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Missionaries We Support

Bernie & Sharla Adam

Youth Unlimited
Bernie and Sharla Adam joined Youth Unlimited in Calgary in 1993. Bernie had been involved in youth ministry for years through Christian camps, youth groups, and mentorship, and these experiences pointed him towards a career in youth ministry. Bernie leads the Youth Guidance program at Youth Unlimited, where he facilitates mentorship and runs sports programs for at-risk youth.

Connie Duarte

Baptist General Conference of Canada
Connie Main Duarte works in Global Ministries for BGC Canada and she lives in Portugal, from where she develops all sides of her ministry. Connie studied both in the areas of missions and communication while living in Canada. She moved to Portugal in 1998 to work with university students. Connie loves teaching and preaching and longs to see more young people and women using their gifts both in missions and the local church. While Connie loves working with church, missions, preaching, and teaching, she is equally passionate about her family: her husband João, and their two sons, Joshua and Caleb.

Jerry & Sharon Durston

Club DJ
Jerry Durston is the Provincial Director for Club DJ, a mid-week Bible club program. For over 30 years the David & Jonathan free Bible-based correspondence program has helped thousands of children, youth and adults build godly character and grow strong in the Christian faith, in their understanding of the Scriptures, and in their walk with the Lord Jesus Christ. Jerry has been involved in establishing Club DJ in Cuba and in shipping materials over, which is having a tremendous impact on children and their families.

Dauphin Bible Camp

Dauphin Bible Camp is part of One Hope Ministries Canada. DBC operates summer camps, youth retreats, a Bible quizzing group, horse riding lessons for the children and youth of Dauphin and the surrounding areas. Dauphin Bible Camp presents the Gospel, particularly to those having the least opportunity to hear of Christ and especially to children and youth, and we disciple believers for living and serving through His Church. Dauphin Bible Camp intentionally equips current and next generation leaders to be Gospel-centred, and to aggressively pursue new ministry strategies that recognize cultural and geographical realities.

Kirk & Patti Durston

Power to Change
Kirk Durston’s work involves a significant amount of time thinking, writing and speaking about the interaction of science, theology and philosophy within the context of authentic Christianity. Kirk has been producing the first series of at least 50 podcast to reach people with the Gospel. He is also involved in the translation of a number of Youtube videos into Arabic and so reach an even larger audience. He enjoys landscape photography, antiques of various types, wilderness canoeing and camping, fly fishing, amateur astronomy, reading, and enjoying family and friends.

Brian & Maryanne Nacy

Avant Ministries Canada
Brian & Maryanne Nacy minister at the Rio Grande Bible Ministry in Texas to mentor, train, and minister to Latin American youth from 15 different nations to take the Gospel to unreached people groups in the Middle East, Asia, and Africa. They are helping develop Christ-centred leaders with a Biblical worldview.

James & Andrea Perreaux

PAOC Mission Canada
James Perreaux is a missionary, university chaplain, and the BC Regional Coordinator of UCM (University Christian Ministries). In his new role, he provides oversight to UCM’s seven campus ministries in BC and supports the 18 campus ministry workers. James is passionate about building Christian community and equipping young adults to make disciples and discover their missional vocation.

Tom & Candice Scatliff

Global Outreach Mission
Tom and Candice Scatliff together with their four children live in Guatemala and minister to children with special needs. Candice was born and raised on a family farm just two miles outside Dauphin.

Compassion Canada

Keiry in El Salvador
Kiery is a 9-year-old girl who lives in a poor community in El Salvador. She attends the Compassion Canada Centre near her, where she receives support and gets a chance to learn about Jesus.

Compassion Canada

William in Kenya
William is a 9-year-old boy who lives in a poor community in Kenya. He attends the Compassion Canada Centre near him, where he receives support and gets a chance to learn about Jesus.

Andrew & Tasha Sevigny

One Hope Ministries - Executive & Horsemanship Director

Andrew and Tasha became involved in camp ministry in their teenage years and have been involved ever since. After spending nine summers at camp and Tasha six summers, the couple got married, finished school, and Andrew took on the role of Site Director at Dauphin Bible Camp for three years and then stepped in as the Camp Director for the following two years. Tasha spent these five years growing the horse program at Dauphin and using her gifts to offer riding lessons. God then led the couple to Roseau River Bible Camp where they would spend two and half years with Andrew being the Programs Director and Tasha again looking after the horse program.  The couple felt God leading them back to Dauphin, where Andrew has taken on the role of Executive Director and will lead the team at DBC. Andrew and Tasha are excited to be a part of what God is doing through One Hope Canada. No matter what Andrew and Tasha are doing or where God has placed them their number one focus is to bring people closer to Christ. Their beautiful daughter Madison loves being around people, so camp has been a great place for her to grow up. 

