recurring monthly donations available.
EFT
Using electronic funds transfer consistently deliver your monthly support. Click here for instructions.
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Mel has been engaged in Great Commission work for most of her adult life. Healthcare, education, mentoring and church planting have kept Mel busy for 36 years. After graduating from Moody Bible Institute in 1987, she and her family worked among the Yao people of Malawi. Her current involvements include teaching English to refugees, being an online missionary and coaching missionary candidates. She initiated and helped produce the Jesus Film in her native language, Ivatan, and traveled to Batanes Island, Philippines where it was shown last year.
Her passion to reach the Ivatans in Batanes Island for Christ continues to grow. She’s taking the next step in her missionary journey to develop discipleship training programs using the Jesus Film as a springboard. Mel envisions raising an army of trained Ivatans to carry the torch of Christ for generations to come.
Pray for Mel as she embarks on this God-sized vision. You may give towards her ministry by:
Check
Pay to the order of GLINTS, write Andricks Global Ministry in the memo and mail to:
GLINTS
PO Box 962
Wheaton IL 60187
EFT
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“Sports is a language the Japanese understand,” concluded Charles after outreach events in Japan during the World Cup in 2002. Having served in Japan since 1999, Charles and Anne Marie Smoker refocused their ministry, leveraging Charles’ passion of combining evangelism and sports to reach the Japanese for Christ. During some days, Charles spends time in the classroom of a local Japanese pre-school, middle and high school where he engages the youth with English conversation and/or sports, developing relationships in the local community.
You can make a difference in Japan by supporting the Smokers financially. You may send your donations by:
Check
Pay to the order of GLINTS, write Smoker Global Ministry on the memo line and send to:
GLINTS
PO Box 962
Wheaton IL 60187
EFT
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SSIM is a mission organization committed to raising up Christ-followers in the Caribbean. A duly registered non-government organization in the Country of Curaçao, SSIM seeks to make disciples through sound biblical teaching in schools, conferences and outreach events. SSIM also serves as a mission board for future workers in the Caribbean, supplying literature, music paraphernalia and training in biblical stewardship.
Ed and Luisette Kraal hail from the island-country of Curaçao. Answering the call to further their theological education, they left their marketplace careers and received educational degrees from the Baptist University of the Americas, culminating in their receiving masteral degrees in intercultural ministries from the Moody Theological Seminary. They feel it is time to return to the Caribbean, teaching God’s Word not only to make disciples but to strengthen the Caribbean Christian community as well. Ed and Luisette have one daughter, Jo-Hannah.
GLINTS welcomes Saved to Serve International Ministry (SSIM) and the Kraals to its growing family of partner ministries and global staff members.
Your donation(s) to SSIM will help the Kraals sustain their ministry in the Caribbean. You may send your donations by the following means:
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Pay to order to GLINTS, write SSIM/Kraal on the memo line and send to:
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PO Box 962
Wheaton IL 60187
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JVenture (a.k.a. Japan Baptist Fellowship) has been involved in Japan since 1947. They envision people and communities transformed by the love and power of Jesus as it partners with missions-focused movements not only in Japan but throughout the world. JVenture also has dynamic partnerships with missionaries which include Willy and Marjorie Bulseco who are GLINTS international partner missionaries under the JVenture banner.
Willy Bulseco has been serving the Lord in Japan over two decades, first as bi-vocational missionary and second as full-time pastor (2005) of the Filipino Christian Fellowship (FCF) which operates under Command Fleet Activities at the Yokosuka Naval Base. Willy remarried in April 2023 to the former Marjorie Cabanilla after losing his first wife to cancer in September 2017.
As GLINTS-JVenture international partner missionaries, the Bulsecos provide a valuable service to navy personnel based at the Yokosuka Naval Base who deploy for long periods of time. They leave knowing their families are ministered to by the FCF family.
GLINTS is privileged to have JVenture and the Bulsecos to its growing family of partner ministries and global staff members.
