Ministries

Our Missionaries

Andrew and Margaret Howell

The Mission Society
Paris, France

The Howells are part of The Mission Society team in France. Andrew pastors a house church which meets in their home in the suburbs of Paris. They plan to develop a network of house churches. They are also partnering with the French representative of Focus on the Family, Famille Je t’Aime, to reach out to families in France. They lead small groups, conferences and seminars, and family camps, as well as do some counseling.

Andrew and Margaret attended Asbury College and Seminary and are career missionaries. Andrew is an ordained elder in the Florida Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church. Margaret’s training is in elementary education.

Previously, Andrew and Margaret were missionaries with Christian Leadership Ministries in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa. They have two married daughters (and two great sons-in-law), two sons and one grandson.

Mailing Address:
Andrew and Margaret Howell
The Mission Society
PO Box 922637
Norcross, GA 30010-2637
E-mail: chezhowell@yahoo.com
www.themissionsociety.org and http://paris-amoveablefeast.blogspot.com

Notes and Prayer Requests:
1.      Fruitful ministry with couples and families.
2.      Protection and discernment and creativity for effective ministry.
3.      Growth of the house church into neighboring towns.
4.      That the light of the Gospel will penetrate spiritual darkness.

The Ogden Family: Missionaries in Asia

A letter to KUMC from Mark Ogden

Are you a native English speaker? Then, your skills are needed to touch the lives of this East Asian country’s influencers. Come alongside long-term workers plus national believers to share the Good News with young professionals, university and high school students. They have an amazing fascination with Western Culture including a very positive view of Christianity, especially Christmas. The people you interact with have been educated in atheism, but are so curious and open to hear your faith journey. You will be treated like Bobby Bowden walking around Tallahassee!! As you demonstrate the love of Christ, you will have many opportunities to develop lifelong friends. You can also use your professional skills to meet with professional men and women of the same background in company tours or even professional seminars.

You will be a part of intensive English camps and university English discussion groups. The Ogdens and local friends will take you to see the Great Wall, Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City, the Summer Palace and other sites in our city (30 minutes from the Capital by bullet train). You will have eager new friends translate for you at restaurants and want to spend as much free time with you as you have time. Regardless of the time of the year, come help introduce a typical Christmas party (even in July) and a clear Gospel presentation.

A highlight of the trip will be to visit an underground Bible school run by a man jailed over 20 times for his faith. Come help these future house church leaders learn English and encourage them to persevere in their faith. We are usually the ones most encouraged through these visits.

Mark and Audrey Ogden
Missionaries in Asia

Jim Ramsay: Mission Society

Ministry description:

Senior Director of Field Ministry

Jim joined The Mission Society staff in September 2006 after serving as a missionary with the organization for ten years. He and his family lived in Kazakhstan and where they worked in a variety of ministries and where Jim served as field leader and Asian regional coordinator. As the senior director of field ministry, Jim applies his training and experience to provide oversight to all the missionaries of The Mission Society. Jim's role includes working with missionaries all over the world, providing decision support, accountability, and strategic planning. He makes field visits, organizes regional events, seeks new fields for mission work, and participates in the approval and training of new missionaries.

Address:

6234 Crooked Creek Rd
Norcross, Georgia 30092

Contact:
678.542.9041
770.446.3044 (Fax)

Other information:
Cell: 770.815.7657

Lloyd and Melanie Monroe

Porch de Salomon www.porchdesalomon.org
Panajachel, Guatemala

The Monroes founded Porch de Salomon ministries in 2004 and have lived in Guatemala since 2005. Porch is a progressive, multi-faceted ministry, strategically located in the world-famous Lake Atitlan basin.

Porch:

*hosts short-term mission teams (construction, medical, Bible school) in Guatemala

* operates Solomon’s Porch coffeehouse to serve and build relationships and dialogue with skeptical post-modern expatriates and tourists (including a Sunday worship gathering)

*provides flexible humanitarian relief to Guatemala’s indigenous people; food, housing, medical care, school scholarships and more

*uses live music outreach to penetrate the darkness of Pana’s bars and nightclubs

Lloyd was a civil trial lawyer in private practice for 23 years before he and Melanie left their home and families in Waukeenah, Florida to serve as volunteer missionaries with Porch. Between them, they have also served as short-term UMVIM missionaries in Cuba nine times. Their children are: Hannah (1986), Daniel (1988) and Asa (1990).

Mailing address: Porch de Salomon P.O. Box 10509 Tallahassee FL 32302-2509

Email: lloyd@porchdesalomon.org , waukeenah8@aol.com

Prayer concerns: please visit the “newsletters” link at www.porchdesalomon.org for current concerns