Daphne Natyna

Wycliffe Bible Translators
Daphne grew up in Minitonas, Manitoba. She joined Wycliffe in 2001. Since 2019, Daphne has successfully started a Scripture Engagement Training Course for the Ndop Plain and since May of 2022 four different classes have graduated. The course is continuing to provide training for the other languages on the Ndop Plain and in the Far North of Cameroon. In November 2021, she became the Scripture Engagement Coordinator for SIL Cameroon. Seeing people engage with the Scriptures in the language that they value most brings her great joy.

Alex & Amber Bojorquez

Adventive Cross Cultural Initiatives

Over the next several months, Alex and Amber are intentionally planning for long term mission work in Mexico. They’ll begin by spending the first 4 years in Arizpe, Sonora, Mexico serving with a local growing church. Their desire is to come alongside local pastors with training, and partner with local churches in evangelism, pastoral ministry, discipleship, preaching and teaching the word, doing children’s ministry, and more. After 4 years, they plan to serve in the southern area of Mexico within the unreached areas where there is more persecution and fewer workers.

Ethan & Katie Jones

AGC Church Planting

Ethan and Katie Jones have been serving in Winnipeg since August 2023 with the vision of planting a church in the River Heights neighborhood. In partnership with Osborne Village Church and the Associated Gospel Churches, they have been actively engaged in discipleship and leadership development. Their hope is to see the Gospel take root in their community through intentional, everyday relationships that form disciples of Jesus.

Sydney Boerchers

One Hope Canada - Camp Director

Sydney has been involved with Dauphin Bible Camp her entire life. She started off by attending as a camper, then later taking the Disciples in Training program, which led to spending her summers serving at DBC. She spent many summers learning and growing while serving in the kitchen, first as kitchen help and then as the head cook. This was followed by a summer in the new role of program director. Sydney is very excited about now having the opportunity to serve at camp full-time. She is looking forward to seeing how God will continue to work in the lives of the campers, staff and supporters here at Dauphin Bible Camp.

Herbert and Shandi Ives

Barn Manager - One Hope Canada

Herbert is the Barn Manager at Dauphin Bible Camp. He moved to the camp with his family in the spring of 2015 as the Site Manager. Over those first 9 years, they had a few more kids, moved off site and changed positions. He is now serving as the Barn Manager, which includes jobs such as, feeding horses, caring for medical needs of horses, fixing fences, etc. Shandi supports him in as many ways as she can, often serving in different roles at camp during the summers. They both have a passion for camp ministry in both leading summer missionaries and helping provide a great environment for children to come hear the Gospel. They have five children who fit right in as camp kids and with the busyness that happens at Dauphin Bible Camp!

Leonardo (and Alyssa) Godoy

One Hope Canada - Administrative Assistant

Leonardo began serving at Dauphin Bible Camp in 2021 as a group leader. Alyssa, who he is now married to, invited him to join her in serving at DBC. Leonardo served four summers at camp in different roles, including group leader, cabin leader, work crew, kitchen help, and summer secretary. He is very excited to take this next step in faith in becoming a year-round missionary with Dauphin Bible Camp in the Administrative Assistant role, where he will be the first contact with families as they register for camp and will have many amazing opportunities to share the Good News of Jesus with them. He has felt God calling him into ministry, and he is excited to join the DBC team in presenting the Gospel to hundreds of children, youth, and families each year. Thank you for partnering with Leonardo (and Alyssa) to present the Gospel at Dauphin Bible Camp.

Scott (and Elizabeth) Mason

Site Director - One Hope Canada

Born and Raised in Ninette, Manitoba, Scott has a servant’s heart and a drive to help others in his community. He has worked in the automotive field as a mechanic since high school and served as a Volunteer firefighter and sound technician at church.
Scott and his wife, Elizabeth, supported and volunteered with One Hope Canada for several years. Scott has volunteered for over ten years at Turtle Mountain Bible Camp. He has worked primarily in maintenance and as a skill leader.
Scott has recently started as the full-time Site Director at Dauphin Bible Camp, where he is excited to help and see the camp grow to provide a safe and open place for kids to hear the Gospel.

Craig & Brenda Rebro

Sinani South Africa

Craig & Brenda Rebro, originally from Wisconsin, lead Sinani in the Lowveld of South Africa. Sinani runs life centers in multiple sites providing a safe place, meals, sport, arts and culture to vulnerable children. The Gospel and discipleship is central to all that Sinani accomplishes as Craig, Brenda and their team seek to show God’s love to those who suffer the harsh realities of poverty. Sinani seeks to partner with local churches or to plant local churches that the community might be built up to care for and love one another. For more information view the Sinani website at http://www.sinani.org