Life Missions

Kelvin and Rebekah Windsor are long term field workers in Central Vietnam, serving with the legendary AOG World Relief team for 14 years and counting.. They, alongside their team, are passionate about pursuing justice through empowering individuals, families, and whole communities to transform their societies - helping them truly be the change they want to see.

Together with their dynamic team, they are passionate about ensuring a holistic approach to development that equips and empowers people to lead their own development journey. By engaging in community development and emergency relief projects that meet people at their point of need, they seek to reaffirm people's value and dignity, while also harnessing their innate capacity and abilities. They also work diligently to foster collaboration and connection, acknowledging the power of relationships as a means of promoting pathways towards justice and equality. They do this by partnering directly with communities throughout Vietnam for the purpose of seeing them empowered to not only participate in, but ultimately determine and sustain their own development.

Kelvin and Rebekah have two children - a daughter Mirabelle and son Eleazar.

Josh and Belinda founded Sepheo in Lesotho, Africa, in 2013. Sepheo gets children off the streets and back into families. Through Sepheo School and family reintegration, they have dramatically reduced the number of children living and begging on the streets. Since its founding, Sepheo has continued to expand its work to include interventions for children at risk of going to the street, facilitating alternative care for children who have been abused, abandoned or neglected, and providing skills training for young women.

Josh and Belinda are privileged to work alongside a capable team of Basotho staff and volunteers. Together with the team, they are passionate about solving problems that have long been called impossible.

Leighton and Grace are based in East Java at the doorstep of Indonesia’s largest unreached people group, where they are working in partnership with a local Assemblies of God church to support new church planting efforts. They have a vision to serve the Indonesian church, seeing more churches planted and unreached people encounter Jesus.

Leighton and Grace first met in Indonesia at age 17, Grace as an Indonesian citizen and Leighton as a ‘missionary kid.’ They are currently involved in several church planting projects in partnership with a national church planting network.

They are passionate about cross-cultural ministry, and desire to see Indonesia’s young generations encounter Jesus and be awakened to the church’s missionary call.

Leighton and Grace have two young children, Abigail and Josiah, and are excited to be doing ministry as a family.

Katrina Gliddon is the founder of Mother’s Heart Organization – Cambodia’s first, and only, holistic crisis pregnancy support service.

Katrina and her family lived in Cambodia for over nine years, while she set up Mother’s Heart and built a small but dedicated team who now oversee day-to-day operations. In 2017, the family moved back to Melbourne for their children’s educational needs.

Katrina is still very much involved in, and passionate about, the work of Mother’s Heart. From Australia, she supports the organisation through fundraising and speaking engagements, and is also involved in proposal and grant writing. She continues to mentor and support the Cambodian team, travels there often, and is on the Board of Directors.

In terms of the family, Josiah is now in his first year of his doctorate of vet medicine, Elijah is looking into youth work and studies, and Autumn has finished her first year of media and communication and is having a gap year – working as a nanny and travelling. Paul continues to support Katrina in her work for Mother’s Heart (as a good husband does)!

Paul and Deb have been long term field workers in Vietnam who are passionate about seeing the people in their world become all that God desires them to be.

Together with the AOG World Relief team, they have gained incredible favour with government and communities by working closely together to see real transformation happening at many levels. Through regular engagement and direct consultation with the communities themselves, the team are helping them journey in their thinking from ‘welfare to development’ and seeing sustainable solutions being implemented to address important issues such as Poverty Alleviation, access to Clean Water, Health Care, Child & Youth Advocacy and Life Skills Training initiatives.

Recently Paul & Deb’s reach has become more Global, as they engage in coaching and mentoring alongside other field workers and those just beginning their field journey, sharing their 25+ years of field experience to help maximise reach and impact for the kingdom of God.

They have an intense desire to help the next generation of field workers, leaders and teams to become and to do all that God has called them to. The Lord clearly spoke to them and said: ‘Don’t waste what you have been given - the experience, the skills, the wisdom. Pour it out into the next generation’. This is what Paul & Deb are passionately committed to doing.

Robert and Rhonda are some of our most experienced overseas workers, having lived amongst Islamic peoples for over 30 years. Robert graduated with a Doctorate from an Islamic University in Indonesia. As a Christian, he has been able to encourage and challenge Muhammadiyah and other Islamic Universities in Indonesia to apply critical thinking rather than simply following tradition, to be Global Citizens rather than being isolated, and to re-consider their view of Jesus and the Bible. Robert also facilitates Seminars about Islam for Non-Muslims.

Rhonda has facilitated the Flourish program throughout Indonesia, training numerous facilitators. The Indonesian Flourish program has been run in a variety of contexts for women, including for rural Muslim villages to Government Office workers, as well as conservative Muslim groups and for non-Muslims. Despite the diversity, there is a common message communicated; that women have a God-given value and purpose.

Robert and Rhonda’s emphasis is for strong indigenous leadership and ownership of vision. They support a National Team that is committed to seeing communities being blessed and transformed for the better, as well as lives reflecting Christ. Their current visa is creating employment opportunities for Indonesians to work remotely in their home country for Australian businesses where there are labour shortages.

Ross and Donna have a combined 60 years of missionary experience focused on Asia. They are the founders of Mandate Ministries, now based in Chiang Mai, Thailand and are passionate about influencing and impacting the people of Thailand, North and SE Asia for Jesus, by training leaders to reach the next generation. They also assist and minister to the Karen and Karenni people in Myanmar, as well as the Hmong, Lahu and Karen people in Thailand

Through Mandate Ministries they are involved in:

Leadership training programs - equipping national leaders and workers;

Assisting Karen and Karenni people in Myanmar who are facing continued bombing of their villages by the Myanmar Air Force;

Producing training materials for the development of existing and emerging leaders;

Pedro and his wife Guida were originally graduates of the Hope Ministry Training Program under Jeff and Robbie Housen almost 20 years ago. Pedro holds a Masters in Theology (Harvest Bible College, now Alphacrucis) and is a Credentialed Minister with the Australian Christian Churches. He and Guida are now leading the ministry training on a day-to-day basis and are the Pastors of the local Hope Church.

Chad and Corrie have been involved in short and long-term missions for 25 years. As a couple, they have travelled throughout SE Asia since they started dating in 1997, and their heart for the area only expanded after living with their two children, Hope and Josiah, in Vietnam during 2008/2009, assisting with ACCI missions projects in Da Nang. Since then, Chad has been the General Manager for ACCI Missions & Relief and more recently, the Missions Pastor at Hills Church, Ferntree Gully, Victoria.