Earlier this year, ChangeMaker Gerson Orellana traveled to Asunción, Paraguay, to spend time with local missions coordinator Regino Acuña and encourage the ministry taking place there. Gerson serves alongside Johnmichael Poulin, BMA Global’s Regional Coordinator for South America, helping support pastors and leaders across the region.

More than twenty years ago, my family and I boarded a plane and left Cape Verde after twelve years of missionary service. We left thinking we would be back after I completed more seminary studies; however, that was not God’s plan. Cape Verde became a part of us in those years.

Morteza A., a ChangeMaker missionary serving in Germany, is reaching people with the gospel out of a story marked by displacement, faith, and a clear calling to ministry. Originally from Afghanistan, Morteza was born into a Muslim family. His life took a significant turn while living as a refugee in Greece, where he was first introduced to the message of Jesus Christ.

Mario Monroy is one of BMA Global’s newest ChangeMaker missionaries, continuing a ministry that has already spanned multiple countries and is now bearing fruit across Spain and Latin America.

After seven years in Morgan, Utah, planting Morgan Grace Church alongside his brother Gavin, Chase Roberts and his family are preparing to begin a new chapter. They are heading to Hazen, North Dakota, to start again.

Buddy Johnson was born on Christmas Day, 1942, in Nacogdoches, Texas, during the uncertainty of World War II. His early years were shaped by difficulty. While his father served overseas as a Merchant Marine, a tornado destroyed the family’s home.