We’d like you to meet some of the career missionaries Bethel supports and find out more about their work. You’ll find brief descriptions below. Every missionary also needs prayer. Here are some ideas to get you started.

• Pray for their spiritual health
• Pray for sufficient financial support
• Pray for their family relationships
• Pray for good relations with other missionaries
• Pray for encouragement
• Pray for their personal integrity & purity
• Pray for health & safety
• Pray for the education of their children
• Pray for a passion for lost souls
• Pray for perseverance
• Pray that the love for the people they work with will be genuine & deep

Bruce & Julie Adamson

Baptist General Conference--Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
Children: Elianna, Taylor, Samuel

The Adamsons were recently on home assignment, so many of our Bethel kids were able to meet their family in Sunday School and in Cross Training. They returned to Côte d’ Ivoire in early August.
Recommended reading: If Bruce could choose one book on missions to recommend it would be Let the Nations Be Glad by John Piper.
Link: http://www.bgcworld.org/cplantin/mindxtst.htm

Larry & Mary Caldwell

Baptist General Conference--Manila, Philippines
Children: Peter, Emily, Jesse and Katie
The Caldwells are in the Philippines under the Baptist General Conference. Larry is a professor at the Asian Theological Seminary, training Filipinos and other young Asians to reach unreached people groups in Asia. The Caldwell’s are very involved with Faith Academy, the largest school for missionary children in the world. Mary is the English Language Coordinator there.
Link: http://www.bgcworld.org/cplantin/indxc-d.htm

Dwight & Sandi Ekholm

BEE International (Biblical Education by Extension)--Athens, Greece
The Ekholms have been involved with ministry in Europe for nearly 30 years. In recent years they moved to Athens, Greece. God has given them openings to reach out in Jesus’ name to Ambassadors from around the world, refugees, prisoners and even an international group of women. Bethel sent a five-member short-term missions team to work with the Ekholm’s in June 2003.
Link: www.beeinternational.org

Kirk & Sara Livesays

Currently raising support with idea ministries to minister in France .

Justin & Janelle Kaiser

Working in Minneapolis

Currently raising support to work with deaf ministries  in Northern Africa.

Philemon & Linda Yong

Working in Cameroon

Philemon serves as the dean and resident professor at a seminary in Cameroon.  Linda leads and teaches seminars in the fight against aids.

Tom & Kathy Laskowske

Working in Asia

Children: Paul, Douglas and Teig
The Laskowskes have been working as Wycliffe Bible Translators with the vision of seeing all people use the Word of God in their heart language, their native tongue. Tom grew up in Owatonna and Kathy is also from Minnesota.
Link: www.wycliffe.org