Missionary Bios

John grew up in Des Moines Iowa. In 1998, while teaching English at an evangelistic language camp in Hungary, John met Zsofi. Both John and Zsofi feel called to invest their time and talents into caring for the Hungarian people who are wounded and broken-whether that is physically, emotionally or spiritually. The 10 million people who live in Hungary are truly hungry. Following a century of two devastating wars, the holocaust which annihilated 750,000 Hungarian Jews, and capped off by 40 years of oppressive Soviet Communist rule, Hungarians are hungry for peace and stability.

John is investing his time facilitating church planting - working with the existing Hungarian churches to help start churches in villages and communities where there currently are none. He will also assist the Hungarian pastors and church- planters mentor and train the next generation of Christian leaders.

Zsofi will be serving alongside John, but is also excited to use the education and training in Christian Psychology she received in Germany to minister to those who are emotionally and spiritually broken.

For more information, you can go to the Wilson's blog at www.hungarywilsons.com.

Hope Ministries, in Iganga, Uganda, is "home" in one way or another to over 100 children. Some of these are from the surrounding community, some from neighboring villages, and some are refugees from a long and tragic conflict in the North. Our friend, Phil Jones (who we met on our first trip there) has responded to the call on his life to love and care for orphaned children in Uganda. Choosing to move to Uganda, Phil is engaged daily with the care and shepherding of some of these children. WE have also been given the opportunity to respond to a call Christ so clearly put on our hearts...by partnering with God, and Phil, Riverside Community has been given the awesome gift of being a part of feeding, clothing, educating and caring for a group of orphans under Phil's care.

In 1985 the Lord placed a call on our lives to minister to the physical and spiritual needs of the people of Haiti, the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere; teaching them the love, joy, and peace of Christ. Now, since the Earthquake of 2010, the need is even greater! There are thousands of orphans and amputees on the streets of Haiti, wondering if they have a future and a hope. We desire to give them that future and hope in Jesus Christ! By God's grace and your help we can make a difference in the lives of some of these children!

Our vision is to start Shiloh Children's Home, a Christ-centered family home for orphans and amputees; teaching the children to live for the glory of God and to be contributing members of their society. With the Lord's help we will give them a Christian Education, Physical and Occupational Therapy, needed medical treatment, and a profession to support themselves in the future.