Your donation(s) to JVenture will help the Bulsecos sustain their ministry among US navy families. You may send your donations by the following means:
Zelle (preferred)
GLINTS’ username is donations@glints.org. Recurring monthly donations available.
Check
Pay to the order of GLINTS, write JVenture/Bulseco on the memo line and send to:
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PO Box 962
Wheaton IL 60187
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Dean and Ada Overholt have a long successful career of trail-blazing, cross-cultural work and developing leaders in Asia. They met while in university and completed their undergraduate degrees at Penn State in 1976. Dean and Ada individually felt called to serve in Southeast Asia, serving in the Philippines after completing masteral degrees at Talbot Seminary. They subsequently changed service fields from the Philippines (13 years) to Thailand (20 years), ministering through church planting and leadership development. The Overholts are currently based in the US, focusing on developing emerging Christian leaders throughout the globe.
Your donation(s) towards the Overholts is vital to the development of many more emerging Christian leaders throughout the globe. You may send your donations to Dean and Ada by the following means:
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To add recipient click ‘THIS IS A BUSINESS’. Use donations@glints.org as the email address then click ‘Add recipient’. Designate donation to the Overholt Global Ministry in the ‘Add memo’ section.
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Wheaton IL 60187
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Pioneer Business Planting Strategist
Vicky and her husband, Danny, have actively served in the local church for over 30 years. Vicky spent 33 years working in innovative and creative environments from multimillion dollar technology deployments, alliances with technical luminaries such as Steve Jobs, Nicholas Negroponte’s MIT media lab, Stanford Research Institute (SRI) and The Walt Disney Studios to entrepreneurial startup businesses. Her primary focus in these organizations included leadership and business development, strategic planning, research and development, innovation and creativity. Now she is committed full time to using these experiences to serve along church planters in Asia and Africa to extend the reach of the Gospel through Pioneer Business Planting. Pioneer Business Planting equips church planters to reach unreached/unengaged peoples through economic, social, and spiritual opportunities in the marketplace. Her passion for Pioneer Business Planting has led her to focusing on mobilizing the body of Christ to this endeavor worldwide through speaking, teaching, equipping, and advocacy of viable and profitable business for God’s glory.
It is easy to donate towards Vicky’s ministry. Please click the donate button to give towards Vicky Warren.
To donate by check please pay to GLINTS, write Vicky Warren Global Ministry on the memo line and send to PO Box 962, Wheaton IL 60187.
Thank you in advance for your generosity.
Global Leadership Development
Tim and Dawn Patterson have been Christ-followers for 40 years. The Lord led them to join GLINTS in October of 2011. Before joining GLINTS, they served with Campus Crusade for Christ (CRU) for 36 years. More than half of those years were spent in Russia, focusing on developing Bible study tools for CRU’s international staff. Today, they continue their passion to train and educate global emerging leaders through a seconding relationship with the Internet Bible Seminary (IBS). Tim and Dawn conduct their ministries from Northfield, Minnesota. Dawn is engaged in ministries locally by mentoring college-aged women and hosting international students at home. Tim develops curriculum for IBS and leads people through the Scriptures in local groups and around the world via the internet. His desire is to help people get into the Scriptures and allow God to teach them. He has developed studies in Genesis through Joshua (English and Russian), Daniel and Revelation and Galatians. Over 150 people in 24 countries have studied with him online via his own teaching website, as well as through the Internet Biblical Seminary of BEE World. He also leads groups of people locally wherever he is living. If you are interested in how Tim can help or your group, write to him at tim@b-study.com. To send a message to the Pattersons, click here.
They continue to discover new ministry partners to augment their support base. It is easy to donate towards the Pattersons’ ministry. Please click the donate button to give towards the Pattersons.
To donate by check please pay to GLINTS, write Patterson’s Global Ministry on the memo line and send to PO Box 962, Wheaton IL 60187.
Thank you in advance for your generosity.
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