Brad and Kristy Wienert
Mobilize new missionaries to WGM from Latin America
We’re farther down the road in Mobilization this year. We shared with many of you that we are defining this job as we go, as this is a new position in WGM. Four new Latin families joined WGM in 2022, the last two in November and December. It was an exciting end to the year to welcome new missionaries to the WGM family. God is moving!
Mark & Serena Dunbar
Receiving new missionaries to our field and helpimg with their transitions.
Mark is translating material for Work 4 a Living in Mexico, Serena is assistant regional director of the Americas with WGM
Minda Kleman
It was at an orphanage in Ensenada, Mexico, that Minda Kleman first fell in love with missions. Upon witnessing the passion with which the missionaries shared the Gospel with those around them, Minda knew God was calling her to join their ranks. A few years after returning home from this visit, Minda met Paul Kleman, a young man who was also being called into life as a missionary. After Paul graduated, the two were married, and Minda finished her education. In 1979, WGM appointed them to serve as missionaries in Honduras.
Their time as missionaries was fulfilling, but it wasn’t without its challenges. God provided, though, and continued to reassure them through each challenge that they were doing what He had called them to do. The Klemans had truly fallen in love with the Hondurans they had come to serve and share the Gospel with, just as the missionaries Minda had visited years earlier. They responded to these hardships by becoming even more dedicated to the people and sharing God’s love with them.
In November of 2002, Paul passed away. Minda struggled to figure out how she would continue her ministry without him. She watched, though, as God proved Himself to be faithful in every circumstance. Minda looks back over her years as a missionary with fondness. She loves to remember the Honduran youth she and Paul were blessed to teach and mentor during their time in pastoral and youth ministry. She watched her children develop friendships with them and rejoiced with them as they grew up to sing in the music group, teach Sunday school, and even serve in church ministry through youth, pastoral, or other service. “They are my first disciples,” Minda states. “I love knowing that so many of my spiritual kids are also serving the Lord.” She has seen the same thrilling life changes in many she has served, most recently in the women’s groups she’s been able to lead. “What a joy to have just a small part in what God is doing in their lives!” Minda exclaims.
Their time as missionaries was fulfilling, but it wasn’t without its challenges. God provided, though, and continued to reassure them through each challenge that they were doing what He had called them to do. The Klemans had truly fallen in love with the Hondurans they had come to serve and share the Gospel with, just as the missionaries Minda had visited years earlier. They responded to these hardships by becoming even more dedicated to the people and sharing God’s love with them.
In November of 2002, Paul passed away. Minda struggled to figure out how she would continue her ministry without him. She watched, though, as God proved Himself to be faithful in every circumstance. Minda looks back over her years as a missionary with fondness. She loves to remember the Honduran youth she and Paul were blessed to teach and mentor during their time in pastoral and youth ministry. She watched her children develop friendships with them and rejoiced with them as they grew up to sing in the music group, teach Sunday school, and even serve in church ministry through youth, pastoral, or other service. “They are my first disciples,” Minda states. “I love knowing that so many of my spiritual kids are also serving the Lord.” She has seen the same thrilling life changes in many she has served, most recently in the women’s groups she’s been able to lead. “What a joy to have just a small part in what God is doing in their lives!” Minda exclaims.