Coffee With a Missionary

In this episode, you’ll meet Mike and Sonja, missionaries serving in Peru with a heart to advance gospel access among indigenous communities.

After meeting in the military and serving in Venezuela, they followed God’s leading to Peru, where they now partner with local leaders to reach remote areas of the Amazon. Sonja’s background in law has also played a key role in navigating church systems and strengthening ministry efforts.

Together, they share how God has guided their journey and how they are using orality—story-based discipleship—to help people clearly understand and respond to Jesus. With a passion to see lives transformed, Mike and Sonja are helping raise up leaders and expand gospel access in places where it’s still limited.

In this episode, you’ll meet Rick and Denise Ryan, missionaries returning to LAC. After first serving in Costa Rica—where they met and later married—they spent multiple terms in Latin America before pastoring and leading intercultural ministry in Arizona.

Now, after a season of sabbatical and renewed calling, they are stepping back into missions with a heart to strengthen missionaries and partner with national churches. With decades of experience and a deep reliance on the Holy Spirit, the Ryans share their excitement for this new season and their belief that God is preparing the region for something significant.

In this episode, you’ll meet John Michael and Nicole Caldwell, missionaries serving missionary kids throughout Latin America Caribbean. Based in Panama, they travel the region to walk alongside MKs during some of the most formative years of their lives.

John Michael and Nicole share their personal journey into missions and their heart to create spaces where MKs can grow and encounter Jesus in a real and lasting way.

In this episode you'll meet Billy and Melynda Marsh, missionaries serving in Belize City. Their journey back to faith began through their children—and today, they’re building bridges between the Spanish and English speaking churches, bringing hope to Belize.

In this episode you’ll meet Ben and Gini Harper, missionaries serving in Cusco, Peru. After years as kids pastors in the U.S., they now equip national leaders to plant healthy churches — sharing the gospel through orality, a powerful, story-based approach that engages everyone in the room, young and old alike.

In this episode, you'll meet Nathan and Christine Alfaro who serve as LAC's Strategic Leaders for Church Planting. They share from their 30 years of missionary experience. Nathan and Christine have planted over 35 churches and are passionate about equipping others to fulfill God’s call.

In this episode, you'll get to know the Gordons, serving in Costa Rica. They'll share their personal callings, wins in ministry, and more!

In this episode, you'll meet Brooke Miller who serves in Belize. She shares how her call into missions started in children's church and now she serves with children's ministries and ChildHope in Belize!

In this episode, you'll meet Becca Whitaker who serves in Santiago, Chile. She shares about her experience working in several different countries of LAC and the people she has encountered along the way. 

In this episode, you'll meet Peter and Delia Breit who serve in Mexico City, Mexico. They share from their more than 15 years of missionary experience. You'll hear about everything from their unique call to church planting to the unexpected leading of the Spirit.